One of a set of photographs commissioned by Rossetti. As described by Julian Treuherz, Jane Morris had an extraordinary beauty, 'quite different from the Victorian ideal' which was not an invention,'even his late paintings, often described as exaggerated, are remarkably true to their original'.
For an analysis of this photograph: Juliet Hacking (ed.), 2012, Photography: The Whole Story, (Prestel), pp. 118-119
