Source: Daily Telegraph, The {Main} Edition: Country: UK Date: Wednesday 8, June 2011 Page: 9 Area: 299 sq. cm Circulation: ABC 639578 Daily BRAD info: page rate £46,000.00, scc rate £214.00 Phone: 020 7931 2000 Keyword: National Portrait Gallery

$@JMBDD@OT KJMOMAnne Seymour Damer, a sculptor. The three of them were renowned as political hostesses and society beauties. The work will go on show in an exhibition entitled The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn To Sarah Siddons. It comprises 53 portraits by artists including Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. The Macbeth picture was painted in pastel in 1775 by Daniel Gardner and came from a private collection in lieu of inheritance tax. The exhibition runs from Oct 20, 2011 to Jan 8, 2012.

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