Overview
19th-century photographs of British actor Sir Henry Irving.
Dates
- Creation: 1887-1888
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)This collection contains portraits and theatrical photographs of 19th-century British actor Sir Henry Irving. Notable theatrical productions include Becket, Henry VIII, The bells, and Pickwick. Most photographs are cabinet photographs, some are cartes-de-visite (card photographs). Many photographs are undated.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Henry Irving (1838–1905) was a British stage actor and theater manager. Irving rose to fame in the 1870s with roles in Two roses, The bells, and Hamlet, among others. Irving became manager of the Lyceum Theatre (London, England) in 1878 after the death of Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman and the theatre remained under his management for 23 years.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of photographic studio.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2010MT-11. Gift of Thomas Garrett ; received: 2010 October 9.
Forms part of the Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection of Theater, Dance and Music (Harvard Theatre Collection).
General note
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Processing Information
Processed by: Ashley M. Nary
- Title
- Photographs of Sir Henry Irving, 1887-1888: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02285
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.
Harvard Yard
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
(617) 495-2440
Houghton_Library@harvard.edu