Fanny Cornforth

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Rossetti: Fanny Cornforth - Study for The Fair Rosamund , 1861

Fanny Cornforth (actually Sarah Cox ; * 1835 in Steyning , Sussex , † 1906 in London ) was the model and muse of the Pre-Raphaelites .

Life

In 1858 the London maid Fanny Cornforth met the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti . He took her as a model and lover. She later dated William Holman Hunt and George Price Boyce .

In 1860 Rossetti left her and married Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal . After his wife died of a laudanum overdose , Rossetti moved to Chelsea in October 1862 and renewed his relationship with Fanny. She modeled him, ran his household and became his lover. He painted them far more sensually than Lizzie Siddal, and the pictures sold well. In 1870, Rossetti separated again from Fanny and had an affair with Jane Burden . When she discovered the extent of Rossetti's chloral addiction in 1876 , she broke off relations with him. He contacted Fanny again, who nursed him back to health.

In December 1881, the constantly ailing artist suffered a stroke that left arm and leg paralyzes, and Rossetti ended his longstanding relationship with Fanny Cornforth. Little is known about her later life.

  • Rossetti: George Price Boyce with Fanny in Rossetti's London studio, 1858

  • Rossetti: The Holy Grail , 1860

  • Rossetti: The Fair Rosamund , 1861

  • Fanny Comforth - photograph by W. & D. Downey, Newcastle 1863

Others

  • Cornforth gained weight over the course of the relationship and Rossetti nicknamed her my dear elephant , she called him Rhino .
  • Fanny Cornforth was married twice. In their first marriage (1858) to mechanical engineer Timothy Hughes, they quickly separated. In 1879 she married John Schott.

literature

  • Oswald Doughty: Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A Victorian Romantic . Oxford University Press London 1968 (reprinted New Haven 1949 edition).
  • Rosalie Glynn Grylls: Portrait of Rossetti (= Arcturus Books. 74). Macdonald, London 1970. (Reprinted from London 1964 edition).
  • Gale Patrick MacDonald: Life With Rossetti . Macdonald & Co, London 1966.
  • Jan Marsh: Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood . Quartett Books, London 1995, ISBN 0-7043-0169-5 .
  • Kristy Stonell Walker: Stunner. The Fall and Rise of Fanny Cornforth . Self-published, s. l. 2006, ISBN 1-84728-674-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Cornforth, Fanny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cox, Sarah (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British model; Muse of the Pre-Raphaelites
DATE OF BIRTH 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Steyning , West Sussex
DATE OF DEATH 1906
Place of death London