1. Catherine Maria Fischer, better known as Kitty Fisher, was an English courtesan.
11 Facts About Kitty Fisher
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From her teenage years onward, Fisher developed a carefully molded public image, which was enhanced by acknowledgement from Sir Joshua Reynolds and other artists.
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Kitty Fisher was one of the world's first celebrities who was not famous for being an actress, musician, or member of the royalty, but simply for being famous.
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Kitty Fisher maintained a famous rivalry with Maria Gunning, who had become Lady Coventry after a calculated insertion into the marriage market orchestrated by Gunning's mother.
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Kitty Fisher's rumored affair with Lord Coventry several years later sparked the rivalry.
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The first artist known to have painted Kitty Fisher was Joshua Reynolds.
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Kitty Fisher's famous painting, now in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Kitty Fisher came to live at her husband's family house, Hemsted.
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Kitty Fisher was buried in Benenden churchyard dressed in her best ball gown.
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Kitty Fisher was included as a character in several eighteenth-century novels, including Chrysal by Charles Jonstone.
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Paulette Goddard played her in the 1945 blockbuster film Kitty Fisher, released by Paramount Pictures.