Fanny Eaton

Fanny Eaton
Portrait of Mrs. Fanny Eaton (1859), Walter Fryer Stocks
Born
Fanny Antwistle

(1835-06-23)23 June 1835
St. Andrew, Surrey, British Jamaica
Died4 March 1924(1924-03-04) (aged 88)
Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England
NationalityJamaican, British
Occupation(s)Art model, domestic cook
Years active1859–1867 (art model)
Known forPre-Raphaelite model

Fanny Eaton (23 June 1835 – 4 March 1924) was a Jamaican-born artist's model and domestic worker. She is best known as a model for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their circle in England between 1859 and 1867. Her public debut was in Simeon Solomon's painting The Mother of Moses, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1860. She was also featured in works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, Joanna Mary Boyce,[1] Rebecca Solomon, and others.[2]

  1. ^ Pina, Stephanie Graham (3 February 2014), "Image of the Week: Head of Mrs. Eaton by Joanna Boyce Wells". Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood.
  2. ^ Ferrari, Roberto C., 2014, "Fanny Eaton: The 'Other' Pre-Raphaelite Model", Columbia University Academic Commons, doi:10.7916/D8X92900.