The Life of Edward Coley Burne-Jones Edward Coley Burne-Jones entered the world on 28 August 1833 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. His arrival was marked by a quiet, heavy loss; his mother, Elizabeth Jones, passed away within six days of his birth. He grew up in a house shaped by the trade of his father, Edward Richard Jones, who worked as a frame-maker. This early environment was one of craftsmanship and wood, where the physical structures of art were built long before the paintings themselves were conceived. The boy who would become Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, was raised by h…