Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) as Hamlet
Edward Onslow Ford (1852 - 1901)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1880
Materials
Plaster
Measurements
304 x 163 x 185 mm
Order this imageCollection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1118511
Summary
Plaster, bust of Sir Henry Irving as 'Hamlet' by Edward Onslow Ford (Islington 1852 - 1901), signed and dated 'E. Onslow Ford / 1880'. A plaster study for Ford's life size seated statue of Irving executed in marble and now in the Guildhall Museum (no. 511); see also terracotta bust of 1881 (Royal Shakespeare Company, STRPG:A:1993.199).
Marks and inscriptions
E. Onslow Ford / 1880 (signed and dated on reverse)
Makers and roles
Edward Onslow Ford (1852 - 1901), sculptor