Arts and sciences bewailing;
Commerce drooping, credit failing;
Placemen mocking subjects loyal;
Separations, weddings royal.
        (January, 1795, 13-16)

1. Female Fashions for 1799
2. January, 1795
3. Male Fashions for 1799

Notes on Life and Works

• Levy, Martin J. "Robinson, Mary [Perdita] (1756/1758?–1800)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.

Biographical information

Given name: Mary
Family name: Robinson
Maiden name: Darby
Birth date: 27 November 1758
Death date: 26 December 1800
Pseudonyms: Perdita, Tabitha Bramble
Nationality: English
Ethnicity: Irish
Family relations
          mother: Seys Darby
          husband: Thomas Robinson (from 12 April 1774)
          daughter: Maria Elizabeth Robinson
Language: English
Education
          School in Bristol, kept by sisters of Hannah More
          School in Chelsea, kept by Mrs. Lorrington
          School in Chelsea, kept by Mrs. Leigh
          Finishing school at Oxford House, Marylebone
Patron: Duchess of Devonshire
Literary period: Romantic
Occupations
          Author
          Actor
Residences
          Brighton
          Englefield Cottage, Surrey to 26 December 1800
          Newman Street, London
          College Green, Bristol: 27 November 1758
          No. 13 Hatton Garden, London: 1774
          Paris: 1783
Illness: Paralysis
Cause of death: dropsy in the chest
Buried at: Old Windsor churchyard
First RPO edition: 1996-2000