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Antique photoalbum with a functioning music box and two albumen prints. On the left page a cabinet card mounted on the original card of the photographer JE Mayall who photographed Jane Morris in the 1880s. On the right page a carte de visité on the original card by JE Mayall. Margje Bijl recreated his photo of Jane Morris with wetplate collodion photographer Gerjo te Linde. The album was shown during the group exhibition 'Time, Timeless, Movement' at Gallery Pulchri.

The ‘Jane Morris Museum’ is a non-profit body devoted to the life of Pre-Raphaelite ‘muse’ Jane Morris (1839-1914). An art- and research project by contemporary Dutch artist Margje Bijl, started in 2009.

Margje’s multidisciplinary approach to Jane Morris reflects her own background, of a wide range of studies from fine art and photography to creative writing and psychology. Margje is creating a double biography. She carefully selects the images, objects and stories that either define her connection with Jane Morris or reveal a contrasting portrait of her authentic self.