Jane Morris seated, leaning forward Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Parsons 1 © V&A Picture Library [Untitled] DGR and John Parsons 1865 June R.A., 1973; Pre-Raphaelite Photography, A British Council Exhibition (1983); Tokyo 1990 Victoria and Albert Museum 1748.1939 The Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery has a print of the photograph, slightly smaller (14.9 x 14.1 cm). photography collodion print 16.4 x 14.9 cm Jane Morris, seated, leaning forward with her head turned to the right, resting on her hand, and facing the viewer. A second copy is in Birmingham. Jane Morris <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p> This well-known photograph depicts Jane Morris seated, leaning forward with her head turned to the right, resting on her hand, and facing the viewer. DGR posed her in this striking posture and later recurred to the composition in his painting <xref doc="a.s206.rap"> <title level="pic"> <hi rend="i">Reverie</hi> , done in 1868; the sitter was again Jane Morris.

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Bartram, <hi rend="i">Pre-Raphaelite Photography</hi> , 38-40. Bartram, <hi rend="i">The Pre-Raphaelite Camera</hi> , Chapters 5-6. <hi rend="i">DGR 1828-1882: An Exhibition. </hi> [Tokyo 1990], 187.