Betty Careless

The sleeping Betty is carried home in a sedan chair after a night of revelling in Boitard's 1739 *The Covent Garden Morning Frolick*.

Betty Careless or Betsy Careless (c. 1704–1739) was a notorious prostitute and later bagnio-owner in 18th-century London. Probably born Elizabeth Carless (though she later used the name Mrs. Elizabeth Biddulph), she adapted her name to better suit her profession. Her name, beauty and reputation made her, like Sally Salisbury before her, something of an archetypal courtesan for the popular culture of the day.