ONE MORE REASON TO BE EXCITED

THIS book was too expensive, so we pooled funds with a good friend and bought it for Christmas! I was so excited to receive it today!!!!!! (Btw, does not my new hair color look completely natural????? One more reason to be excited)

The book is the complete and collected letters by famous Victorian model Jane Morris. Jane was the wife of William Morris but she also went down in art history as the lover of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, artist and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Research is now being carried out into Jane's life and activities as an embroiderer and artist. Researchers (mostly women) are now also working on other Pre-Raphaelite women figures, such as the model/ artist Lizzie Siddall, the artist Emma Sandys, and the poet Christina Rossetti (Dante's sister).

The book is a lovely edition, with a scholarly introduction by Jan Marsh and Frank C. Sharp. Marsh is a world-wide authority on Pre-Raphaelite women.

Can't wait to read Jane Morris's letters!

Have a good time for today, always with beauty and a book!

xxx