Photographs: PH1820

Title

Mr. Beerbohm Tree

Subject

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm (Sir)

Artist

Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (London, England)

Dimensions

height: 13.8cm
width: 8.7cm

Inscription/signature

Printed recto: "4268 J / MR. BEERBOHM TREE, / AS "SHYLOCK" IN "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE." / ROTARY PHOTO, E.C."

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, April 2024.

Other number

E0163

Photographic postcard depicting actor and theatre manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Shylock in Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'. Photograph taken by the Rotary Photographic Company. Tree is shown full length, in costume, and standing with a knife in his right hand pointing down onto a piece of paper which rests on a table with other miscellaneous items.

The reverse has no message.