Mrs. Margaret Caroline Rudd.
[Anon., c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Large margins on 3 sides.
Margaret Caroline Rudd (c.1745-98), courtesan and accused forger, dressed in finery but in a prison cell. Rudd lived with the bankrupt merchant and stock speculator Daniel Perreau (c.1734-76) who, along with his identical twin Robert, were found to be involved in forgery. The twins accused Rudd of being the mastermind behind the plan, but while the brothers were convicted and executed Rudd was acquitted. After the executions Rudd reportedly became the mistress of the libertine and politician Thomas Lyttelton, second Baron Lyttelton (1744-79) and was also the mistress of Dr Johnson's biographer James Boswell in the 1780s. Engraving published in the 'Tyburn Chronicle'.
For other likenesses see refs. 1847 and 12547.
[Ref: 46574] £65.00
Engraving, sheet 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Large margins on 3 sides.
Margaret Caroline Rudd (c.1745-98), courtesan and accused forger, dressed in finery but in a prison cell. Rudd lived with the bankrupt merchant and stock speculator Daniel Perreau (c.1734-76) who, along with his identical twin Robert, were found to be involved in forgery. The twins accused Rudd of being the mastermind behind the plan, but while the brothers were convicted and executed Rudd was acquitted. After the executions Rudd reportedly became the mistress of the libertine and politician Thomas Lyttelton, second Baron Lyttelton (1744-79) and was also the mistress of Dr Johnson's biographer James Boswell in the 1780s. Engraving published in the 'Tyburn Chronicle'.
For other likenesses see refs. 1847 and 12547.
[Ref: 46574] £65.00