Prints: P1511

Title

Sarah Siddons

Subject

Siddons, Sarah

Artist

Rogers, John

Date

1824

Dimensions

height: 20.3cm
width: 13cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "MRS. SIDDONS. / AS QUEEN CATHARINE. Drawn & Engraved by J. Rogers. / FROM AN ORIGINAL PAINTING / Published 1824 by Simpkin & Marshall Stationers Ct. & Chapple Pall Mall."

Provenance

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2024.

Other number

E0159

Print depicting actress Sarah Siddons as Queen Catherine of Aragon in William Shakespeare’s play 'Henry VIII'. Siddons is depicted half length and looking in a dramatic fashion up to her left at the looming stormy clouds. She wears a gold embroidered green dress with multiple beaded necklaces including one with a cross, and a jewelled gold crown and dark pink headscarf.