October 2008

Drawing of Georgiana Burne-Jones

January 3, 2015October 23, 2008 by Stephanie Chatfield

Drawn in 1860 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, this portrait was probably intended to commemorate the wedding of Georgie and Ned (Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones).

NY Times Article Mentions Georgiana Burne Jones

March 23, 2009October 22, 2008 by Stephanie Chatfield

‘A Circle of Sisters’: Eminent Victorians (from Amanda Foreman, the author of ”Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire,”) link via New York Times Online.

Georgiana Burne-Jones

January 3, 2015October 18, 2008 by Stephanie Chatfield

Georgiana MacDonald Burne-Jones (1840-1920) Georgiana MacDonald came from a strict, God-fearing family. Both her father and grandfather were Methodist ministers. According to Jan Marsh in Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood, reading the works of Shakespeare and attending the theater were forbidden and considered sinful in their family on the grounds of morality. ‘Georgie’, as she was known, … Read more