In response to Reynolds' portrait, the English artist, Thomas Gainsborough, made a second portrait of Mrs. Siddons the next year. Gainsborough was considered to be one of the leading portraitists in England (although we can see that he has a different approach). He concentrates on the actress' glamour, emphasizing her material splendor—through the blue and yellow silks and luxurious fur. She, too, looks offto the left, yet she is portrayed as herself, not a character in a theatrical drama. The painting was described by a later critic of art as, "the portrait is so
Dr. Terry-Fritsch/ Western Art II—Lecture 21
