Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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Mrs Siddons
Presented by Mrs C. FitzHugh 1843
actions: postures and motions
actor
adults
arts and entertainment
book - non-specific
book, Otway, Thomas
couch
curtain
domestic
furnishings
individuals: female
interior - non-specific
interiors
Kemble, Sarah
leisure and pastimes
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
reading
reading, writing, printed matter
recreational activities
Siddons, Sarah
standing
woman
work and occupations
<p>Sarah Siddons was the greatest tragic actress of her age. She was particularly famous for her interpretations of Shakespearian roles, in particular Lady Macbeth. Siddons retired from the stage in 1812; Lawrence painted her near the end of her career. She appears at one of her dramatic readings, with volumes of plays by Thomas Otway and Shakespeare beside her. Lawrence was the pre-eminent English portrait painter of the day. His works are marked by a fluent use of paint, and by a sense of scale and ambition which reflects his desire that portraiture be recognised as an elevated art form.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
12 May 2009 – 17 October 2010
2010-10-17
12 May 2009 – 17 October 2010
2010-10-17
2009-05-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-05-12
Lawrence and Sargent
Collection based display
20 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
20 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
2011-10-20
National Portrait Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.npg.org.uk
2011-10-20
Caught in the Act: Portraits of Women in the Eighteenth Century Theatre
Loan-out
11 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
11 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
2020-02-16
2019-09-11
Musée du Luxembourg (Paris, France)
29 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-29
External
2019-09-11
Gainsborough to Turner: The Golden Age of English Painting
Loan-out
Mrs Siddons
support: 2540 × 1480 mm
frame: 2905 × 1845 × 150 mm
Presented by Mrs C. FitzHugh 1843
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<p>Sarah Siddons was the greatest tragic actress of her age. She was particularly famous for her interpretations of Shakespearian roles, in particular Lady Macbeth. Siddons retired from the stage in 1812; Lawrence painted her near the end of her career. She appears at one of her dramatic readings, with volumes of plays by Thomas Otway and Shakespeare beside her. Lawrence was the pre-eminent English portrait painter of the day. His works are marked by a fluent use of paint, and by a sense of scale and ambition which reflects his desire that portraiture be recognised as an elevated art form.</p>
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actions: postures and motions actor adults arts and entertainment book - non-specific book, Otway, Thomas couch curtain domestic furnishings individuals: female interior - non-specific interiors Kemble, Sarah leisure and pastimes named individuals objects people portraits reading reading, writing, printed matter recreational activities Siddons, Sarah standing woman work and occupations