Betsy, a sex worker with her charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1809?]
Reference:
27934i
Part of:
Portraits of celebrated courtezans: from the original copper plates engraved by W. Hollar in the reign of Charles the second.
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Previous title, replaced July 2024: A prostitute with her name and charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).

Publication/Creation

[London?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1809?]

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1 print : etching ; platemark 10 x 6.1 cm

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Lettering

Belsy Ch--r a treat & a peace fresh cull

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

References note

Richard Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, Cambridge 1982, p. 310 no. 1944a
Alicia Meyer, 'Engraving the courtesan: sex work and "The Renaissance" in Victorian books', The collation, Folger Shakespeare Library blog, 21 September 2023, https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/engraving-the-courtesan/

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Wellcome Collection 27934i

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