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maid to Lady Charlotte Stanley (Lord Derby’s daughter). Lord
Derby’s attachment to Miss Farren is extraordinary. He sees her
daily and always attends the play when she performs. When she
came to Knowsley her mother was with her, so careful she is of appear-
ances.”
And again on May 20, 1797: “Lady Gage told Hoppner that when
Lady Derby (Miss Farren the actress recently married to Lord Derby)
was presented, the Queen advanced to her, which is a great com-
pliment.”
Eliza Farren, born in 1759, was the daughter of George Farren, a
surgeon and an apothecary of Cork, who went on the stage and at-
tained a little success. His wife and daughters also followed him and,
consequently, Eliza was brought up in the theatre. She played
juvenile parts in Bath, acting with her family, and often-sang between
the acts. At the age of fifteen she appeared in Liverpool as Rosetta
in Love in a Village and soon afterwards as Lady Townly in The
Provoked Husband. In 1777 she made her London debut at the Hay-
market as Miss Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer with great success
and for many years she was the favorite actress of the Haymarket
and of Drury Lane. When the charming Mrs. Abington left Drury
Lane in 1782, Miss Farren was accepted as her successor. Miss
Farren’s specialty was the fine and fashionable lady and her big part
was Lady Townly. She was greatly admired in the roles of Lady
Fanciful in The Provoked Wife, Berinthia in the Trip to Scarborough;
Belinda in All in the Wrong; Angelica in Love for Love; Elvira in The
Spanish Friar and also in the Shakesperian parts of Juliet and Olivia
in Twelfth Night.
Thomas Lawrence was born in Bristol in 1769 and spent his early
years in Devizes, where his father was proprietor of the Black Bear
Inn. Very early the boy showed remarkable talent for drawing por-
traits in crayons. He was so successful that he went to Bath, took a
studio, and began his remarkable career which reached its climax
when he became the foremost portrait-painter in England.
“In 1787 the wish of Lawrence’s heart was realized, and we find the
young painter, then eighteen, established in rooms in what was then
OLD WORLD MASTERS
maid to Lady Charlotte Stanley (Lord Derby’s daughter). Lord
Derby’s attachment to Miss Farren is extraordinary. He sees her
daily and always attends the play when she performs. When she
came to Knowsley her mother was with her, so careful she is of appear-
ances.”
And again on May 20, 1797: “Lady Gage told Hoppner that when
Lady Derby (Miss Farren the actress recently married to Lord Derby)
was presented, the Queen advanced to her, which is a great com-
pliment.”
Eliza Farren, born in 1759, was the daughter of George Farren, a
surgeon and an apothecary of Cork, who went on the stage and at-
tained a little success. His wife and daughters also followed him and,
consequently, Eliza was brought up in the theatre. She played
juvenile parts in Bath, acting with her family, and often-sang between
the acts. At the age of fifteen she appeared in Liverpool as Rosetta
in Love in a Village and soon afterwards as Lady Townly in The
Provoked Husband. In 1777 she made her London debut at the Hay-
market as Miss Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer with great success
and for many years she was the favorite actress of the Haymarket
and of Drury Lane. When the charming Mrs. Abington left Drury
Lane in 1782, Miss Farren was accepted as her successor. Miss
Farren’s specialty was the fine and fashionable lady and her big part
was Lady Townly. She was greatly admired in the roles of Lady
Fanciful in The Provoked Wife, Berinthia in the Trip to Scarborough;
Belinda in All in the Wrong; Angelica in Love for Love; Elvira in The
Spanish Friar and also in the Shakesperian parts of Juliet and Olivia
in Twelfth Night.
Thomas Lawrence was born in Bristol in 1769 and spent his early
years in Devizes, where his father was proprietor of the Black Bear
Inn. Very early the boy showed remarkable talent for drawing por-
traits in crayons. He was so successful that he went to Bath, took a
studio, and began his remarkable career which reached its climax
when he became the foremost portrait-painter in England.
“In 1787 the wish of Lawrence’s heart was realized, and we find the
young painter, then eighteen, established in rooms in what was then