Ellen Terry
(1847-1928), ActressDame Ellen Alice Terry
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 205 portraits
Born in Coventry where her actor parents were on tour. Terry was one of eleven siblings and won fame as a child first appearing on stage in 1856 with Charles Kean. Married the painter G.F. Watts in 1864 but separated within a year. Terry had two children by the architect Edward Godwin, Edith Craig and Edward Gordon Craig. Returned to stage in 1872 to establish herself as a leading actress with the Bancroft's and John Hare's company. She performed her most memorable roles under the management of Henry Irving with whom she undertook provincial tours and toured America seven times. In later life she continued to act but also produced plays, lectured and wrote.
published by Charles William Faulkner & Co ('C.W.F. & Co')
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x196280
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x201237
Ellen Terry as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1901, published 1906
NPG Ax131326
by Art Photogravure Co Ltd, after (Walter William) Guy Hughes, for Histed & Co
photogravure, published 10 August 1901 (1901)
NPG x26819
by (Walter William) Guy Hughes, for Histed & Co, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1901
NPG x197934
Ellen Terry as Mistress Page in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1902, published 1906
NPG Ax131327
by Lafayette, published by Rapid Photo Co
postcard print, circa 1902
NPG Ax45815
by Lafayette, published by The Philco Publishing Co
postcard print, circa 1902
NPG x17042
by Lafayette, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
matte bromide postcard print, circa 1902
NPG x160595
by Lafayette
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 23 April 1902
NPG x136551
by Lafayette, published by Ralph Dunn & Co
bromide postcard print, circa 1902
NPG x197937
Ellen Terry as Mistress Page in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
by Window & Grove, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1902
NPG x197939
Ellen Terry as Mistress Page in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
by Window & Grove, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1902
NPG x197948
Ellen Terry as Kniertje in 'The Good Hope'
by Leonard Craske
bromide postcard print, 1904
NPG x17050
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
matte bromide postcard photomontage, circa 1904
NPG Ax160168
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, circa 1904
NPG x197935
Ellen Terry as Alice Grey in 'Alice Sit-by-the-Fire'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1905, published 1906
NPG Ax131328
Ellen Terry as Alice Grey in 'Alice Sit-by-the-Fire'
by Window & Grove, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1905
NPG x17043
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
matte bromide postcard print, circa 1905
NPG Ax160170
published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1905
NPG x137471
Related People
- James Carew (husband)
- Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig (daughter)
- (Edward Henry) Gordon Craig (son)
- David Lees (grandson)
- Marion Bessie Terry (sister)
- George Frederic Watts (husband)
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