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Photographs: PH2061
Title
Miss De Silva and Mr Martin-Harvey
Subject
Artist
Dimensions
height: 13.8cm
width: 8.8cm
width: 8.8cm
Inscription/signature
Printed on front: "Stereoscopic Company. / Miss De Silva and Mr Martin Harvey. / 024"
Handwritten in black ink on front: "I hope you like this / do you like this out of the play"
Other number
E0165
Exhibition history
Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2026.
Postcard depicting Angelita Helena (Nell) De Silva Ferro as Mimi and Sir John Martin-Harvey as Sydney Carton in 'The Only Way', performed at the Lyceum Theatre, 1899. De Silva married the actor John Martin-Harvey in 1889 and was his leading lady for many years. They are depicted full length in a simple interior with a brick wall behind them and table to their right. Martin-Harvey sits on a chair and rests his right elbow on the table and faces the right, while De Silva stands behind him and looks downwards towards the left. Martin-Harvey wears a long dark coat with embroidered detail around the buttons, a waistcoat, shirt, cravat, trousers and knee-high boots. De Silva wears a dress with three-quarter length sleeves and a white bonnet.
