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- Sir Henry Irving Published 1900
Sir Henry Irving Published 1900
Sir Henry Irving by Max Beerbohm c1900 (Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society)
Method: Litho Print
Creator: Max Beerbohm
Published: Published in the Supplement to THE WORLD Christmas Number 1900.
Condition: Overall Excellent condition Approx Sheet Size: 14.25" x 9.5" (360mm x 240mm)
Notes: Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (London 24 August 1872 ? 20 May 1956 Rapallo) was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist. He was educated at Charterhouse and Merton College, Oxford, where he met some of his dearest and most influential friends, including William Rothenberg, Oscar Wilde, and Aubrey Beardsley, among others. The first public exhibition of his caricatures was as part of a group show at the Fine Art Society in 1896; his first one-man show at the Carfax Gallery in 1901. He was influenced by French cartoonists such as "Sem" (fr:Georges Goursat) and "Caran d'Ache" (Emmanuel Poir). Beerbohm was hailed by The Times in 1913 as "the greatest of English comic artists", by Bernard Berenson as "the English Goya", and by Edmund Wilson as "the greatest... portrayer of personalities ? in the history of art"