Fanny Eaton

Model
BIRTHDAY
June 23,1835
Birthplace
Saint Andrew Parish,Jamaica
Age
Mar 24,1924,age 88
Birth Sign
Cancer
BIRTHDAY
June 23,1835 (age Mar 24,1924,age 88)
Birthplace
Saint Andrew Parish,Jamaica

About

Artist's model who is best recognized for appearing in works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The group consisted of English painters and poets, including John Everett Millais, Rebecca Solomon, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 

Before Fame

She appeared in her first artwork, a pencil sketch by Simeon Solomon, in 1859.

Trivia

In 2020 she was commemorated with a Google Doodle.

Family Life

She married her husband James Eaton, a horse cab driver, in 1857. Together they had ten children. 

Associated With

She appeared in the painting "Mother of Moses," which was shown in the Royal Academy alongside Michelangelo's "Taddei Tondo."