Fanny Cornforth

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, 1859 Fanny 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 Alexa Wilding, Jane Morris and Elizabeth Siddal.

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1. date of birth: 1835-01-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1835-01-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of death: 1872 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of death: 1891 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366673339