Illustration on a letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Fanny Cornforth (nd) (courtesy Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite Manuscript Collection, Delaware Art Museum) One of those visits was ...

LONDON -- You've probably never heard of Fanny Cornforth. But, one group of women is campaigning to ensure she gets the recognition she deserves. SEE ALSO: J.K. Rowling, Emma Watson want a very ...

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Bocca Baciata” (1859), oil on panel. Fanny Cornforth modeled for this painting (via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Wikimedia) “She has been treated quite unfairly in past ...

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Painting depicting artist’s mistress Fanny Cornforth as Lilith could fetch up to £600,000 in Sotheby’s auction The artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti had a thing about women with long hair – and his first ...

Fanny Cornforth posted for "Lady Lilith" and other influential Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain The personal lives of artists don’t just result in great art—sometimes, they’re ...