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H Beard Print Collection

Print
27th February 1920 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Press cutting entitled 'Ellen Terry's Sixty-Four years on the Stage' featuring nine photographs of the actress at various points in her career. The central image shows Ellen Terry seated next to the actress Doris Keane with surrounding images of Ellen in 'on' and 'off' stage roles. They include an image from an unnamed film, a photograph of Ellen at time of her first marriage, an image of Ellen in her garden in Kent and another image of the actress with her grandchildren. The other photographs depict Ellen as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Portia in The Merchant of Venice and Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor.


Object details

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Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Print
Brief description
Press cutting entitled 'Ellen Terry's Sixty-Four Years on the Stage' taken from 'Daily Sketch' 27th February 1920, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Press cutting entitled 'Ellen Terry's Sixty-Four years on the Stage' featuring nine photographs of the actress at various points in her career. The central image shows Ellen Terry seated next to the actress Doris Keane with surrounding images of Ellen in 'on' and 'off' stage roles. They include an image from an unnamed film, a photograph of Ellen at time of her first marriage, an image of Ellen in her garden in Kent and another image of the actress with her grandchildren. The other photographs depict Ellen as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Portia in The Merchant of Venice and Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.4cm
  • Width: 31cm
Subject depicted
Literary references
  • Merchant of Venice
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Romeo and Juliet
Summary
Press cutting entitled 'Ellen Terry's Sixty-Four years on the Stage' featuring nine photographs of the actress at various points in her career. The central image shows Ellen Terry seated next to the actress Doris Keane with surrounding images of Ellen in 'on' and 'off' stage roles. They include an image from an unnamed film, a photograph of Ellen at time of her first marriage, an image of Ellen in her garden in Kent and another image of the actress with her grandchildren. The other photographs depict Ellen as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Portia in The Merchant of Venice and Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Other number
F.137-2 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.6001-2009

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Record createdNovember 24, 2009
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