Link-boy
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A link-boy was a boy who carried a flaming torch to light the way for pedestrians at night. Linkboys were common in London in the days before the introduction of gas lighting in the early to mid 19th
Cupid as a Link Boy, Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1771.
Georgian link extinguisher on a house in Bath, UK
Link boy extinguishing his torch in a link extinguisher at a doorway in Grosvenor Square, London
Betty Careless
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Betty Careless or Betsy Careless was a notorious English prostitute and bagnio-owner. Probably born Elizabeth Carless, she adapted her name to better suit her profession. Her name, beauty and reputati
Link-boy
…redness of his face: In the mid-eighteenth century Laurence Casey, who was known as Little Cazey, became the personal linkboy of the famous courtesan Betty Careless, and gained something of reputation as a troublemaker. He features in Louis Peter Boitard's 1739 picture The Covent Garden Morning Frolick, leading the…
The sleeping Betty is carried home in a sedan chair after a night of revelling in Boitard's 1739 The Covent Garden Morning Frolick.