Title
Engraving of the English procuress Elizabeth Creswell, by Laroon (1675)
Creator
Laroon, Marcellus (1653-1702)
Date
1675
Description
Also known as Mother Creswell and Madam Cresswell of Clerkenwell, she was one of the most famous and successful brothel prostitutes and regents in seventeenth-century England. Written below in French and Italian her profession of procuress: "" Une maquerelle, vecchia rufiana ". More information (in English) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cresswell
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160817230527/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cresswell
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160817230527/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cresswell
Source
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw57846
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170704195341/https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw57846
Reference number: NPG D11230
Found in Wikimedia Commons. On February 23, 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Cresswell.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200821230042/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Cresswell.jpg
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw57846
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170704195341/https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw57846
Reference number: NPG D11230
Found in Wikimedia Commons. On February 23, 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Cresswell.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200821230042/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Cresswell.jpg
Format
Engraving.
Dimensions: 26 × 17 cm
Dimensions: 26 × 17 cm
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