Life mask

Description:

In eighteenth-century England, the eccentric widow, Mrs. Damer, works as the period's only woman sculptor, the horse race innovator, Lord Derby, endures public mockery, and a Drury Lane actress endeavors to gain entry into aristocratic circles.

subjects: Actresses,  London (England),  Women sculptors,  Courts and courtiers,  Fiction,  Triangles (Interpersonal relations),  Nobility,  History,  Fiction, general,  Fiction, historical,  London (england), fiction,  Actors, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction Finalist

People: Edward Smith Stanley Derby Earl of (1752-1834),  Elizabeth Farren (1762-1829),  Anne Seymour Damer (1748 or 9-1828),  Edward Smith-Stanley (1752-1834),  Anne Seymour Damer (1748 or 1749-1828)

Places: London (England),  England,  London

Times: 18th century