Society and the 18th century London Stage - a George III rev...

Hammer

£70

Society and the 18th century London Stage - a George III reverse engraving on glass, Mrs Mills, by John Raphael Smith after George Engleheart, 31cm x 22cm, Hogarth frame

Born in 1734 Isabella Burchell (later becoming known as Isabella Vincent and then Mrs Mills) was a singer at Vauxhall gardens for ten years. Said to have been discovered while working as a milkmaid, she was trained at the expense of Jonathan Tyers (1702 - 1767), proprietor of the New Spring Gardens.