Mrs. Siddons in Isabella [graphic]

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Title: Mrs. Siddons in Isabella [graphic]
Creator: Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker
Contributor: Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840, artist.
Bell, John, 1745-1831, publisher.
Published / Created: March 10th, 1785.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand
Abstract: "Illustration to Bell's Shakespeare; Sarah Siddons as Isabella in Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'; whole length, to the right, arms extended, beseeching; wearing a long scarf that hangs from the back of her head, and around her body, a crucifix and beads at her waist; in oval. 1785."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Text above image: "Act 5 ; Measure for Measure ; Scene 1."
Verse below title: "Justice, O royal duke! vail your regard ; upon a wrong'd, I would fain have said a maid!"
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
In paper frame: 330 x 268 mm.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 12.2 x 8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1785
Material: engraving ;
Subject (Name): Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Subject (Topic): Actresses
British
Subjects: Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 > Portraits
Actresses > British
England > London > 1785

Access: Public
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