Photographs: PH1697

Title

'Dearer than Life', Queen's Theatre

Subject

Irving, Henry John (Sir)
Everard, Harriett
Wyndham, Charles (Sir)
Toole, John Lawrence
Dyas, Ada
Clayton, J
Hodson, Henrietta
Brough, Lionel

Dimensions

height: 18.4cm
width: 22.4cm

Other materials

Photograph

Inscription/signature

""DEARER THAN LIFE" CO. QUEEN'S THEATRE, 1868." Above this is printed the names of people featured L-R: "Miss Everard, / Mr. C. Wyndham, / Mr. J. L. Toole, / Mrs. Dyas, / Mr. J. Clayton, / Miss H. Hodson, / Mr. L. Brough, / Mr. H. Irving."

Provenance

Bequeathed to the Garrick club by Frances Hughes, October 2022.

Other number

E0134

Photograph of a scene from 'Dearer than Life' by Henry James Byron. Performed by the company at the Queen's Theatre, Long Acre, London, January 1868, which included Sir Henry Irving, John Lawrence Toole, Lionel Brough, Henrietta Hodson, Harriett Everard, Ada Dyas, J Clayton and Sir Charles Wyndham. They are all pictured seated and standing round a table.