Coins/Medallions: M0003

Title

Medallion with head of Sir Henry Irving

Technique

Metalwork

Subject

Irving, Henry John (Sir)

Dimensions

Height: 4.5cm
Width: 4.5cm
Depth: 0.6cm

Other materials

Copper

Inscription/signature

"For now he lives in fame though not in life", "The greatest actor of the age born 1838 knighted by H.M. Queen Victoria 1895 died 1905 laid to rest in Westminster Abbey" (engr: on verso)

Provenance

Presented to the Garrick Club by E. Lyall Sweete, June 6 1929

Other number

Gift 460