A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists

Robyn Asleson · Shelley M. Bennett · Shearer West

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Historical Art and Culture Studies Theatre and Performance Studies Theater, Performance, and Music History

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The book explores the life and career of Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), the famed English actress who revolutionised eighteenth-century English theatre while creating a public persona to promote herself. A lavish volume, the book brings together fifty-five portraits of Siddons including works by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, George Romney and Gilbert Stuart.

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