Photographs: PH1801

Title

Cyril Maude

Subject

Maude, Cyril

Artist

Alfred Ellis and Walery (London, England)

Date

1897

Dimensions

height: 16.5cm
width: 10.9cm

Inscription/signature

Printed recto: "MR. CYRIL MAUDE AS "THE LITTLE MINISTER." / ALFRED ELLIS / & WALERY / 51, BAKER STREET / LONDON.W. / COPYRIGHT" With facsimile signature of Cyril Maude. Printed verso: "ALFRED ELLIS & WALERY / PHOTOGRAPHERS / 51, BAKER STREET / LONDON . W. / REMOVED FROM 20,UPPER BAKER STREET .N.W. / ESTABLISHED 1884 / DAY & ELECTRIC-LIGHT STUDIOS"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, October 2023.

Other number

E0147

Cabinet card depicting actor-manager Cyril Maude by Alfred Ellis & Walery, London. Maude played the title role of Reverend Gavin Dishart in the 1897 stage adaptation of J.M. Barrie's "The Little Minister" in New York. Maude also managed the Theatre Royal, Haymarket during the play's London run in 1898. Maude is depicted in three-quarter length, seated on a brick wall reading a book, he wears a black double-breasted tailcoat with black trousers, white shirt, cravat and a white cane rests over his right leg.