Print showing Nell Gwyn and her sons

Print showing Nell Gwyn and her sons

Henri Gascar

1850

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows Nell Gwyn with her two sons. The boys appear in the center, framed by their mother’s arms. Gascar made the original image. Stodart later turned it into this engraving. The print is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It dates from the late 1800s, long after Gascar died. Nell Gwyn was famous on the London stage in the 1600s. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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