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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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Illustrationen
43 colour and 68 b&w illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 250 mm
Breite: 150 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-89236-557-9 (9780892365579)
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Robyn Asleson, research associate at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California and author of Albert Moore: The Analysis of Beauty, Shelley Bennett, curator at the Huntington and author of Thomas Stothard: The Mechanisms of Art Patronage in England, Mark Leonard and Shearer West.
