Scull of a public woman, remarkable for the depravity of her morals, her great propensity to steal and cruellty.

Nancy of the Dale: a woman wearing a bonnet, in profile. Stipple engraving, 1784.

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Nancy of the Dale: a woman wearing a bonnet, in profile. Stipple engraving, 1784.

Scull of a public woman, remarkable for the depravity of her morals, her great propensity to steal and cruellty.