Sarah Siddons (née Kemble) Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sarah Siddons (née Kemble) NPG 2651

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Downman

John Downman studied under Benjamin West and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1770 and 1802. This depiction of Sarah Siddons is one of twenty portraits of 'beauties' commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Richmond. The subject, who was painted in theatrical guises by all of the leading artists of her day including Gainsborough and Reynolds, is pictured here in ordinary, fashionable dress.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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