Sydney critics described her as ‘a pleasing lively little brunette, with a sparkling and expressive black eye, not particularly pretty, but far from plain', in possession of a ‘desirable stature of person, neither diminutive nor masculine – the graceful air of step – and the clear, distinct enunciation of voice’ and ‘One so lady like in her manner is indeed a rarity in this part of the world’; as an artist she was called elastic, versatile and natural in her performance style: Alongside Ellen Douglass Hatch (1812–1838) whose career was parallel with hers and who was described by the Sydney Gazette of November 1834 as an actress of 'superior theatrical attainments', Taylor was arguably the most noted actress in Sydney in the 1830s.
When Largeteau unlawfully sold the ship Ville de Bordeaux without being its owner in July 1840, Taylor left with him on his flight to Calcutta.
In Calcutta, Taylor and Largeteau took the names Count and Madame Dhermainville and lived a life of luxury, presenting herself as a French actress married into nobility.
When Pierre Largeteau contracted cholera and died in 1841, she returned to acting and made her Calcutta debut in The Taming of the Shrew at the Sans Souci Theatre of Esther Leach.
At this time, she was in a relationship with Captain George Hamilton Cox, Secretary of the Fire Insurance Company, an affair which attracted attention, particularly as he committed suicide in April 1841.