Title: Life mask
Description: In eighteenth-century England, the eccentric widow, Mrs. Damer, works as the period's only woman sculptor, the horse race innovator, Lord Derby, endures public mockery, and a Drury Lane actress endeavors to gain entry into aristocratic circles.
Subjects: Actresses, London (England), Women sculptors, Courts and courtiers, Fiction, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Nobility, History, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, London (england), fiction, Actors, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction Finalist
Places: London (England), England, London
People: Edward Smith Stanley Derby Earl of (1752-1834), Elizabeth Farren (1762-1829), Anne Seymour Damer (1748 or 9-1828), Edward Smith-Stanley (1752-1834), Anne Seymour Damer (1748 or 1749-1828)
Time periods: 18th century