Sir Henry Irving
(1838-1905), Actor-managerSir Henry Irving (John Henry Brodribb)
Sitter in 122 portraits
Actor; first achieved success on the London stage in the 1860s and, in 1867, played for the first time with Ellen Terry, beginning their famous theatrical association. He established his reputation as a tragedian with his Hamlet at the Lyceum in 1874 and played many Shakespearean and classic roles in a style which was individual and controversial, but which held audiences spellbound. A great manager as well as actor, Irving organized several American and Canadian tours, received many honours, and was the first actor to be knighted.
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1892
NPG x127920
Sir Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey in 'Henry VIII'
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, circa 1892, published 1893
NPG x134583
Sir Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey in 'Henry VIII'
by W. & D. Downey, copy by Virtue & Co
photogravure, circa 1892
NPG x17923
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1892
NPG x12558
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, (1892)
NPG x82277
Sir Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey in 'Henry VIII'
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1893 (circa 1892)
NPG Ax16147
Sir Henry Irving as Thomas à Beckett in 'Becket'
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)
albumen cabinet card, 1893
NPG x197317
Sir Henry Irving as Thomas à Beckett in 'Becket'
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)
albumen cabinet card, 1893
NPG x197318
Sir Henry Irving as Thomas Becket in 'Becket'
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)
bromide postcard print, 1893 (published early 1900s)
NPG x200576
Sir Henry Irving as Thomas à Beckett in 'Becket'
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio), published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, published 1893
NPG Ax29148
published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x197017
by Window & Grove
albumen cabinet card, 1895
NPG x22245
by Window & Grove
carbon print, published 1 March 1895
NPG x17926
by Window & Grove
carbon print, published 1 March 1895
NPG Ax28874
Sir Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey
by W. & D. Downey, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41235
by Window & Grove
platinum print, circa 1898
NPG x19009
by Ernest Walter Histed
postcard print, 1899
NPG Ax45814
by Art Photogravure Co Ltd, after Ernest Walter Histed
photogravure, (1899)
NPG x12132
by Ernest Walter Histed
platinum print, 1899
NPG x12131
by Ernest Walter Histed, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, published after 1901 (1899)
NPG Ax137406
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