The actual story is that she was photographing on her free time and the rest of her days were spent caring for children of some rich family. When she died, the rich family were the only people who could inherit her stuff. What they saw was not only pretty, but they saw an opportunity. They began marketing right away and made her a well known photographer and kept all the money as rights holder.

This is a story of exploitation of someone talented in a system designed to waste her life.