There is probably no record of a painter whose personality grew to be so submerged in the form and face of one woman." (Harry Quilter)
After Elizabeth Siddal's death, Rossetti became increasingly obsessed with Jane Morris, drawing and painting her constantly as their affair intensified. A copy of Rossetti's The Day Dream featuring Jane adorns the wall of Oxford's historic inn, the Turf Tavern - a nod to their famous neighbour - as Jane lived and grew up virtually next door in one of the tenement buildings in the narrow alleyway( St Helen's Passage , a blue commemorative plaque now commemorates the site) .
The original The Day Dream is among the Ashmoleum's Pre-Raphaelite collection in Oxford https://ashmolean.org/pre-raphaelites / https://ashmolean.org/pre-raphaelites-film
https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/oxfordshire/turf-tavern/
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