Frances Polidori

Frances Polidori
Frances Polidori, 1863, photograph by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Born	Frances Mary Lavinia Polidori (1800-04-27)27 April 1800 London, England
Died	8 April 1886(1886-04-08) (aged 85) London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Nationality	British
Works	Model, educator
Spouse	Gabriele Rossetti
Children	Maria Dante William Christina
Father	Gaetano Polidori
Relatives	John William Polidori (brother)

Frances Mary Lavinia Rossetti (née Polidori; 27 April 1800 – 8 April 1886) was a British educator who was the daughter, wife, sister and mother of important writers and artists. She was also a model of the paintings of her son Dante. Some photographic portraits of the Rossetti family by Lewis Carroll in the Victorian era are permanently displayed at the National Portrait Gallery, London.^[1]