Visit Join & Give Explore & Learn

Fanny Kemble and Her Aunt, Mrs. Siddons

<img width="1117" height="1400" src="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR139-OLD2009.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR139-OLD2009.jpg 1117w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR139-OLD2009-239x300.jpg 239w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR139-OLD2009-817x1024.jpg 817w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR139-OLD2009-768x963.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px" />

Artist

Henry Perronet Briggs (British, 1792–1844)

Date

about 1830

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

56 1/2 x 44 5/8 in. (143.5 x 113.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Francis Ann Kemble, 1863

Object Number

UR139