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This pen and ink sketch shows the actress Mrs Beerbohm Tree, maiden name Helen Maud Holt, (1863 – 1937) in the role of Mrs. Allonby in A Woman of No Importance.The image was created for reproduction in a newspaper/magazine. Annotation on the rear indicates that it was drawn by the engraver Thomas Lascelles.
Helen Beerbohm Tree made her professional stage debut in January 1883 and married the actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree later that year. They went on to have a very successful stage partnership, taking on the management of His Majesty's Theatre from 1887. 1893, she created the role of Mrs Allonby in A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, appearing opposite her husband who as Lord Illingworth.
This item is one of several theatrical drawings from a collection of sketches commissioned from contemporary artists to be printed in illustrated magazines. The collection was donated to the museum by Sir William James Ingram in 1914.
Museu Vitória e Alberto