Moll Cut-purse. Engraving.
- Date:
- [between 1800 and 1899?]
- Reference:
- 2015801i
- Pictures
About this work
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 left, a monkey on the right, and a lion in the left background
Publication/Creation
[London] (Castle Street, Leicester Fields) : Pub.d by W. Richardson, [between 1800 and 1899?]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; platemark approximately 16.2 x 14.9 cm
Lettering
Moll Cut-Purse. See here the presidesse o'th pilfring trade / Mercuryes second, Venus's onely mayd. / Doublet and breeches in a un'form dresse / the female humurrist a kickshaw messe. / Here no attraction that your fancy greets / but if her features please not, read her feats.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2015801i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores2015801i.1Location Status Access Closed stores2015801i.2