Athene Seyler
(1889-1990), ActressSitter in 21 portraits
Encouraged by Sir Henry Irving to become an actress, Seyler made her professional debut as Pamela Grey in The Truants (1909). In the early 1920s she attracted attention in the Restoration revivals mounted by Sir Nigel Playfair at the Lyric, Hammersmith. She joined the Old Vic Company in 1933 where her roles included Mistress Overdone in Measure for Measure, Mrs Frail in Love for Love and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest.
by Howard Instead
bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax24978
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 November 1916
NPG x124388
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 August 1922
NPG x18806
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 August 1922
NPG x18807
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 August 1922
NPG x18808
Athene Seyler with her daughter Jane Ann Jones (née Sterndale Bennett)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 August 1922
NPG x18809
Athene Seyler with her daughter Jane Ann Jones (née Sterndale Bennett)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 August 1922
NPG x18810
Athene Seyler with her daughter Jane Ann Jones (née Sterndale Bennett)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 August 1922
NPG x18811
Athene Seyler with her daughter Jane Ann Jones (née Sterndale Bennett)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 August 1922
NPG x18812
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 October 1925
NPG x123470
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 October 1925
NPG x123471
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 October 1925
NPG x123472
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 October 1925
NPG x123473
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1941?
NPG x14202
by Madame Yevonde
black and white reprint on card mount, 22 December 1950
NPG x131749
by Madame Yevonde
bromide print on velvet card mount, 5 January 1950
NPG x26345
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 14 October 1968
NPG x166099
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 14 October 1968
NPG x166100
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