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Posing as Venus with Cupid, Nell Gwyn lounges with her child at her right and a vase on her left against a natural setting. Portrait commissioned by Charles II.

Half-length portrait.For more information, seeYale Center for British Art

A woman in a brown and white gown and blue satin draping sits with her left breast bare, left hand resting on a golden container. She gestures towards a spaniel standing at her left. Background includes a view out a window and a rich blue and gold…

Detail of reconstruction of the Second Globe Theatre

Imaginative reconstruction of Drury Lane Theatre based on Sir Christopher Wren's images of the longitudinal section of a playhouse.

Reconstruction of the interior of a playhouse (probably Drury Lane, circa 1674) and exterior streets, represented from an overhead cut-away view. Parts of building labeled.

Half-length portrait of Sir Thomas Betterton.

half-length standing portrait, part of Kneller's Kit-Cat Club portraits. For more information, see NPG

Half-length portrait. For more information, seeNPG