went to Vauxhall with the doctor, Madame Pepusch being dead." She had been "extremely sick" the day before. A replica in oils of Sebastian Ricci's picture A Rehearsal at the Opera, containing a portrait of Margherita, is in the possession of Messrs. John Broadwood & Sons, the pianoforte-makers. In this group of musicians "Margaritta in black with a muff" (as the title runs) is short, dark-complexioned, but not ill-favoured. The original painting is at Castle Howard, the seat of the Earl of Carlisle in Yorkshire. References Attribution Sources Winton Dean: "de l'Epine, Margherita", Grove Music Online ed L. Macy (Accessed 9 March 2011), grovemusic.com, subscription access. Italian operatic sopranos 1746 deaths 17th-century births Year of birth missing 17th-century Italian women opera singers 18th-century Italian women opera singers Musicians from Tuscany