newly-discovered medical records have finally revealed the fate of pre-raphaelite artist dante gabriel rossetti 's muse fanny cornforth and how she died a tragic , death .
details of where and how the west-sussex born model and mistress of rossetti died remained a mystery for years until her biographer recently tracked her down through hospital records .
they revealed the orange-haired beauty - whose face graced many of her lover 's paintings - died in the sussex county asylum in poverty and suffering from clear symptoms of dementia .