Mary Frith, Moll Cut Purse, the Roaring Girl, c.1584-1659
Mary Frith, Moll Cut Purse, the Roaring Girl, c.1584-1659. English crossdressing criminal of the reign of King Charles II. Fortune teller, pickpocket and fence or receiver of stolen goods from Mulled Sack and others. Contemporary portrait print in male clothes with parrot, monkey and lion tamarin. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburn's Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martin's Lane, London, 1816
Picture No
14017394
Media ID
46639439
Size
4649px x 6667px
(5.6MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
English school





























