Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
(1859-1940), ActressSitter in 53 portraits
Actress. Anderson was born in Sacramento, California and made her stage début in 1875 as 'Juliet' in Louisville, Kentucky. She debuted in New York City in 1877 and in London in 1883 to great popular success. Following a tour of Britain with W.S. Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea and Comedy and Tragedy, Anderson performed again in London in her own version of The Winter's Tale (1887). In 1890 she married Antonio Fernando de Navarro, a fellow American practising as a barrister in England and settled at Court Farm in Broadway, Worcestershire. Anderson published two volumes of autobiography, A Few Memories (1896) and A Few More Memories(1936).
The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891
by George Henry Grenville Manton
pen, ink and gouache, 1891
NPG 2820
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Herbert Rose Barraud
carbon carte-de-visite, 1880s
NPG x67
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x80
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
after Napoleon Sarony
albumen cabinet card, 1880s?
NPG x22240
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Pauline in 'The Lady of Lyons'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x22236
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, mid 1880s
NPG x22237
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Parthenia in 'Ingomar The Barbarian'
by W. & D. Downey
carbon carte-de-visite, 1883
NPG x68
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, mid 1880s
NPG x69
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, mid 1880s
NPG x74
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Parthenia in 'Ingomar'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x82
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Pauline in 'The Lady of Lyons'
possibly by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, circa 1883
NPG x83
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Parthenia in 'Ingomar'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x197243
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1883
NPG x127401
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
platinotype panel card, circa 1884
NPG x19001
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Galatea in 'Pygmalion and Galatea'
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x22239
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x4184
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x70
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x71
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x72
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x73
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