Mrs Rousby

A carte de visite portrait of the actress Clara Rousby, invariable referred to as 'the beautiful Mrs Rousby' in newspaper reports of her day, of which there were a great many. She died of consumption in Wiesbaden on 19 April 1879.

According to one report of her death: 'The fame she gained nine or ten years ago, however, was clouded in later life by repeated misconduct and neglect of her husband. The flattery of admirers turned her vain little head' (The Daily Gazette, Middlesborough, 22 April 1879).

Photographed by William and Daniel Downey of London and Newcastle.