Prints: P1482

Title

E. L. Davenport as Sir Giles Overreach

Technique

Photogravure

Subject

Davenport, Edward Loomis

Character

Sir Giles Overreach : A New Way to Pay Old Debts

Artist

Gebbie & Co (London, England)

Date

1888

Dimensions

height: 40.9cm
width: 30.5cm
height: 22.6cm
width: 18.4cm

Inscription/signature

"COPYRIGHTED 1888, BY GEBBIE & CO. GRAVURE GEBBIE & HUSSON CO. LTD. / E. L. Davenport as Sir Giles Overreach"

Provenance

Presented by Michael Gaunt, September 2025.

Other number

E0152

Photogravure print depicting American actor Edward Loomis Davenport as Sir Giles Overreach in Act IV, Scene II of Philip Massinger's play 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts'. Davenport is depicted full length in a house interior and stands facing the right. He wears velvet embroidered breeches and cape, black stockings, black shoes, and a buckled sash.