Photographs: PH1857

Title

Sir Henry Irving

Subject

Irving, Henry John (Sir)

Dimensions

height: 8.9cm
width: 13.6cm

Inscription/signature

Printed front: "ENGLAND'S / GREATEST / ACTOR / The House in which the late Sir Henry Irving / was born at Keinton Mandeville, Somerset. / Sir Henry was born in the room marked with a cross / SIR HENRY IRVING. / BORN 1838 / DIED 1905 / Into thy hands. O Lord / (Becket) / WESTMINSTER ABBEY / IRVING'S RESTING PLACE / Rapid Photo"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Memorial postcard depicting actor and actor-manager Sir Henry Irving. Irving is depicted half-length and facing the right in a floral frame. He wears a jacket, waistcoat, shirt with wing collar, polkadot bow tie, and spectacles. To his left is a house in the village of Keinton Mandeville, Somerset where Irving was born. On the right is Westminster Abbey, his final resting place.