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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2413334, member: 5833"]The Tate seems sure the figure depicts 'Mrs Haller', a character in a play, but is not sure Mrs Siddons modeled for it? There is even a cameo of Sarah Siddons. Surely there are enough paintings & photos of her to make or refute the ID.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/mrs-siddons-as-mrs-haller-in-the-stranger-af33c2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/mrs-siddons-as-mrs-haller-in-the-stranger-af33c2" rel="nofollow">https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/mrs-siddons-as-mrs-haller-in-the-stranger-af33c2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]263683[/ATTACH]</p><p>Engraver sure made a lot of little changes to the image. Seems at the time it was accepted as being Mrs Siddons. Perhaps came into question later.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lawrence-mrs-siddons-n00188" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lawrence-mrs-siddons-n00188" rel="nofollow">https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lawrence-mrs-siddons-n00188</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2413334, member: 5833"]The Tate seems sure the figure depicts 'Mrs Haller', a character in a play, but is not sure Mrs Siddons modeled for it? There is even a cameo of Sarah Siddons. Surely there are enough paintings & photos of her to make or refute the ID. [URL]https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/mrs-siddons-as-mrs-haller-in-the-stranger-af33c2[/URL] [ATTACH=full]263683[/ATTACH] Engraver sure made a lot of little changes to the image. Seems at the time it was accepted as being Mrs Siddons. Perhaps came into question later. [URL]https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lawrence-mrs-siddons-n00188[/URL][/QUOTE]
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