Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) (1859-1940), Actress
Sitter in 46 portraits
Actress. Anderson was born in Sacramento, California and made her stage début in 1875 as 'Juliet' in Louisville, Kentucky. She debuted in New York City in 1877 and in London in 1883 to great popular success. Following a tour of Britain with W.S. Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea and Comedy and Tragedy, Anderson performed again in London in her own version of The Winter's Tale (1887). In 1890 she married Antonio Fernando de Navarro, a fellow American practising as a barrister in England and settled at Court Farm in Broadway, Worcestershire. Anderson published two volumes of autobiography, A Few Memories (1896) and A Few More Memories(1936).
The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891
by G. Grenville Manton
pen, ink and gouache, 1891
NPG 2820
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Herbert Rose Barraud
carbon carte-de-visite, 1880s
NPG x67
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x80
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
after Napoleon Sarony
albumen cabinet card, 1880s?
NPG x22240
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Pauline in 'The Lady of Lyons'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x22236
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, mid 1880s
NPG x22237
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, mid 1880s
NPG x69
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, mid 1880s
NPG x74
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Parthenia in 'Ingomar'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x82
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Pauline in 'The Lady of Lyons'
possibly by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, circa 1883
NPG x83
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1883
NPG x127401
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
platinum panel card, circa 1884
NPG x19001
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Galatea in 'Pygmalion and Galatea'
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x22239
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x4184
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Galatea in 'Pygmalion and Galatea'
by W. & D. Downey
carbon carte-de-visite, circa 1884
NPG x68
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x70
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x71
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x72
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x73
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x75
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Julia in 'The Hunchback'
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, circa 1885
NPG x22235
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Julia in 'The Hunchback'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, circa 1885
NPG x318
Mary Anderson as Juliet; Mary Anne ('Fanny') Stirling as the Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print on card mount, circa 1885; published 1890
NPG x79
Mary Anderson as Juliet; Mary Anne ('Fanny') Stirling as the Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey
photogravure, (circa 1885)
NPG x38810
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1886
NPG x78
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1886
NPG x77
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1886
NPG x127402
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Hermione in 'The Winter's Tale'
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by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio), published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
matte collodion printing-out paper panel card, 1887
NPG x135534
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Rosalind in 'As You Like It'
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG Ax5405
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Rosalind in 'As You Like It'
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG x81
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1894
NPG x76
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1894
NPG x96441
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1894
NPG x96442
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1894
NPG x96443
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1894
NPG x96444
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1894
NPG x96446
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1894
NPG x96447
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1894
NPG x127356
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Bassano
vintage bromide print on grey card and photographer's mount, 1916
NPG x127496
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Galatea
by Malcolm Arbuthnot
bromide print, 1916
NPG x68857
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