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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel - Portraits of Fanny Cornforth 2
Identifier
010570
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The paintings are
- A Christmas Carol 1867
- The Beloved 1866
- The Blue Bower 1865
The following is an interesting extra from the Tate Gallery
Perhaps the most faithful of Rossetti’s models was Fanny Cornforth, who modelled for, amongst others, Found (begun 1859; unfinished) and The Blue Bower (1865). At the end of Rossetti’s life, after the suicide of Lizzie Siddal and the end of his affair with Jane Morris, Fanny his lover-turned-housekeeper took care of the increasingly ill and insane Rossetti. This gentle, compassionate side to Fanny’s personality is perhaps seen most clearly in her expression in Bocca Baciata (1859). Lucinda Hawksley
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