Artifacts

Choosing is one of the first portraits painted of me. My first husband, George Watts, did a brilliant job of capturing my youth.


George Fredric Watts. Choosing. Oil on strawboard. National Portrait Gallery, London, UK. April 2, 2012. <http://www.artflakes.com/>



A photograph my dear friend Julia Margaret Cameron took titled "Sadness." This picture was taken when I was only sixteen years of age, and was going through a lot of discrimination and a failed marriage. Julia captured my true emotions marvelously!

Julia Margaret Cameron. Sadness. N.d. Photograph. Julia Margaret Cameron: 19th Century Photographer of Genius. April 2, 2012. Print.



This is my house, the Smallhythe Place. I lived in this building from 1889 until 1928.

Ellen Terry's House. N.d. Photograph. PanoramioWeb. 4 Apr 2012. <http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42890652>.

These are photographs of a program from my first return to the theatre. I performed as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, alongside my dear friend Henry Irving in the Lyceum Theatre. Bram Stoker was the acting manager for this incredible show!


Jane Hunt. "Macbeth" Programme. N.d. Photograph. The Music Hall and Theatre History SiteWeb. 4 Apr 2012. <http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/LyceumTheatre>



In this painting, I am portraying the role of Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. John Singer Sargent flatters me with his ability to make me look mad, but also breathtaking  is amazing.


John Sargent. Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth. 1889. Painting. Tate, Tate Britain. Web. 4 Apr 2012. <http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-ellen-terry-as-lady-macbeth-n02053>.





My acting partner and friend, Henry Irving. I'm thankful for his words of encouragement and believing in me when no one else in the theatre business would.


N.d. Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. April 5, 2012. http://library.calvin.edu/hda/node/2038

This is a portrait of myself painted by the exceptional Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson. 

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson. Ellen Terry. Oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, London, UK. April 5, 2012. 

This is a photograph of myself portraying my favorite role, Beatrice in Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

Albert Sterner. Ellen Terry as Beatrice. Photograph. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12326 April 6, 2012. 



An American newspaper article in the New York Times announcing my arrival to New York.


The New York Times. Photograph. http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/2059.shtml. April 6, 2012.





Thank you, dearies, for looking at photographs and paintings from  my career. This is a photograph of me in the production Henry of Lancaster.

N.d. Ellen Terry. Photograph. Hulton Archive. April 6, 2012. 
http://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/english-actress-dame-ellen-terry-in-henry-of-lancaster-news-photo/3303710

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