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Maria Foote, Afterwards Countess of Harrington, as Maria Darlington in the Farce of "A Rowland for an Oliver" (1824)

Item

Subject

Black and white digital image of an illustration of Maria Foote, British stage actress, in 1824.

Description

Black and white digital image of a book plate featuring Maria Foote, British stage actress renowned for her beauty and musical talents. She later became the Countess of Harrington and left the stage. This illustration was done in 1824, two years before A.S. Lyon would've seen her perform as Virginia in the play Virginius at Drury Lane Theatre.

Creator

S. Baring-Gould

Source

Wikimedia Commons

Publisher

Wikimedia Commons, 8 September 2010, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frontispiece,_Devonshire_Characters_and_Strange_Events.png

Date

1908

Contributor

Sarah Wyer

Rights

Public Domain

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Format

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Identifier

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Coverage

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Citation

S. Baring-Gould, “Maria Foote, Afterwards Countess of Harrington, as Maria Darlington in the Farce of "A Rowland for an Oliver" (1824),” The Lyon Archive, accessed May 6, 2024, https://lyon.eastendarchives.net/items/show/85.