Kirsty Stonell Walker
Revised and expanded biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's muse and mistress, with details of previously unpublished letters, and recently identified portraits, and details of how this former prostitute assisted in the founding of one of America's foremost art collections.,Fanny Cornforth was a Victorian supermodel whose face epitomised the vision and life of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Stunner: The Fall and Rise of Fanny Cornforth reveals a woman who flouted Victorian rules and fought against a society designed to stifle her passion and personality. Through previously unpublished letters and little-known portraits, enter the world of a beguiling thief and a seductive liar, who assisted in founding one of America's foremost art collections.
Art,Biography,Art,Art History,Art,Pre Raphaelite,Nonfiction
Stunner: The Fall and Rise of Fanny Cornforth