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Description: | inscription, handwritten, handwritten in black ink, Thought for To-day.
When Nell Gwynn
Wanted to sin,
She just beckoned
To Charles the Second.
Four-line poem by South Shields born poet, James Kirkup, entitled 'Thought for To-day', handwritten in black ink on white paper. The poem is as follows 'When Nell Gwynn Wanted to sin, She just beckoned To Charles the Second.' Nell Gywn (1650=1687) was an actress in Restoration England, as well as the mistress of Charles II.
Material: paper | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.350065 | Go to resource |
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