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Sir Henry Irving
18 of 111 portraits of Sir Henry Irving
Sir Henry Irving
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype on card mount, 1868
3 3/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (87 mm x 57 mm) image size
Given by Arthur Myers Smith, 1931
Photographs Collection
NPG x17929
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- Sir Henry Irving (John Henry Brodribb) (1838-1905), Actor-manager. Sitter associated with 111 portraits.
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Shows Irving at the beginning of his London career after spending a decade in stock companies in the provinces. He made his professional debut at the Lyceum Theatre, Sunderland in 1856, fifteen years before making his name at the Lyceum Theatre, London. The photograph is the earliest likeness of Irving in the Gallery's collection.
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