By the time Jane Morris wrote the letter in 1904 in which she asked, ‘Why should there be any special record of me when I have never done any special work?’ (Faulkner 1986: 121), the Pre-Raphaelite biography industry was well underway; in fact, her question occurred in the context of a discussion of the merits of Georgiana Burne-Jones’ recently-published Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones. While, on one level, Jane's question could seem to signal her acceptance of the gendered division of labour and status associated with the men and women, artists and models, in Pre-Raphaelite circles, her praise for Georgiana's efforts clearly accept published authorship as a legitimate activity for women. Despite her demurral concerning her own ‘special work’, however, Jane Morris returned to the subject in another letter to Blunt a few years later, while commiserating about his state of health: