About the Artwork
Harriet Siddons
18th or early 19th century
William Beechey
1753-1839
English
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Oil on canvas
Unframed: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm) Framed: 37 1/8 × 32 × 2 3/4 inches (94.3 × 81.3 × 7 cm)
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European Painting
Gift of the Estate of Alfred J. Fisher
F67.8
Public Domain
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Provenance
London, (dealer) Knoedler;New York, (dealer) Howard Young, 1928 (no. 2115);
(?)Paris, Petit Palais, 22 April, 1929, no. 14, collection of Marquise de P...);
(?) Berlin, (dealer?) Wertheim, 30 April, 1930, collection B. Svenonius, Stockholm;
Detroit, Collection Alfred J. Fisher Estate by whom given to The Detroit Institute of Arts
in 1967.
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Highfill, P. H. Jr., K. Burnim and E. Langhans. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London 1660-1800. Carbondale, Illinois, 1991, vol. 13, pp. 392 (repr.), 395, no. 3 [under Harriet Siddons]; vol. 14, p. 43, no. 68 [under Sarah Siddons].
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William Beechey, Harriet Siddons, 18th or early 19th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Estate of Alfred J. Fisher, F67.8.
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