Sir Henry Irving
Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Henry Irving 1880

Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848–1884)

National Portrait Gallery, London

Actor-manager

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Artworks of Irving, Henry

  • Henry Irving (1838–1905) as Hamlet
    Henry Irving (1838–1905) as Hamlet Edward Onslow Ford (1852–1901)
    Manchester Art Gallery
  • Henry Irving (1838–1905) as Mathias
    Henry Irving (1838–1905) as Mathias Irena Sedlecká (1928–2020)
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • Henry Irving (1838–1905) as Shylock
    Henry Irving (1838–1905) as Shylock Thomas Barnard
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • Henry Irving (1838–1905), as Charles I
    Henry Irving (1838–1905), as Charles I James Archer (1823–1904)
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • Henry Irving (1838–1905), as Hamlet
    Henry Irving (1838–1905), as Hamlet Frederick Lucas Wilkins (b.c.1860)
    University of Bristol Theatre Collection
  • Henry Irving (1838–1905), as Mephistopheles, and George Alexander (1858–1918) , as Faust, in 'Faust' by W. G. Wells, Adapted from Goethe
    Henry Irving (1838–1905), as Mephistopheles, and George Alexander (1858–1918) , as Faust, in 'Faust' by W. G. Wells, Adapted from Goethe William Henry Margetson (1861–1940)
    Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Henry Irving as Joseph Lesurques Dubosc in 'The Lyons Mail'
    Henry Irving as Joseph Lesurques Dubosc in 'The Lyons Mail' E. P. J.
    University of Bristol Theatre Collection
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