1590. Spenser, F. Q., III. viii. 10. As her creatresse had in charge to her ordain’d.
1616. T. Tuke, Treat. agst. Painting, 57. Yet is she her owne creatrisse.
1778. Mad. D’Arblay, Diary & Lett., Sept. The all-devouring flames … in consuming her [Evelina, the novel] would have preserved her creatress!
1855. Singleton, Virgil, I. 72. Minerva too, Creatress of the olive.
1892. Pall Mall Gaz., 15 Sept., 6/1. And yet, as happens so often in the case of dramatic successes, the palm remains with Mdme. Doche, the creatress of the part.
