tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post5599119428934386938..comments2024-03-25T18:27:37.374+00:00Comments on The Kissed Mouth: Fanny FoundKirsty Stonell Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-17804172032365502332020-01-13T14:56:49.649+00:002020-01-13T14:56:49.649+00:00Just back from a trip to London and the National P...Just back from a trip to London and the National Portrait Gallery. As you know Fanny's records from Graylingwell are on display there. I can imagine how you felt four years ago. Certainly I felt like weeping.anthony michael carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17980954144014243555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-47000795391637367382016-02-25T19:46:09.184+00:002016-02-25T19:46:09.184+00:00Thank you so much for sharing with us.Thank you so much for sharing with us.Freyalynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911845535682123517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-1412546809713829932016-02-25T03:24:30.094+00:002016-02-25T03:24:30.094+00:00Also, I want to add, I simply MUST read "Stun...Also, I want to add, I simply MUST read "Stunner" now! Thanks again for this beautifully-written post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02370511522842617353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-55920969381272192202016-02-25T03:23:18.649+00:002016-02-25T03:23:18.649+00:00Thank you so much for this incredibly moving story...Thank you so much for this incredibly moving story. I'm ashamed of myself, because although I'm a huge fan of the Pre-Raphaelites, I didn't know about Fanny Cornforth, although I've seen her image so many times. Forgive me for bringing up a question that has probably been asked countless times, but is she an inspiration for the character of "Sarah" in "The French Lieutenant's Woman"?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02370511522842617353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-84459792429057072172015-03-30T21:37:21.787+01:002015-03-30T21:37:21.787+01:00What a great piece of detective work - she appears...What a great piece of detective work - she appears in the Free BMD as Sarah Hughes, 1909 death quarter, aged 71,Chichester - so it was there all the time.<br /><br />Incidentally Ancestry has some information on Alexa Wilding and her 2 Shelley children with a family tree. Her elder child, Maria, died aged about 10, and is buried with Alexa,stated as her niece on the gravestone.ICTLGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729402890203878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-69048467167056924352015-03-30T13:37:32.918+01:002015-03-30T13:37:32.918+01:00John Bernard Schott died in the 1890s, as did her ...John Bernard Schott died in the 1890s, as did her step-son Fred. The other step-son went to South Africa. The money she had only went so far and Schott's sister did not seem too happy about supporting Fanny in her old age. The money ran out and she was too difficult for people who did not feel any familial attachment to put up with. In the end there was no-one left who would put up with her.<br /><br />I am considering my options but will definitely be looking to produce a new book next year, rather than a new edition of Stunner. More details to come!Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-58802185523084990462015-03-30T08:54:21.438+01:002015-03-30T08:54:21.438+01:00What an amazing piece of detective work to have fi...What an amazing piece of detective work to have finally tracked Fanny down! I presume you will be producing a new edition of Stunner in due course? As others have commented, what a sad ending. Sorry, I can't remember what happened to her husband Mr Schott? I presume he was dead by this time. You would have thought that the money she got from Bancroft for the paintings would have kept her going? It sounds like the money ran out, then she got dementure and then the sad ending... WoofWoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142792485921452481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-77293408084611996522015-03-26T17:04:06.461+00:002015-03-26T17:04:06.461+00:00Thanks for all your work on thisThanks for all your work on thismarian Gibbonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565584838902301591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-4131449592829963362015-03-24T03:04:09.607+00:002015-03-24T03:04:09.607+00:00An immortal stunner like Fanny ending up this way,...An immortal stunner like Fanny ending up this way, causes me so much sadness. I tend to romanticize all of the lives, and deaths, of those in this circle. But in actuality, many of them ended so sadly (DGR, Lizzie, Deverell, now Fanny...) even tragically. I think that reading about Fanny's death has somehow though, made her more "alive" for me. Fanny's look and charm inspired some of the most beautiful art that has been, and will ever be, created. I hope this discovery has given you some closure, Kirsty. Thank you most sincerely for this post. ~MerissaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211186901989365799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-73559083241030896922015-03-20T17:06:10.658+00:002015-03-20T17:06:10.658+00:00Thank you so much for finally solving the mystery....Thank you so much for finally solving the mystery. It is indeed a sadder tale than one would have wished or imagined. Anthonyanthony michael carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17980954144014243555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-62256764890645464492015-03-20T09:14:25.531+00:002015-03-20T09:14:25.531+00:00Dear Kirsty
Having read 'Stunner' and enjo...Dear Kirsty<br />Having read 'Stunner' and enjoyed it so much, I was intrigued about the end of Fanny's life. In a way, it would have been better to think of her dying peacefully somewhere, but thank you for bringing us the sad end of her story. As you say, her story is no different from hundreds of others who suffered the same fate and this went on well past the Victorian era.<br />Here's to the indomitable spirit she showed and to you too as her champion, for keeping her real story alive. <br />Best wishes<br />EllieEllie Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437259693600577503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-31911791226023707752015-03-19T20:37:54.846+00:002015-03-19T20:37:54.846+00:00What a sad ending for her :(What a sad ending for her :(Alexandriawebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778264974977380013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-55643076201376510622015-03-19T18:20:19.660+00:002015-03-19T18:20:19.660+00:00So interesting, but what a sad story. I shall see ...So interesting, but what a sad story. I shall see so much more in her eyes now, not just the moments captured on canvas. A thought provoking post, thank you xxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609843189950522999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-20073131045713462582015-03-19T18:19:04.819+00:002015-03-19T18:19:04.819+00:00Thanks LeeAnn. I think she'd be delighted at ...Thanks LeeAnn. I think she'd be delighted at how much this means to people now. I have never had so much mail! Fanny is such a touchstone for people, she truly is the patron saint of the overlooked woman.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments!Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-65567700863887278472015-03-19T18:15:41.853+00:002015-03-19T18:15:41.853+00:00Like most who have read your book and followed you...Like most who have read your book and followed your search for Fanny I read this with very mixed emotions. I greatly admire your determination upon this quest. I am so glad that your search has found her, but of course this story does not have a happy ending. I think that she would be thrilled to know that due to her indomitable spirit we admire her, so many years after she has gone. Always burning bright, and thanks to you a whole new generation know her. xLeeAnn at Mrs Black's https://www.blogger.com/profile/05923451542086673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-27339212259117476582015-03-19T18:10:25.859+00:002015-03-19T18:10:25.859+00:00Thank you. I started reading other entries in the...Thank you. I started reading other entries in the death register and ended up really miserable. God help you if you were a difficult woman. The average lifespan in the asylum was usually short, which in itself was terrifying. A thought-filled day if ever there was one.Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-86092596137419342692015-03-19T17:52:00.689+00:002015-03-19T17:52:00.689+00:00There are no words here. Mental health treatment ...There are no words here. Mental health treatment was not much better at the turn of the 20th century than at the turn of the 19th. Anyone the least bit "off," sick without obvious symptoms or just inconvenient ended up in an asylum - and God help you if you were a woman, of course. But the robust Fanny will always be the one remembered, much because of your work, Kristy! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392282234840071703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-61691883792555625102015-03-19T15:43:36.611+00:002015-03-19T15:43:36.611+00:00Thanks Melinda. I shall be opening a bottle of wi...Thanks Melinda. I shall be opening a bottle of wine tonight and drinking to the memory of a truly unique and inspirational woman who has been part of my life for 20 years. I can only hope I am as belligerent as her when I am 70. Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-77132897879405760012015-03-19T15:41:37.074+00:002015-03-19T15:41:37.074+00:00What a story! And I suppose because we think of he...What a story! And I suppose because we think of her in her glory days, we forget she was very much an ordinary woman of her times and reduced by gender, lack of money, and power, and ended up in an asylum. No fiction could have been told better than your story from beginning to end.Jane Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05914649664507501849noreply@blogger.com