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Humphry Repton
Mrs. Siddons in the Grecian daughter, Act IV. Scene I / H. Repton Esqr. pinxt.
Dublin : Printed for Wm Allen, No. 88, Dame Street, [17--].
etching with stipple
image: 204 x 181 mm; sheet: 245 x 199 mm
Peel 2293
Notes
Title from item.
Below caption title: The fathers valour shall protect his boy.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Below caption title: The fathers valour shall protect his boy.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in ink at bottom right: done at Dublin; in pencil on the album leaf below: "Horace Walpole's hand"; W.S. Lewis.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Portrait of Sarah Siddons as Euphrasia in Arthur Murphy's "The Grecian Daughter"; whole length, standing, turned to the right, with head in profile, her left hand on chest, her right hand reaching up to the sky; wearing plumed hat, and gown with trim and sash, with fringing and embroidery at bottom. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818, artist.
Allen, William, active 1778-1829, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Allen, William, active 1778-1829, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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