[Rarebooks] FS: Beautiful Photograph of Actor Henry Irving INSCRIBED to John Drinkwater

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $850,      Now $500

IRVING, Sir Henry. SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED TO JOHN DRINKWATER. Fine 
7" x 11" studio portrait by Walery, Photographer to the Queen, on a 13" 
x 18" matted photographer's board. INSCRIBED "with every good wish" to 
John Drinkwater, fellow actor and theater manager as well as the father 
of the poet John Drinkwater, and SIGNED and dated 1889 by Irving. The 
photograph depicts Irving seated holding a book with his inscription 
placed vertically in the upper blank margin. Born John Henry Brodribb in 
the Somerset village of Keinton Mandevill, the young Irving grew up in a 
very religious family where he first acquired an interest in capturing 
an audience by watching preachers in church. Inspired by his beloved 
American writer Washington Irving, he changed his name to Henry Irving 
and began his professional acting career at the age of 18. Successful as 
both actor and producer, Irving in 1895, at the age of 57, became the 
first actor ever honored with a knighthood. Some staining and tape marks 
on the verso, but the photograph is sharp and clear. Fine. (#010604)    
     $500.00

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