Edward Jones, as he was known until some years into his professional career, when he annexed his last Christian name to make his surname more distinc- tive, 1 was born on August 28, 1833, at 11 Bennett's Hill, Birmingham (fig. 41). William IV was on the throne, but Queen Victoria, who was still reigning when he died, acceded only four years later. Birmingham was in the throes of the great industrial and economic expansion that followed the slump in its fortunes caused by the Napoleonic Wars, and Bennett's Hill was a newly constructed street in the commer- cial heart of the town. No. 33, which was built for his parents, has long since been demolished, but parts of the Neoclassical terrace to which it belonged still survive, tenanted by banks and insurance offices as they were during his boyhood. No pil- grim who visits Birmingham in search of Burne-Jones, espe- cially if he or she is approaching the Art Gallery from New Street railway station, should fail to walk up Bennett’s Hill.