Nell Gwyn, Restoration actress, 1650-1687

Nell Gwyn, Restoration actress, lover of the Earl of Rochester, long-time mistress of King Charles II of England, 1650-1687. Depicted in loose chemise with her hand on the head of a lamb. Steel engraving by Thomas Wright after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely from Mrs Anna Jameson's Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second, Henry Coburn, London, 1838. T. Wright was a member elect of the Imperial Academy of Arts or St. Petersburg and of Florence

Bosom Chemise Courtesan Curls Henry Coburn King Charles Ii Mrs Anna Jameson Ringlets Sir Peter Lely Steel Engraving Victorian Era

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