Thomas Beach
Portrait of Sarah Siddons
Artwork Detail
Thomas Beach was a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Although he resided for the main in Bath he exhibited often at the Royal Academy in London. He developed a passion for the theatre, and painted the famous actress Sarah Siddons on several occasions. This must be an early work, because in all his later portraits he shows her under 'the sway of the muse'.
- Title
- Portrait of Sarah Siddons
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1782
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size (h x w)
- 743 x 616 mm
- Inscription
- t Beach Pinx 1782 (LL)
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1928
- Accession no
- 1928/4/3
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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