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Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Calista in "The Fair Penitent"
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing next to corpse. With text: "I have more real anguish in my heart than all the pedant discipline e'er knew."
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Euphrasia in "The Grecian Daughter"
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, hand on dagger. With text: "Now one glorious effort!"
Ann Brunton Merry as Monimia in "The Orphan"
Image | 1786 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing. With text: "Still thou wanderest in the dark, Castilio, but will ere long stumble on horrid danger."
Dorothy Jordan as Priscilla Tomboy in "The Romp"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing wide-brimmed hat, holding up skirt with both hands.
John Emery as Davy in "Bon Ton"
Image | 1822 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing large hat with sign: "Lunnon for ever".
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella in "Isabella"
Image | 1795 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella in a scene from "Isabella"
Image | 1782 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in a room with a male character.
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Jane Shore in "Jane Shore"
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing under archway. With text: "For are not thy transgressions great and numberless? Do they not cover thee like rising Floods, and press thee like a Weight of Waters down?"
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Mrs. Beverley and John Philip Kemble as Beverley in a scene from "The Gamester"
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Mrs. Beverley bending over Mr. Beverley, who is reclining on floor, a man and a woman in background at left. With text: "O! For a few short Moments! to tell you how my Heart bleeds for you."
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Tragic Muse reciting the monody to the memory of Mr. Garrick
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in front of a sculpture bust of David Garrick.
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing petticoat with trim in geometric pattern. With text: "The Winds
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella and Henry Siddons as her child in a scene from "Isabella"
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Isabella bending forward, holding her son by the hand. With text: "My bury'd husband rises in the face of my dear boy & chides me for my stay: Canst thou forgive me child?"

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Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Calista in "The Fair Penitent"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Euphrasia in "The Grecian Daughter"

Ann Brunton Merry as Monimia in "The Orphan"

Dorothy Jordan as Priscilla Tomboy in "The Romp"

John Emery as Davy in "Bon Ton"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella in "Isabella"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella in a scene from "Isabella"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Jane Shore in "Jane Shore"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Mrs. Beverley and John Philip Kemble as Beverley in a scene from "The Gamester"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Tragic Muse reciting the monody to the memory of Mr. Garrick

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella and Henry Siddons as her child in a scene from "Isabella"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Calista in "The Fair Penitent"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Euphrasia in "The Grecian Daughter"

Ann Brunton Merry as Monimia in "The Orphan"

Dorothy Jordan as Priscilla Tomboy in "The Romp"

John Emery as Davy in "Bon Ton"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella in "Isabella"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella in a scene from "Isabella"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Jane Shore in "Jane Shore"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Mrs. Beverley and John Philip Kemble as Beverley in a scene from "The Gamester"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Tragic Muse reciting the monody to the memory of Mr. Garrick

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella and Henry Siddons as her child in a scene from "Isabella"