A watercolour with gold paint showing the ballet dancer Signora Cortesi as the character of Donna Bianca in the Italian ballet of Ines di Castro. She is shown full-length, facing left in profile, with one hand held out in front of her. She is dressed in a white theatrical costume trimmed with gold.
Inscribed below: Signora Cortesi as Donna Bianca as she appeared in the ballet of Ines di Castro this season at the King's Theatre. PV f. KP June 12th 1833.

Princess Victoria saw Ines di Castro performed at the King's Theatre on 4 June 1833. In her journal entry of that day, the young princess describes Cortesi as "a handsome person & a good actress".