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Nelly O'Brien (courtesan)
Nelly O'Brien (c. 1739 – 1768) was a courtesan, best known for having been painted by the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. She is not to be confused with the later Irish artist Nelly O'Brien. Little is known of her early life or her family background. She was an actress before becoming a courtesan, and for some time may have been the mistress of Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, Augustus Keppel, who introduced her to Reynolds. She become the lover of Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, Frederick St John, and he commissioned Reynolds to paint her twice between 1762 and 1764. Those paintings are now in the Wallace Collection and Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Hunterian Museum. Nelly was rumoured to have had a son by Frederick St John in 1764, then became the lover of Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet, Sackville Tufton, to whom she bore two sons – Alfred (b. 1765) and Sackville (b. 1766). Her cause of death is unknown. A record in the burial register for St Ann's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Reynolds - Portrait Of Nelly O'Brien WLC WLC P38-001
Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and Book of Numbers, Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible. His name was Hoshea ( ''Hōšēaʿ'', Literal translation, lit. 'Save') the son of Nun (Bible), Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him "Yehoshua" (translated as "Joshua" in English),''Bible'' the name by which he is commonly known in English. According to the Bible, he was born in Ancient Egypt, Egypt prior to the Exodus. The Hebrew Bible identifies Joshua as one of The Twelve Spies, the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. In and after the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated lands to the tribes. According to chronology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
