171A. Maria Felicitas Malibran. Actress.
[For account of this statue, see Handbook to Modern Sculpture, No. 108.]
172. Giulia Grisi. Italian Singer.
[Born in 1816. Still living.]
Made her first appearance in London during the season of 1834, being then 18 years old. From that time until her retirement from the English stage in 1854, not absent for a single season. Her voice a soprano of great power and of exquisite purity. Her histrionic talents, of the highest order, displayed equally in the artless peasant girl, and in the passionate and revengeful Semiramis. During twenty years she reigned supreme as queen of the lyric drama, finding many rivals, but no equal.
[By Flosi.]
POETS AND DRAMATISTS.
173. Dante Alighieri. Poet.
[Born at Florence, 1265. Died at Ravenna, 1321. Aged 56.]