One of a collection of four similar images; the other three images are titled: Mr. Kean as Othello; Miss Hargraves as Amy; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but different colors and colla...
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Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856, and Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
One of a collection of four similar images; the others in this series are: Mr. Kean as Othello; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani; Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but...
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Title written below image; artist statement above image.
"Portrait of Sarah Siddons, after Gainsborough; three-quarters length sitting directed and looking to left, wearing a striped gown and large feathered hat, set at an angle, her hands on a fur muff in her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title, artist, printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0509.124.
