Photographs: PH1852

Title

Samuel Phelps as Henry IV

Subject

Phelps, Samuel

Artist

Elliott and Fry

Dimensions

height: 16.5cm
width: 10.7cm

Inscription/signature

Printed front: "MR. PHELPS AS HENRY IV. / "How many thousands of my poorest subjects / Are at this hour asleep ! Sleep, gentle sleep, / Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, / That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, / And steep my senses in forgetfulness?" / Second Part Henry IV. Act. III. Scene I. / ELLIOTT & FRY, Copyright. 55, BAKER ST. LONDON. W."

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Cabinet card depicting actor and actor-manager Samuel Phelps as Henry IV in Act III, Scene I of William Shakespeare's play 'Henry IV'. Phelps is depicted three-quarter length and sittng on a high-back carved chair facing the right. He wears a wide-sleeved robe with fur trim that is tied with rope. A crown rests on a table to his right.