Portrait of Mrs. Siddons in the character of Melancholy from Milton’s ‘Il Penseroso’
Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilt wood Kentian frame
126.8 x 90.1 cm.; 49⅞ x 35½ in.
Private collection
Sarah Siddons was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as “tragedy personified”…
Zaidan Gallery 
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