Art and Celebrity in the Age of Reynolds and Siddons

by Heather McPherson

In this volume, Heather McPherson examines the connections among portraiture, theater, the visual arts, and fame to shed light on the emergence of modern celebrity culture in eighteenth-century England.

Popular actors in Georgian London, such as David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, and John Philip Kemble, gave larger-than-life performances at Drury Lane and Covent Garden; their offstage personalities garnered as much attention through portraits...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271074078
• ISBN13: 9780271074078
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 10.2"