Joseph William Comyns Carr
(1849-1916), Critic and dramatist, gallery director and theatre managerSitter in 6 portraits
The first editor of The English Illustrated Magazine, founded and edited the journal Art and Letters, and wrote on art and drama for many other journals. He wrote many books and monographs about art, particularly championing the Pre-Raphaelites. He was co-director of the Grosvenor Gallery, set up to promote the work of Pre-Raphaelite artists. Carr was the actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree's literary adviser and partner at the Haymarket Theatre; leased his own theatre, the Comedy; and managed the Lyceum Theatre. He also wrote and adapted numerous plays. He was artistic adviser at the Covent Garden Theatre and he staged the first English performance of Wagner's Parsifal in 1914.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3438
Group including Willie Redmond, Joseph William Comyns Carr, H. Campbell and others
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2286
Joseph William Comyns Carr; Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 23 February 1889
NPG 2263
by Fradelle & Young
carbon print, 4 November 1899
NPG x19022
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, 1900s
NPG x5674
Joseph William Comyns Carr ('Men of the Day. No. 556.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 February 1892
NPG D44633
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