A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists

by Robyn Asleson, Shelley Bennett, Mark Leonard, and Shearer West

Robyn Asleson (Editor)

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An exploration of the life and career of Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), the famed English actress who revolutionized 18th-century English theatre while creating a public persona to promote herself. The volume brings together 55 portraits of Siddons, including works by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, George Romney and Gilbert Stuart.
  • ISBN10 0892365560
  • ISBN13 9780892365562
  • Publish Date 2 September 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 22 July 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Getty Trust Publications
  • Imprint J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 144
  • Language English