Mrs Fanny (Mary Ann) Stirling, Lady Gregory (1815-1895)
Window and Grove [photographers] London
Category
Photographs
Date
May 1882
Materials
Paper
Measurements
165 mm (H); 108 mm (W)
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1119306
Summary
Photograph, Mrs Fanny (Mary Ann) Stirling as the nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Provenance
Photograph believed to have been owned by, or given to, Ellen Terry (1847 - 1928) or her daughter Edith Craig (1869 -1947) and came to National Trust in 1939 when Edith Craig transferred Smallhythe Place (including buildings, land and contents) to the Trust.
Marks and inscriptions
Front, below photograph: Mrs STIRLING AS THE "NURSE" IN "ROMEO AND JULIET" / WINDOW & GROVE 63a BAKER STREET, W. / Photographers to the Royal Family Back, centre: WINDOW & GROVE / PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY / 63a BAKER ST. PORTMAN SQUARE, / LONDON, W. Back: For my "Juliet" from her / good for nothing old 'Nurse" / Fanny Stirling. / May 1882. / "Thou wast the prettiest babe / that e'er I nursed" probably in Fanny Stirling's handwriting
Makers and roles
Window and Grove [photographers] London, photographer and publisher