Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century 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
Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century 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 Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble 340874
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