Introduction : studio and stage in the age of Reynolds and Siddons -- Garrick, Reynolds, and the apotheosis of performance -- Portraiture, public display, and the politics of representation -- Staging celebrity : Siddons and tragic pallor -- Targeting celebrity : caricature and cultural politics -- Artistic afterlives and the historiography of fame.
Subject Terms:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792. | Siddons, Sarah, 1755–1831. | Celebrities -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century. | Celebrities in art -- History -- 18th century. | Portrait painting, English -- England -- London -- 18th century. | Actresses -- Portraits -- 18th century. | Artists and theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century. | Caricature -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.