Mrs. Siddons [graphic]

Description

Title: Mrs. Siddons [graphic]
Creator: Watson, Caroline, 1760 or 1761-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788, artist.
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd May 1st 1784 by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Abstract: "Mrs Siddons in character as Euphrasia in the play by Arthur Murphy, 'The Grecian daughter', wearing a tiara and raising a dagger as a man in chains pleads for mercy."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Text below title: "Euph: ... in a dear Father's cause a Woman's vengeance tow'rs above her Sex! ... Grecian Daughter ... Act 5th."
Imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text. Stipple engraving in brownish red ink, sheet 373 x 498 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 : plate mark 52 x 41 cm, sheet 37.3 x 50 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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