A watercolour showing the actress Laura Honey as the title role in the operatic-ballet-burletta of Lurline. She is shown full-length, facing right with her face turned to the front. She is dressed in an Amazonian-inspired ballet costume with a plumed helmet and is holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
Inscribed below: Mrs Honey as Lurline in her 2d dress as she appeared at the Adelphi.
Inscribed lower left: P.V.f K.P. Jan: 25th 1834

Princess Victoria saw Lurline (or The Revolt of the Naiades) performed at the Adelphi Theatre on 24 January 1834. The young princess took a particular interest in the costumes she had seen worn in theatrical performances. In her journal entry of 24 January 1834, she describes how Honey's "second dress...was also very pretty. A breastplate of silver, a petticoat of blue embroidered and fringed with silver, short sleeves and a helmet with a red plume. She looked quite lovely in both [dresses]."