Not on display

Print Collection

Print
1919 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Scott Broughton, H. (artist)

This mezzotint portrait shows the actor Fred Terry in the role of Sir Percy Blakeney from the stage adaptation of Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel. This production (which Terry and his wife and partner Julia Neilson adapted for the stage with J. M. Barstow) premiered at the Haymarket Theatre in 1905. It proved extremely popular, and was frequently revived, establishing Sir Percy Blakeney as one of Terry's most famous roles.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitlePrint Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Paper
Ink
Brief description
Sepia mezzotint portrait of Fred Terry in the role of Sir Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel, H.Scott Broughton, 1919.
Physical description
A sepia mezzotint three-quarter length portrait showing Fred Terry dressed in the white, wide collared jacket and ornately folded neckcloth that characterised his costume for Sir Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 67.8cm
  • Width: 51.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • To a sweet little friend/from/Julia Neilson-Terry/1938/Just for remembrances/o/her beloved husband/Fred Terry (Pencil dedication at bottom centre of image, very probably written and signed by Fred Terry and his wife Julia Neilson.)
  • H.Scott Broughton (Pencil signature of Broughton at bottom right hand corner of portrait.)
Subject depicted
Terry, Fred
Literary referenceThe Scarlet Pimpernel
Summary
This mezzotint portrait shows the actor Fred Terry in the role of Sir Percy Blakeney from the stage adaptation of Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel. This production (which Terry and his wife and partner Julia Neilson adapted for the stage with J. M. Barstow) premiered at the Haymarket Theatre in 1905. It proved extremely popular, and was frequently revived, establishing Sir Percy Blakeney as one of Terry's most famous roles.
Associated object
S.1235-1986 (Version)
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.509-1985

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Record createdMarch 10, 2010
Record URL
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