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Art and Celebrity in the Age of Reynolds and Siddons Roger Nichols becoming better humansIn this volume, Heather McPherson examines the connections among portraiture, theater, the visual arts, and fame to shed light on the emergence of modern celebrity culture in eighteenth century England. Popular actors in Georgian London, such as David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, and John Philip Kemble, gave larger than life performances at Drury Lane and Covent Garden; their offstage personalities garnered as much attention through portraits painted by