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[1691] Mrs Mary H----n, Smithfield. A tall, graceful, comely Woman, indebted for two thirds of her beauty to Washes and the Patch-box. #stuartera #17thcentury #williamandmary #17thcenturylondon
[1691] Mrs Mary H----n, Smithfield ----- A tall, graceful, comely Woman, indebted for two thirds of her beauty to Washes and the Patch-box; she mightily frequents the Raffling-shops, very shy of allowing her Favours; but the present of Silver Furniture for her Chamber may mollifie her, which will cost you but 20l. ----- Images: A young woman – Martin Schongauer (1646), Femme de qualité déshabillée pour le bain – Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (1685) Her: Mary H---n: Unlike in Harris’s lists there is no suggestion towards any particular surname. Potentially one of the more common ones that contain ‘H’ and ‘N’ - Horton could be her surname but it is conjecture at best. Horton: She has no age given, but there is a record for a Mary Horton living in Shoreditch, about 10 minutes’ walk from the Cloisters in Smithfield paying around £2.6s (£500-600) a year for her property in Christopher’s Alley. A gambler at heart; Rather than money she expects silver furniture. She is said to be a great user of ‘washes’ and the ‘patch-box’. Washes is a reference to face-paint aka. “giving the face a wash of paint”. The patch box was a tin that contained little pieces of fabric to stick to the face in order to hide spots or scars. Price: 20 Pounds: Approx: £4226.
February 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM