Ristori, Adelaide, distinguished Italian tragédienne; was one of a family of strolling players; her career on the stage was a continuous triumph; the rôle in which she specially shone was that of Lady Macbeth; she was married in 1847 to the Marquis del Grillo, and is known as Marquise; (b. 1821).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Rishis * Ritschl, Albrecht