Under the stroke of Sir William Beechey, the visage of Sarah Siddons in McBeth is eternally nurtured with the dramatic presence of the past...she was acclaimed to be one of the most important actresses in London during the early 19th century. As a soul of the theatre stage at Drury Lane, she performed as a symbol of 'tragedy personified'. Compared with other nice portraits of her by artists like Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gilbert Stuart, John Downman or Thomas Campbell, I would still prefer the vivid Siddons by Sir Beechey - the picturesque world of performing tragedy...she is one of the two Sarah of diva. The other one is always Sarah Bernhardt.
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