Fanny Cornforth (1835 - ?1906) was a model and housekeeper for Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. She was born in the small Sussex town of Steyning in 1835. Cornforth met Rossetti in 1858, and became his model and mistress in the absence of Elizabeth Siddal. When Siddal returned in 1860, Rossetti married her, believing her to be dying. In response, Cornforth married mechanic Timothy Hughes, but she did not remain with Hughes for very long. Wikipedia
Identity: Fanny Cornforth, born Sarah Cox, became model, mistress and housekeeper to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Corn_F.htm
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