Henry Irving, English actor Size:L: 75 x 60cm England v Australia 6th test

England v Australia 6th test match of The Ashes at The Oval

Street scene

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Henry Irving, English actor Size:L: 75 x 60cm England v Australia 6th testHenry Irving, English actor, 1883. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (London, 1876 1883).