Photographs: PH2100

Title

Samuel Phelps as Cardinal Wolsey

Subject

Phelps, Samuel

Artist

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

Dimensions

height: 10.5cm
width: 6.2cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "MAYALL, PHOTO. LONDON & BRIGHTON."

Other number

E0162

Exhibition history

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2026.

Carte-de-visite depicting actor Samuel Phelps as Cardinal Wolsey in 'Henry VIII'. He is depicted full length, standing next to a curtain and facing the right. He wears a floor-length black robe with a white lace-trimmed overlay, shoulder cape and a biretta hat.