Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble
This drawing is a close copy of a lithograph portrait by Richard James Lane based on a lost drawing by Lawrence. The subject is Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble, an English actress and authoress, daughter of Charles Kemble, and niece of Sarah Siddons. Lawrence was a close to the family, and painted the subject's father and aunt a number of times in stage roles. In 1832 Fanny married an American, Pierce Mease Butler, whom she met while touring the United States with her father, but the marriage was not a success. She returned to England with her two daughters, and was divorced in 1849.
Artwork Details
- Title: Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble
- Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century
- Artist: After Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
- Sitter: Frances Anne Kemble (British, 1809–1893)
- Date: 19th century
- Medium: Brush and brown and gray wash, touches of red chalk over graphite
- Dimensions: 18-1/2 x 14 in. (47 x 35.6 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
- Object Number: 48.149.20
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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