The first biography of Frances Graham, the muse of leading Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones. Her life is a study in power - artistic, social, political, familial, local -interestingly played out from a perennial position of weakness. The 'Portrait of a Muse' is the tale of a remarkable woman living in an age on the cusp of modernity.

The first biography of Frances Graham, the muse of leading Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones for the last 25 years of his life. In a discreet, subtle, human way, her life is a study in power ' artistic, social, political, familial, local ' and all the more fascinating for being played out from a perennial position of weakness. 'The Portrait of a Muse' is the tale of a remarkable woman living in an age on the cusp of modernity. 75 illustrations. --