2-705-674 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Madame Auriol as Columbine', c1849. French performer Francisca Christophosa Auriol as a character from the Commedia dell'Arte, wearing a dress trimmed with blue ribbons, and a bell-shaped skirt. Francisca (or Francesca) Auriol (1829-1862) made her London debut in 1847 as a second dancer at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. She was a daughter of the famous French clown, Jean Baptiste Auriol, and she married British clown Richard Flexmore. [J. Redington, London]