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Complimentary Dinner to Mr. Henry Irving at St. James's Hall, 1883. Creator: R. Taylor.

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Complimentary Dinner to Mr. Henry Irving at St. James's Hall, 1883. 'Mr. Irving's arrival; "The Lady who has so adorned the Lyceum stage"; The Chairman; The Ladies; Mr. Henry Irving responds; Mr. Sims Reeves; Madame Antoinette Sterling; Mr. Santley; Literature, Science & Art; Mr. Toole proposes the health of the Chairman; A few heads sketched at the dinner...The banquet given...upon the occasion of [Irving's] departure for a tour of theatrical triumphs in the United States, was the most brilliant affair...The Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Coleridge, who is himself shortly to visit America, took the chair upon this occasion...Among the ladies in the gallery was one, Miss Ellen Terry, who has constantly shared Mr. Irving's thoughtful studies and admired performances on the stage, and who will ever be remembered as a gifted partner in the recent work of reviving the best traditions of English dramatic art. It was fitting, also, that some chief representatives of other departments of Art - Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Santley, and Madame Antoinette Sterling, for Music, and Mr. Alma Tadema for Painting - should take a conspicuous part in the proceedings...Professor Tyndall [spoke] in the name of Science'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.

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HRM25A43_418

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49,5Mo (3,3Mo) / 30,8cm x 40,2cm / 3642 x 4752 (300dpi)

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