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"Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne) (2 February 1650? 14 November 1687) was a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England. Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella.
Apr 27, 2020 · By PETER CUNNINGHAM, F. S. A. Nell Gwyn's Son—the first Duke of St. Alban's. LONDON: BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET. MDCCCLII. ADVERTISEMENT. The following story was originally published in " The Gentleman's Magazine ," for the year 1851, and now appears as a separate publication for the first time: corrected throughout and enlarged ...
Born during a tumultuous period in England’s past, Nell Gwyn caught the eye of King Charles II, the newly restored, pleasure-seeking ‘merry monarch” of a nation in full hedonistic reaction to Puritan rule. Their seventeen-year love affair played out against the backdrop of the Great Fire of London, the Great Plague, court scandals, and ...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 10264. Source citation. Actress, Royal Mistress. Born Eleanor Gwynne, probably in Hereford, Herefordshire, although Coal Yard Alley off Drury Lane in Covent Garden, London also claims to be her birthplace. According to most sources, her father was Thomas Gwyn, a former soldier in the Royalist army, and her mother was ...
Dec 16, 2008 · Gwyn, Nell, 1650-1687, Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 Publisher New York : J. Wiley's sons Collection cdl; americana Contributor University of California ...
Oct 4, 2016 · Nell Gwyn (AKA Gwynn or Gwynne) (1650-1687) was one of the first English actresses — in other words, one of the first actors to be a woman. She had the proverbial rags to riches story: she began as an orange girl (selling oranges at the theater), became a comedic actress and a star, and eventually mistress to King Charles II.
RCIN 655579. Nell Gwyn is shown here in the guise of Venus, goddess of love, adapted from a painting by Correggio which had been in the collection of Charles I. While not identified by name, clues to Nell's identity are provided in the verse, such as being described as the ‘soveraigns Joy’. Only a handful of impressions of this mezzotint ...
