Title

Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress, as Zara in William Congreve's play The Mourning Bride, c1783 (1894). Artist: John Raphael Smith.

Caption

Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), Welsh actress, as Zara in William Congreve's play The Mourning Bride, c1783 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose, at the Opening of the New Library and Museum of the Corporation of London, November 1872, Vol. II. [Marcus Ward & Co, Limited, London, 1894].
The Print Collector collection

Date

1894

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D09_490

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,6Mb (1,3Mb) / 11,8in x 16,6in / 3552 x 4980 (300dpi)

Keywords

England female women woman people arts Wales country play entertainment art theatre costume British English headdress stage dress drama location century Britain lady Welsh georgian acting performing arts B&W actor headgear MONOCHROME actress Thespian black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century The Print Collector Sarah Siddons Thomas Lawrence engraving portrait William Siddons Sarah Sarah Kemble Mrs Siddons Mrs John Raphael Smith Sally Siddons William Congreve Congreve Smith John Raphael Lawrence Thomas Sir Thomas Lawrence The Mourning Bride Zara William Congreve engraving portrait