Harriet Siddons, 18th or early 19th century

  • William Beechey, English, 1753-1839

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm)
  • 37 1/8 × 32 × 2 3/4 inches (94.3 × 81.3 × 7 cm)

Gift of the Estate of Alfred J. Fisher

F67.8

Department

European Painting

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.

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.

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.