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SIDDONS in the Character of the Tragic Muse. / To the KING’S most Excellent MAJESTY this Plate is humbly inscrib’d by Permission with all Gratitude & Respect, / by his most dutiful Subject & Servant, Francis Haward. \r\n\r\nPrinted along lower edge, from left to right: Printed by C. F. Gouthier / London publish’d June 4th 1787, by Frans Haward, N. 29, March Street, Lambeth, near the Turnpike.\r\n","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"In the era before mechanical or photographic reproduction, the fame of an artist's painting and the reputation of its subject were spread though the publication and collection of fine reproductive prints, such as this engraving after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The captivating Sarah Siddons (1775-1835) was the best-known tragic actress on the British stage in the eighteenth century, famous for her Shakespearean roles such as Lady Macbeth, Desdemona, and Ophelia. 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