Nell Gwynne's house, Bagnigge Wells, St Pancras, London mb-code 1238961 Scene showing Mademoiselle Catherina in

Scene showing Mademoiselle Catherina in the centre apparently providing entertainment due to her small size for a gathering of fashionably dressed figures

She was the heroine of the last tale in the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

In the foreground are a number of figures

Both are scruffily dressed and are using walking sticks

'Near Chelmsford

Nell Gwynne's house, Bagnigge Wells, St Pancras, London mb-code 1238961 Scene showing Mademoiselle Catherina inView of Nell Gwynne's house, Bagnigge Wells, St Pancras, London, 1865; in the foreground a man sits by a hand pushed barrow. It is thought that the house was once used as the summer residence of Nell Gwynne. Bagnigge Wells was a popular spa which thrived from 1760 to the end of the eighteenth century.