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Photographs: PH1816
Title
Miss Ellen Terry as Beatrice
Subject
Artist
Window & GroveJ. Beagles & Co. (London, England)
Dimensions
height: 13.8cm
width: 9cm
width: 9cm
Inscription/signature
Printed recto: "No. 190A. / J B & Co / MISS ELLEN TERRY / AS BEATRICE. / Copyright. / WINDOW & GROVE"
Provenance
Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, April 2024.
Other number
E0163
Photographic postcard depicting Dame Ellen Terry as Beatrice from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing', which was staged at the Lyceum Theatre in London. The photograph was taken by Window & Grove and printed by J Beagles and Co., c.1891.
Terry is shown in full-length sitting on a bench in front of a stage backdrop and looks away from the viewer. She wears a a long-sleeved dress with an ornate brocade pattern, lace on the cuffs and neckline, pearl necklace, and she holds a piece of paper in her left hand and a handkerchief in her right.
The reverse has no message.
Terry is shown in full-length sitting on a bench in front of a stage backdrop and looks away from the viewer. She wears a a long-sleeved dress with an ornate brocade pattern, lace on the cuffs and neckline, pearl necklace, and she holds a piece of paper in her left hand and a handkerchief in her right.
The reverse has no message.
