Frances Abington as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, 1775

Mrs Frances Abington in the character of Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Drury Lane Theatre, 6 November, 1775. In panniered ballgown, plumed headdress, holding a fan and mask. Frances Barton, later Mrs Abington, 1737-1815, was an English actress and prostitute who appeared in Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies. Copperplate engraving after a portrait by James Roberts from John Bell's Edition of Shakespeare, London, Feb. 19th, 1776

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