

Mrs "ABINGTON" in the character of Miss Prue in William Congreve's bawdy comedy, Love for Love. Miss Prue is a "NAIVE" country girl who is seduced by a predatory, half-witted dandy. Mrs Abington had worked in a brothel before making her name on the stage and was, when "REYNOLDS" painted her, the "MISTRESS" of a wealthy MP. Information provided by one of my flickr friends, Spiers65, check out his blog, Urban-Miner.
3 comments:
Lovely works
these are refreshing in their simplicity
fun to have the background info on her :)
I agree with jude, simple and elegant
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