Kelmscott Manor relationship with its setting, especially its garden. The Manor is featured in Morris' work "News from Nowhere". It also appears in the background of "Water Willow", a portrait of his wife, Jane Morris, painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1871. After William Morris's death in 1896, the Manor continued to be occupied by his widow, Jane Morris (who purchased it in 1913) and later, his daughters. May Morris died in 1938 and bequeathed the house to Oxford University, on the basis the contents were preserved and the public were granted access. The University were unwilling to preserve the house as
Dante Gabriel Rossetti subject of two BBC period dramas. The first, "The Love School", (1975) features Ben Kingsley as Rossetti. The second was "Desperate Romantics", in which Rossetti is played by Aidan Turner. It was broadcast on BBC Two on Tuesday, 21 July 2009. Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) appears in an episode of "Cheers" as Dante Gabriel Rossetti for his Hallowe'en costume. His wife Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane appears as Rosetti's sister, Christina. Their son Frederick is dressed as Spiderman. Rossetti's poem "The Blessed Damozel" was the inspiration for Claude Debussy's cantata "La Damoiselle élue" (1888). John Ireland (18791962) set to music as