juliangriffith:Sarah Siddons as The Tragic Muse, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784 via pastnowSarah o
juliangriffith: Sarah Siddons as The Tragic Muse, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784 via pastnow Sarah owned the role of Lady Macbeth and became the Queen of Drury Lane in the Eighties. She came by my house in Soho not infrequently. Sir Joshua, my particular friend, signed this portrait of her on the hem of dress, saying that thus he should be known for posterity. He had quite a silver tongue on him and more lady friends than he knew what to do with, the infernal wag. -- source link
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