id:			148811
accession number:	1976.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.6
updated:		2024-05-17 11:33:32.106000

Mrs. Sarah Siddons, 1785. Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788). Black chalk with extensive stump work with traces of white gouache; sheet: 46.8 x 35.3 cm (18 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1976.6

title:				Mrs. Sarah Siddons
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creation date:			1785
creation date earliest:		1785
creation date latest:		1785
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	black chalk with extensive stump work with traces of white gouache
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 46.8 x 35.3 cm (18 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
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	description:	heavy wove paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	title:		Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism
	opening date:   1980-02-19T05:00:00
	<i>Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).

	title:		18th Century Master Drawings
	opening date:   1981-10-06T04:00:00
	<i>18th Century Master Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).

	title:		Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1982-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983).

	title:		National Schools of Style
	opening date:   1983-06-14T04:00:00
	<i>National Schools of Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	R. P. Roupell, London
	date: ?-?
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	(sale, Christie's, London, July 14, 1887, no. 1331, sold to Thibaudeau)
	date: 1887
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			* <div><!--block-->As&nbsp;<em>Study for the Portrait of a Lady</em>.</div>
			
			
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	Thibaudeau
	date: 1887-?
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	Henry J. Pfungst, London
	date: ?-1917
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	(sale, Christie's, London, June 15, 1917, no. 30, sold to Connell)
	date: 1917
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	Connell
	date: 1917-?
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	Andrew T. Reid, Auchterarder
	date: ?-by 1933
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	(Oscar and Peter Johnson Fine Art, London)
	date: after 1933-?
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	(Otto Wertheimer Gallery, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-1976
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Reid, Andrew T. <em>The Collection of Pictures Formed by Andrew T. Reid of Auchterarder</em>. Glasgow: Andrew T. Reid, 1933.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: V, 5
	url:		

	Hayes, John. <em>The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough</em>. New Haven: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1971.
	page number: 	Mentioned: vol. 1, pp. 128-9, no. 64
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 193
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n213

	Johnson, Mark M. <em>Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 56-59, no. 67; Reproduced: p. 57
	url:		

	Breitman, Ellen. <em>Art and the Stage</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 41; Reproduced: fig. 7
	url:		

	Egerton, Judy. <em>The British School</em>. London: National Gallery Publications, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 166; Reproduced: fig. 1
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	Radford, Ron. <em>Island to Empire: 300 Years of British Art, 1550-1850</em>. Exh. Cat. Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 152
	url:		

	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 38-41, 145-6, no. 9b; Reproduced: p. 41
	url:		

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