Courtesans

Giovanna Baccelli

circa 1753-1801
Dancer and mistress of 3rd Duke of Dorset
Sitter in 5 portraits

Mrs Benwell

active late 18th century
Courtesan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Miss Burns

circa 1769-1792
Courtesan
Sitter in 2 portraits

Miss Chambers

Courtesan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Anne Clarke (née Thompson)

1776-1852
Mistress of the Duke of York
Sitter in 8 portraits

Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland

1640-1709
Mistress of Charles II
Sitter in 35 portraits

Suk Conway

active 1812
Courtesan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Conyngham (née Denison), Marchioness Conyngham

1769-1861
Mistress of George IV; wife of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess of Conyngham
Sitter in 34 portraits

Lucy Cooper

Courtesan
Sitter in 3 portraits

Elizabeth Cresswell

circa 1625-circa 1698
Courtesan and procuress
Sitter in 2 portraits

Diane de Poitiers

1499-1566
Mistress of Henri II of France
Sitter in 1 portrait

Liane de Pougy

1869-1950
Folies Bergères dancer and courtesan
Sitter in 4 portraits

Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester

1657-1717
Mistress of James II; wife of 1st Earl of Portmore; daughter of Sir Charles Sedley
Sitter in 12 portraits

Ann Elliot

1743-1769
Courtesan and actress
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charlotte Fish

active mid 18th century
Daughter of a London merchant, said to have been a courtesan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Kitty Fisher

circa 1741-1767
Courtesan
Sitter associated with 11 portraits

Mrs Fitzwilliam

active 1777
Courtesan
Sitter in 2 portraits

Elizabeth Bridget Fox (née Cane)

1750-1842
Courtesan; wife of Charles James Fox
Sitter in 7 portraits

Catherine Frederick

Courtesan
Sitter in 2 portraits

Miss Greenhill

active 1783
Courtesan
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Mabel Grey

active 1870s
Courtesan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Countess Teresa Guiccioli

1801-1873
Byron's mistress
Sitter in 4 portraits

Nell Gwyn

1651?-1687
Actress; mistress of Charles II
Sitter associated with 31 portraits

Emma Hamilton

Baptised 1765-1815
Mistress of Lord Nelson
Sitter associated with 37 portraits

Charlotte Holden (née Spencer)

died 1789
Courtesan
Sitter in 2 portraits

Margaret Hughes

died 1719
Actress and mistress of Prince Rupert
Sitter in 3 portraits

Frances Villiers (née Twysden), Countess of Jersey

1753-1821
Mistress of George IV and courtier
Sitter associated with 8 portraits

Polly Kennedy (Polly Jones)

died 1781
Courtesan and mistress of Sir Charles Bunbury
Sitter associated with 14 portraits

Marion Lee

active 1870s
Courtesan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anne ('Ninon') de l'Enclos

1620-1705
French courtesan
Sitter in 2 portraits

Gertrude Mahon (née Tilson)

1752-in or after 1808
Courtesan and actress
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Nancy Parsons

circa 1735-1814 or 1815
Courtesan and political mistress
Sitter in 6 portraits

Harriet Montague

active circa 1770s
Courtesan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frances ('Fanny') Murray (née Rudman)

1729-1778
Courtesan
Sitter in 2 portraits

Nelly O'Brien

died 1768
Courtesan, beauty and model for Reynolds
Sitter in 11 portraits

Caroline Otero (Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias)

1868-1965
'La Belle Otero'; Spanish actress, dancer and courtesan
Sitter in 3 portraits

Cora Pearl (Emma Elizabeth Crouch)

1835?-1886
Courtesan; daughter of Frederick William Nicholls Crouch
Sitter in 2 portraits

Teresia Constantia Phillips

1709-1765
Courtesan and memoirist
Sitter in 11 portraits

Miss Plunkett

Courtesan
Sitter in 3 portraits

Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth

1649-1734
Mistress of Charles II
Sitter in 15 portraits