Mrs Patrick Campbell
(1865-1940), Actress; former wife of Patrick Campbell, and later wife of George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-WestMrs Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Campbell (née Tanner))
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 26 portraits
Mrs Patrick Campbell made her name through her role in A.W. Pinero's The Second Mrs Tanqueray. Produced by actor-manager George Alexander, the play opened at the St. James's Theatre on 27 May. Campbell played Paula Tanqueray, an ex-prostitute whose sympathetic treatment challenged the attitudes of the day. However, the play was an immediate success and Campbell's performance was widely praised. After finding fame in 1893, Campbell socialised with artists, intellectuals and members of the aristocracy. In December 1901, Mrs Patrick Campbell sailed to America to embark on the first of several successful American tours.
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1893
NPG P229
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen panel card, 1880s
NPG x135822
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1890s
NPG x38842
by Mayall & Co, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1893
NPG Ax27652
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Clarice Berton in 'The Black Domino'
by Alfred Ellis, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1 June 1893
NPG Ax28856
by Alfred Ellis & Walery, published by J. Beagles & Co
matte bromide postcard print, 1893
NPG x160487
by Frederick Hollyer
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 14 November 1894
NPG x137823
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Mrs Agnes Ebbsmith in 'The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith'
by Alfred Ellis
carbon print, published 1 May 1895
NPG Ax28879
Beatrice Stella Campbell as Juliet; Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, 1895, published 1 January 1896
NPG Ax28882
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by Alfred Ellis & Walery
gelatin silver print, 1895
NPG x196080
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Magdalene in 'Magda'
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1896
NPG x5041
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Ophelia in 'Hamlet'
by W. & D. Downey, published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co
carbon print, published 1 November 1897
NPG Ax28903
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Ophelia in 'Hamlet'
by John & Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Virtue & Co
photogravure, 1897
NPG x17962
by Robert Johnson
albumen cabinet card, 1899-1908
NPG x197579
Mrs Patrick Campbell and an unknown woman
by Alfred Ellis
bromide print, circa 1899
NPG x197922
by Bassano Ltd
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193676
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Mrs Clara Sang in 'Beyond Human Power'
by The Biograph Studio
platinum print, 1901
NPG x4611
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinum print, 1902
NPG x5039
by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax24970
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Leonora in 'Legend of the Old Bailey'
by Dorothy Hickling
halftone reproduction, 1913
NPG x198092
Related People
- Stella Patrick Campbell (daughter)
- George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (husband)
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