Mrs Sarah Siddons (née Kemble) (1755-1831) as 'Lady Macbeth' in William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
John Samuel Agar (1773 - 1858)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1792 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
223 x 179 mm
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1117137
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Mrs Sarah Siddons (née Kemble) (1755 - 1831) as 'Lady Macbeth' in William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' by John Samuel Agar (1773 - 1858), signed and dated 1792, Head-and-shoulders, holding a dagger, looking up over her left shoulder. Mrs. Siddons first played Macbeth in London in 1785.
Provenance
Presented by Miss Crutwell Abbott, 1954
Marks and inscriptions
1 Se Agar Delt 1792 (signed and dated)
Makers and roles
John Samuel Agar (1773 - 1858), artist