Heroine Gallery

Grace Darling, rowing with her father

Grace Horsley Darling, daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, seen here rowing with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838 -- together with her father she saved 13 people from the wreck

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Agnes Reston (1771-1856), known as The Heroine of Matagorda

Agnes Reston (1771-1856), known as The Heroine of Matagorda, wife of Sergeant Reston of the 94th Regiment of Foot. In 1810, during an early phase of the Siege of Cadiz by the French, she worked as a nurse, tearing up the family's linen to make bandages for the wounded men in the fort, and drawing water from the well while under enemy fire. Date: 1810

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Fedora by Victorien Sardou - Australian actress Marie Lohr

Fedora by Victorien Sardou was first produced at the Theatre du Vaudeville in Paris, 12th December 1882. The English version by Herman Merivale was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London on 5th May 1883. This image shows Fedora outside her wounded fianc钳 sick room in Act I. Sardou created the role of his heroine, a passionate Russian princess, for Sarah Bernhardt, and most of Europes leading actresses played the part. In this revival for the Globe Theatre, London which started on 30th October 1920, it was played by Australian actress Marie Lohr. Date: 1920

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