Details of the death of William muse finally unmasked . Biographer Kirsty Stonell Walker located her grave using medical records . They revealed she died penniless , suffering from dementia in an asylum . She was the muse and model for some of Rossetti 's best-known works .
Details of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 's muse finally unmasked . Biographer Kirsty Stonell Walker located her grave using medical records . They revealed she died penniless , suffering from dementia in an asylum . She was the muse and model for some of Rossetti 's best-known works .