Moll Cut-purse. Engraving.

Date:
[between 1600 and 1699?]
Reference:
2015800i
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Description

Moll Cut-purse (Moll Cutpurse, Mary Frith, the Roaring Girl), thief and cross-dresser. In 1644 she was among several people discharged from the Bethlem Hospital having been judged to have recovered from insanity. Portrayed with an eagle on the upper right, a monkey on the left, and a lion in the right background. The monkey and the lion are on tables supported by console brackets (unlike some other versions of this portrait)

Publication/Creation

[London?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 11.7 x 8.2 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2015800i

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