Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s The Day Dream

Learn more about this iconic Pre-Raphaelite bequest

Talk

  • Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at V&A South Kensington

  • V&A South Kensington

  • Past event

+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • Paintings Gallery, Room 81

  • Free event

Past Event
Meet us in the Paintings Gallery, as we learn more about Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Pre-Raphaelites’ use of symbolism and the artist’s obsession with Jane Morris, the wife of William Morris, who was the sitter for this iconic painting. The V&A received the painting as part of the Constantine Alexander Ionides ’ bequest which established the V&A’s paintings collection.  

This event is free but ticketed. Booking is essential. Please meet in the Paintings Gallery, Room 81. Tea and coffee will be provided afterwards. 

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Header image: The Day Dream, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1880, bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.