Queen Catherine
Print
1902 (drawn)
1902 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Hand coloured print of an original drawing by the artist Pamela Coleman Smith (1877-1925) showing the actress Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Queen Katherine in Henry VIII by William Shakespeare. Terry first appeared as Queen Katherine in a production of Henry VIII staged at the Lyceum Theatre in 1892, however an inscription at the base of the image indicates that it depicts her appearance in a later production staged at Stratford Upon Avon in 1902.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Queen Catherine (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed |
| Brief description | Hand coloured print of an original drawing by the artist Pamela Coleman Smith (1877-1925) showing the actress Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Queen Katherine in Henry VIII by William Shakespeare. An inscription at the base of the image indicates that it depicts a production at Stratford Upon Avon in 1902 |
| Physical description | Hand coloured print of an original drawing by the artist Pamela Coleman Smith (1877-1925) showing the actress Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Queen Katherine in Henry VIII by William Shakespeare. An inscription at the base of the image indicates that the image depicts a production staged at Stratford Upon Avon in 1902. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "Queen Katherine ="Lord Cardinal to you I speak"=/Stratford=1902=/Upon-Avon=, Ellen Terry, Henry VIII" (Handwritten annotation in pen and ink at the base of the image, written by the subject.) |
| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | Henry VIII |
| Summary | Hand coloured print of an original drawing by the artist Pamela Coleman Smith (1877-1925) showing the actress Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Queen Katherine in Henry VIII by William Shakespeare. Terry first appeared as Queen Katherine in a production of Henry VIII staged at the Lyceum Theatre in 1892, however an inscription at the base of the image indicates that it depicts her appearance in a later production staged at Stratford Upon Avon in 1902. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.951-2014 |
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| Record created | May 1, 2014 |
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