Fanny Cornforth
(1835-?)
woman and model
Died aged unknown
Wikidata WikipediaFanny Cornforth (born Sarah Cox; 3 January 1835 – 24 February 1909) was an English artist's model, and the mistress and muse of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Cornforth performed the duties of housekeeper for Rossetti. In Rossetti's paintings, the figures modelled by Fanny Cornforth are generally rather voluptuous, differing from those of other models such as Jane Morris and Elizabeth Siddal.
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mistress of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1858-77
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Sarah Cox, later known as Fanny Cornforth. Model, Companion, Nurse and friend to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite painter was born here on 3rd January 1835 (date and place of death unknown). Sarah was the model featured in Rossetti's best known painting "The Blue Bower, 1865"
High Street, Steyning, United Kingdom where they was born (1835)