3789172 Nell Gwyn dressed in black at court by Hartrick, Archibald Standish (1864-1950) (after); (add.info.: Nell Gwyn dressed in black at court to mock Louise de K矇rouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649 ? 1734), French mistress of Charles II. Illustration by Kitty Shannon (1926). Caption: \'?Nell one day, characteristically, appeared at Court dressed in black - explaining that she was in mourning for Louise and her dead hopes\'. NG: Mistress of Charles II and actress, 2 February 1650 ? 14 November 1687. Nell Gwyn: The Story of Her Life by Lewis Melville. With illustration in colour and black and white by Kitty Shannon. London, Hutchinson & Co. Second Edition. P. 298); Lebrecht History.