A Passion for Performance – Sarah Siddons and her Portraitists

by Robyn Asleson

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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.
  • ISBN10 0892365579
  • ISBN13 9780892365579
  • Publish Date 8 March 2001
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 15 July 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Getty Trust Publications
  • Imprint J Paul Getty Trust Publications,US
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 144
  • Language English