Evelyn Millard as Cecily Cardew and Irene Vanbrugh Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest, St. James's Theatre, 1895 [photograph].

Record ID: 
440375
Accession number: 
MA 23777.6
Created: 
London : Alfred Ellis & Walery, 1895?
Credit: 
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2021.
Description: 
1 photograph : cabinet card ; 148 x 104 mm; mount 166 x 110 mm
Notes: 

Title supplied by cataloger.
Cabinet card photograph on printed mount.
Forms part of a collection of Oscar Wilde trade cards and theatrical photographs (see MA 23777.1-7).

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Inscribed in pencil with the negative number on verso: 18049-7.

Summary: 

Photograph of the actresses Evelyn Millard (left) and Irene Vanbrugh (right) as they appeared in the roles of Cecily Cardew and Gwendolyn Fairfax during the tea party scene in the premier production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Provenance: 
Purchased from Swann Auction Galleries, Sale 2578, Lot 1, August 19, 2021.
Classification: