A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Stephens, Katharine
STEPHENS, KATHARINE,
The daughter of a carver and gilder, was born in London, September 18th., 1794. She gave early proofs of her musical abilities, and on the 23rd. of September, 1813, made her débût on the stage, at Covent Garden Theatre, as a vocalist, and was received with great applause. She continued for a long time the principal female singer on the English stage. Her character was always unimpeachable.