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.
Ellen Terry as Guinevere in 'King Arthur'
by Window & Grove
albumen cabinet card, 1895
NPG x16972
Ellen Terry as Guinevere in 'King Arthur'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1895, published 1906
NPG Ax131320
by Window & Grove
carbon print, published 1 March 1895
NPG Ax28875
Ellen Terry as Guinevere in 'King Arthur'
by Window & Grove, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1895; published 1900s
NPG x197947
Ellen Terry as Imogen in 'Cymbeline'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1896, published 1906
NPG Ax131321
Ellen Terry as Imogen in 'Cymbeline'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1896, published 1906
NPG Ax131322
Ellen Terry as Madame Sans Gêne in 'Madame Sans Gêne'
by Window & Grove
albumen cabinet card, 1897
NPG x129589
Ellen Terry as Madame Sans Gêne in 'Madame Sans Gêne'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1897, published 1906
NPG Ax131323
Ellen Terry as Madame Sans Gêne in 'Madame Sans Gêne'
by Window & Grove, published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co
carbon print, 1897, published 1 July 1897
NPG Ax28894
Ellen Terry as Madame Sans Gêne in 'Madame Sans Gêne'
by Window & Grove, published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co
woodburytype, 1897
NPG x26805
Ellen Terry as Madame Sans Gêne in 'Madame Sans Gêne'
by Window & Grove, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1897; published 1900s
NPG x197946
Ellen Terry as Hon. Sylvia Wynford in 'The Medicine Man'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1898, published 1906
NPG Ax131324
Ellen Terry as Clarisse De Mauluçon in 'Robespierre'
by Window & Grove
platinum print, 1899, published 1906
NPG Ax131325
Ellen Terry as Clarisse De Mauluçon in 'Robespierre'
by Unknown photographer
platinum print, circa 1899
NPG x16977
Ellen Terry as Clarisse De Mauluçon in 'Robespierre'
by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1899
NPG x17045
Ellen Terry as Clarisse De Mauluçon in 'Robespierre'
by Window & Grove
vintage print, 1899
NPG x137397
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, early 1900s
NPG x19636
by Walker & Boutall, after Sir Emery Walker
photogravure, early 1900s
NPG x19637
by Lizzie Caswall Smith
platinotype cabinet card, 1900s
NPG x197413
by Lizzie Caswall Smith
platinotype cabinet card, 1900s
NPG x197414
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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