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Kemble and Mrs. Siddons in Macbeth (Act 2, Scene 2)

1788–1850
Not on view
Macbeth carries daggers and emerges from a room after murdering Duncan to confront his wife Lady MacBeth, who holds aside a curtain. John Kemble took over the role of MacBeth at London's Drury Lane Theatre opposite his sister Sarah Siddons in 1788. Shakespeare's text had been adapted by David Garrick in 1743, and would be edited again by Kimble in 1794. From 1803, when Kemble became manager of thel Covent Gardent Theatre, the pair performed opposite one another there, until Siddons retired in 1812.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Kemble and Mrs. Siddons in Macbeth (Act 2, Scene 2)
  • Artist: Style of Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Subject: Sarah Siddons (British, Brecon, Wales 1755–1831 London)
  • Subject: John Philip Kemble (British, Prescot, Lancashire 1757–1823 Lausanne)
  • Date: 1788–1850
  • Medium: Pen and gray and brown ink, watercolor, over graphite
  • Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/16 x 6 1/16 in. (20.8 x 15.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.97.7(36)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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