Sidonian Visages : or the working up of the passions A study of the audience's reaction during a performance given by the actress Sarah Siddons. The audience is depicted as a sea of faces behind a wooden barrier, with only those at the front differentiated. A lady in a spotted dress at the very front on the left has fainted and is being supported by a men in a red suit, while a man in a blue coat and wig administers smelling salts and a tall thin woman in white looks on from the left. Just behind them a person in a cap is drinking out of a bottle, and to the right of them a man sits, hands folded, with an expression of puzzlement. A woman just behind him cries into a large handkerchief. On the far right a man in a yellow jacket claps, whilst behind him can be seem a child holding its hand over its face and a man wiping a tear away. [1780-1789]