Henry Irving as Hamlet and Edward Sothern as Lord Dundreary

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Henry Irving as Hamlet and Edward Sothern as Lord Dundreary

Phil May (1864-1903)

Price

£650

Signed

Signed
Inscribed 'Irving' and 'Sothern' on reverse

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

7 x 5 inches

Exhibited

'The Ilustrators. The British Art of Illustration', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, 1780-1993', 1993, no 74

'Edward Askew Sothern (1826-1881) was an English actor who made his name in New York as Lord Dundreary in Our American Cousin (1858), a part which practically created, and with which he is always associated' - Phyllis Hartnoll, Concise History of Theatre, Harry N Abrams,1968
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