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A Woman to Know: Fanny Eaton

A Woman to Know: Fanny Eaton

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Julia Carpenter
Oct 14, 2016
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What makes one woman a stunner and another not? — historian Roberto C. Ferrari

(image via Princeton University Art Museum)
In group frescoes and murals, Fanny stood alongside beauties of the era, pale-skinned debutantes dressed as Athena and Eve and ancient warriors. She posed for "exotic" paintings of Roman goddesses, Indian empresses and Biblical hero…

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