About the Artwork
Harriet Siddons
18th or early 19th century
William Beechey
1753-1839
English
Unknown
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)
Paintings
European Painting
Gift of the Estate of Alfred J. Fisher
F67.8
This work is in the 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, Southern Illinois University Press, 1991, vol. 13, pp. 392, repr. and 395, no. 3 under Harriet Siddons and 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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