Sarah Siddons of feminine propriety. Commissioned and completed in 1784, Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait, "Sarah Siddons as The Tragic Muse", is characterized by Reynolds' inspiration, contextualisation of the Muse, and distinctive brush work and paint palette. This portrait, as Heather McPherson writes, became the known depiction of tragedy, infused with contemporary ideas about acting and representation of the passions in Siddons' melancholy expression and deportment. Mary Hamilton's correspondence with her fiancé illuminated its seamless transition from "the artist's studio to the theatrical stage", practical venues that interlocked in the eighteenth century and formed a large part in creating the very idea of
Sarah Siddons (horse) field she finished well to take fifth place behind Pawneese, Riverqueen, Lagunette and Antrona with Theia in sixth. Sarah Siddons returned to Ireland for the Irish Oaks over one and a half miles at the Curragh on 17 July and started 4/1 third favourite behind Acoma (a six-length winner of her only previous start) and Lagunette. She finished second of the eighteen runners, two lengths behind Lagunette and half a length in front of the Vincent O'Brien trained I've A Bee. On her first appearance in England, Sarah Siddons started 100/30 second favourite behind her fellow Irish challenger I've A