Kitty Fisher

Dangerous Women

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Linda Smith introduces Kitty Fisher, a prominent London courtesan and personality from the 1760's, through two portraits by Joshua Reynolds and Nathaniel Hone. Revealing puns point to the sitter's fame, which has endured through the centuries via a nursery rhyme and even a London restaurant, which has been named after her.

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