Jane Burden, wife of William Morris, was honoured with a blue plaque yesterday at St Helen's Passage, off Holywell Street.Burden, who was allegedly born on this road, played muse to many, including Dante Gabriel Rosetti, during her life. She was a mother, a muse, a model and a maker of tapestries.The blue plaque, which is attached to Hertford College, was unveiled on the anniversary of her 168th birthday.
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