Among the Great Masters of Music / Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians

by Walter Rowlands

Sheridan at the Linleys. From painting by Margaret Dicksee.

Sir Joshua Reynolds painted her as St. Cecilia in a lovely picture which he sent to the Royal Academy exhibition in 1775,—the year of "The Rivals." It remained in the artist's possession till 1790, when Sheridan bought it for one hundred and fifty guineas. It is now owned by the Marquis of Lansdowne.