Paintings, Prints & Drawings — C. 1890
Mary Anderson
This drawing by Harry Furniss (1854-1925) portrays the actress Mary Anderson( 1859-1940) who made her debut in London in 1883 to great popular success. Following a tour of Britain with W.S. Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea and Comedy and Tragedy, Anderson performed again in London in her own version of The Winter's Tale (1887). In 1890 she married Antonio Fernando de Navarro, a fellow American practising as a barrister in England and settled at Court Farm in Broadway, Worcestershire. Anderson published two volumes of autobiography, A Few Memories (1896) and A Few More Memories(1936).
Harry Furniss moved to London from Ireland in 1876 and worked for the Illustrated London News and Punch. His drawings were very popular an dhe illustrated several well knownnovels.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 56.44/43
- Object name:
- Mary Anderson
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- Artist/Maker:
- Furniss, Harry
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- Production date:
- c. 1890
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 248 mm, W 148 mm (paper)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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