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Portraits in Profile: the Dighton Family © National Portrait Gallery, London |
Robert Dighton 1751-1814 © National Portrait Gallery, London |
| D10686 John Philip Kemble (1757-1823), published 1799 and D10687 Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), published 1799 Both members of the famous Kemble theatrical family, John and his sister Sarah achieved huge success on the stage. Sarah married William Siddons in 1773. John Philip Kemble appears as 'Rolla' and Sarah Siddons as 'Elvira' in Pizarro, a tragedy adapted by Richard Brinsley Sheridan after a work by the German dramatist Kotzebue. William Pitt declared Kemble in the role of 'Rolla' as 'the noblest Actor he had ever seen.' Previous | Next |
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