Jane Alice (Jenny) Morris (17 January 1861 – 11 July 1935) was an embroiderer. She was the elder daughter of

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...

and

Jane Morris Jane Morris (née Burden; 19 October 1839 – 26 January 1914) was an English embroiderer in the Arts and Crafts movement and artists' model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to her husband William ...

and sister to

May Morris Mary "May" Morris (25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938) was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor. She was the younger daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' m ...

Life

Jenny Morris was born 17 January 1861 at Red House, Bexleyheath. The elder child of the designer, craftsman, and writer

and

(née Burden), her younger sister

was born a year later. Jenny and her sister May were schooled at home, briefly attending

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. Highly intelligent, Jenny passed her Cambridge local examinations and was destined for one of the woman's colleges at Oxford or Cambridge University. However in 1867, she developed

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. At first her symptoms were a relatively low level of severity, however as she got older her attacks got more frequent and severe. Whilst her parents were alive, Jenny lived at home in London, or for extended periods staying by the coast with a companion. After her mother died, her sister May took over responsibility for arranging her care. Along with her sister and mother, Jenny was skilled in embroidery, and examples of her work are in the collection of the William Morris Gallery, London. Although these pieces show fine workmanship, her embroidery was limited to personal items for the family. A collection of letters written by Jenny to her father's legal executor

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between 1897 and 1919 are in the

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. She died at

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(in

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) on 11 July 1935 at the age of 74 of diabetic complications. Jane and Jenny Morris circa 1864 by H. Smith.jpg, Jane and Jenny Morris circa 1864 by H. Smith Frederick Hollyer Morris and Burne-Jones Families 1874.jpg, Morris and Burne-Jones Families, Jenny seated far right, photographed by Frederick Hollyer, 1874

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