Ellen Terry

Sitterback to top

• Dame (Alice) Ellen Terry (1847-1928), Actress. Sitter in 145 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Walford Graham Robertson (1866-1948), Painter, illustrator, costume designer and playwright. Artist of 2 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Actress; won fame as a child; first appeared on stage, 1856; married G.F. Watts, 1864, but separated the following year; performed her most memorable roles under the management of Henry Irving, 1878-1902; in later life continued to act but also produced plays, lectured and wrote.
Standing in an unidentified landscape.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 609

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Hats and head-attire
• Landscapes