GRACE DALYRYMPLE ELLIOT'S typical day as a Courtesan!
On Page 5 of Jo Manning's, MY LADY SCANDALOUS we learn that Grace may have...
After long night partying into the week hours - gaming, a masquerade? Rise at noon at her love nest in the Picadilly area, St. John's Wood or Queen Anne Street (popular areas for women to be kept) her housemaid might bring her chocolate - her servants might run a bath, a professional hairdresser - dressed by a lady's maid, her breakfast brought to her room, read the newspaper, searching for her name - read reviews of plays, balls, etc, and SCAN THE PERSONAL ADS, note books advertised for sale, decide to attend the opera or a museum exhibit, be painted by a portraitist...
She might go shopping. He pays her bills on time. She goes for fittings, riding costumes, a new carriage.
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Saturday, June 21, 2014
Sunday, June 8, 2014
IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COURTESAN AND A MISTRESS THAT THE COURTESAN CHOOSES HER LOVERS?
In the book "MY LADY SCANDALOUS", author Jo Manning quoted Katie Hickman, who wrote a book called "Courtesans."
On page 2 of the hard back book it says that a Courtesan is a woman who accepts money for sexual favors but considers herself the lover of just ONE MAN. Though many mistresses become courtesans, unlike prostitutes, a courtesan always chooses her patrons - for her pleasure too - Her gifts are erotic pleasure, company, and conversation.
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