Lot 1482
British Stage Giants. Lot of two Signed Photographs and one Autograph Note. Henry Irving and Ellen Terry are offered here, representing their fruitful partnership at the Lyceum and their highly successful individual careers -- Ellen Terry was acknowledged as the great Shakespearean actress of her day and Irving was the first actor to receive a knighthood.
Henry Irving appears quite distinguished in a bust portrait Window and Grove cabinet card, inscribed: "with best wishes to M. Leonard". With the exception of minor toning and a penciled ID on the verso, this card is in fine condition. Ellen Terry appears as Guinevere in another Window and Grove bust portrait cabinet card (signed and dated verso: "yours truly / Ellen Terry / 1895") and has written an unsigned note on a piece of "Hotel Vendome / Boston, Mass" stationery: "With pleasure & in return Miss Terry asks for a trifle towards some American charity for old people". There is minor toning to the note and photograph and the bottom right corner margin of the cabinet card shows minor soil and a small dent, otherwise both pieces are in very good condition.
A wonderful lot of increasingly hard to find images.
Estimated Value $200 - 250.
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| Realized $230 |
