Eleanor Gwyn was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a longtime mistress of King Charles II of England.
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Portrait of Nell Gwyn by Simon Pietersz Verelst, c. 1670
Nell Gwyn's Lodging, Drury Lane, February 1881 by Philip Norman
Later depiction of Gwyn by George S. Stuart![Nell Gwyn as Cupid, c. 1672; engraving by Richard Thomson, of a painting by Peter Cross.[38] Pepys owned a copy of this engraving and displayed it over his desk at the Admiralty[39]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Nell_Gwyn_as_Cupid.jpg/500px-Nell_Gwyn_as_Cupid.jpg)
Nell Gwyn as Cupid, c. 1672; engraving by Richard Thomson, of a painting by Peter Cross.[38] Pepys owned a copy of this engraving and displayed it over his desk at the Admiralty[39]![Portrait of Nell Gwyn as Venus with her son, Charles, as Cupid, by Peter Lely. Charles II had this hung behind a landscape, which he swung back to allow favoured guests to peer at[43]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Lely_venus-cupid.jpg/1280px-Lely_venus-cupid.jpg)
Portrait of Nell Gwyn as Venus with her son, Charles, as Cupid, by Peter Lely. Charles II had this hung behind a landscape, which he swung back to allow favoured guests to peer at[43]
Nell Gwynn House, Chelsea
Charles and James Beauclerk, the two sons of Charles II and Nell Gwyn, in a 1679 engraving. Charles is depicted holding a coronetIn their orbit 4
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About this person
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1650 to 1687 · aged 37
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