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See also:VESTRIS, See also:LUCIA See also:ELIZABETH (1797—1856) , See also:English actress, was See also:born in See also:London in See also:January 1797, the daughter of Gaetano Stefano See also:Bartolozzi (1757—1821) and granddaughter of See also:Francesco Bartolozzi, the engraver. In 1813 she married Auguste Armand Vestris (see above), who deserted her four years later. With an agreeable See also:contralto See also:voice and a pleasing See also:face and figure, Madame Vestris had made her first See also:appearance in See also:Italian See also:opera in the See also:title-role of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Winter's Il ratio di Proserpina at the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Theatre in 1815. She had an immediate success in both London and See also:Paris, where she played Camille to See also:Talma's See also:Horace in Horace. Her first See also:hit in English was at See also:Drury See also:Lane in See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Cobb's (1756—1818) See also:Siege of See also:Bel-grade (1820). She was particularly a favourite in "breeches parts," like Cherubino in the See also:Marriage of See also:Figaro, and in See also:Don Giovanni, and with such introduced songs as " See also:Cherry Ripe," " Meet me by, moonlight alone," " I've been roaming," etc. In 1831, having accumulated a See also:fortune, she became, lessee of the Olympic Theatre, and began the, presentation of a See also:series of burlesques and extravaganzas- for which she made this See also:house famous. She married See also:Charles James See also:Mathews in 1838, accompanying him to See also:America and aiding him in his subsequent managerial ventures. Her last appearance (1854) was' for his benefit in an See also:adaptation of Madame de See also:Girardin',s; Lai pia fait See also:pear, called See also:Sunshine through Clouds, and she died in London on the 8th of See also:August 1856. Her musical accomplishments and See also:education were not ' sufficient to distinguish her in See also:grand opera, and in high See also:comedy she was only moderately successful. But in plays like See also:Loan of a See also:Lover, See also:Paul Pry, See also:Naval Engagements, etc., she was delightfully See also:arch and bewitching.
End of Article: VESTRIS, LUCIA ELIZABETH (1797—1856)
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