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Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse
Painting by Joshua Reynolds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, or Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse, is a 1783–1784 painting by English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. The 1784 version is in the Huntington Library art museum,[1] while a 1789 reproduction from Reynolds's studio is in the Dulwich Picture Gallery.[2]
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Composition
The painting depicts the actress Sarah Siddons as Melpomene, the muse of tragedy. Siddons wears a diadem and is dressed in an 18th-century costume adorned with pearls. She is seated on a large throne while behind her, figures personifying Pity and Terror stand in the shadows.[3]
It provided the inspiration for Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud's 1897 marble Statue of Sarah Siddons in Paddington Green.
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