Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Dorothy Jordan as Nell NPG D3321

© National Portrait Gallery, London

probably by John Rogers, published by Simpkin and Marshall, published by Clement Chapple, after O. Steeden

The Irish Mrs Jordan made her theatrical debut in England and was quickly hailed as London's leading comic actress. In 1790 she became mistress to the Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William IV. Despite the high-society scandal of their relationship, the actress and the Duke lived together for twenty contented years in which she bore him ten illegitimate children. She continued to act, often supporting the profligate Duke from her impressive income. Their life together ended cruelly in 1811 with the advent of the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.