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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' model, Jane Morris (née Burden).
- Arts and Crafts movement, British Socialism
- Jenny Morris (sister)
Jun 5, 2022 · Jane Morris with her daughter May around 1865. Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy. In particular, she thinks that Jane would have put forward ideas about the embroidery they could sell.
Sep 19, 2017 · May Morris? Wasn’t she related to William Morris, the famous English textile designer, writer and socialist? Wife – or daughter? – who edited his poems and copied his designs? If that is all you know about May Morris, you are not alone.
Sep 29, 2017 · An early photograph shows a tomboyish May, perched in a tree branch alongside her sister and the Burne-Jones children, gloriously unbound by the starchy protocols of Victorian girlhood.
Apr 24, 2015 · In this post I want to celebrate the life and work of May Morris, an artist with a well-known name, but who is often overshadowed by her more famous father. Photograph of May Morris by Frederick Hollyer, ca. 1890.
Mar 25, 2023 · Morris’s Relationships. By 1923, Morris had married and divorced Henry Halliday Sparling and reconciled her unrequited romantic affections for George Bernard Shaw and John Quinn (Figure 7). Figure 7: From left to right, Morris, Henry Halliday Sparling, Emery Walker, and George Bernard Shaw rehearsing for a Socialist League entertainment, c ...
Dec 24, 2021 · May Morris (LC-B2-797-7), 1909. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. The Industrial Revolution led to a revival of traditional arts and crafts in Great Britain.
