Description: Mary 'Perdita' Robinson (nee Darby) (1758-1800), was the daughter of a Bristol merchant. She was educated at Bristol by Hannah More; she taught at a school with her mother in Chelsea. Patronized by the Duchess of Devonshire and tutored by David Garrick Robinson she became one of the most successful actresses of the age. She was for a time mistress of the Prince of Wales, who granted an annuity. Robinson wrote under the pseudonym Laura Maria.
Stroehling Pinxt. H. Adlard Sculpt. London: Published by Thomas Kelly, 17, Paternoster Row, 1830.