Photographs: PH1872

Title

Sir Henry Irving

Subject

Irving, Henry John (Sir)

Artist

Raphael Tuck & Sons (London, England)Buchel, Charles A.

Dimensions

height: 13.8cm
width: 8.7cm

Inscription/signature

Printed front: "SIR HENRY IRVING / AS "MATHIAS" IN "THE BELLS" / AFTER THE BLACK AND WHITE DRAWING BY C. A. BUCHEL"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Coloured postcard depicting actor and actor-manager Sir Henry Irving as Mathias from Leopold David Lewis' play 'The Bells'. The postcard is from Raphael Tuck & Sons 'Oilette' series. Irving is depicted full-length, sitting on a chair by a desk and facing the viewer. Ghostly figures appear behind him. He wears a brown jacket, loose white shirt tucked into brown trousers, blue knee-high stockings and buckled shoes.

The reverse has a message to Miss Temple and is postmarked 30 October 1905.