Jane Burden (October 19, 1839 - January 26, 1914) was the embodiment of the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She became the wife of William Morris and the inspiration, and possibly mistress, of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. She was born in Oxford. At the time of her birth, her father, Robert Burden, was a stableman and lived with his wife (Jane's mother), Ann Burden (formerly Maizey) at St. Helen's Passages, St. Peter in the East, Oxford. Wikipedia
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Jane Burden (October 19, 1839 - January 1914) was the embodiment of the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She became the wife of William Morris and the inspiration, and possibly mistress, of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.She was born in Oxford. At the time of he www.all-art.org/history392-5.html
Jane Burden was born in 1839 Oxfordshire, daughter of a stable hand. It was (quite literally) like something out of Thomas Hardy . They were 'dirt' poor: according to one book, the house she'd been born in was 'unsanitary.' ... Ultimately, Jane was a www.lollygag.com/playground/autumn97/jane.html