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
Tony Siddons Tony Siddons Anthony Siddons (29 December 1941 – 6 April 2005) was an English cricketer. Siddons was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Lenton, Nottinghamshire. Siddons made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Somerset at the County Ground, Taunton, in the 1959 County Championship. He made four first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Warwickshire at the Courtaulds Ground, Coventry, the 1960 County Championship. In his five first-class appearances, he took 8 wickets at an average of 33.25, with best figures of 4/37. With the bat, he scored 36 runs