A watercolour showing the ballet dancer Pauline Duvernay as the character of Princess Iseult in the ballet of The Sleeping Beauty. She is shown full-length, facing forward. She is standing with one foot en pointe and the other flat on the ground. She is dressed in theatrical ballet costume with flowers in her hair.
Inscribed below: Mlle Duvernay as she appeared as Princess Iseult in the ballet of the "Sleeping Beauty" this year at Drury Lane.
Inscribed lower left: PV.f. KP. March 12th 1833

Princess Victoria watched The Sleeping Beauty on 21 February 1833 at Drury Lane Theatre. In her journal entry of that day, the young Princess describes Duvernay as being "a very nice person; she has a very fine figure and dances beautifully, so quietly and so gracefully".