Miss Hilda Trevelyan
John Beagles (1844 - 1907)
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Photographic card
Measurements
138 x 88 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1337232
Summary
Black and white portrait photograph on a postcard of an actor with long curled hair, in costume of a dark dress with large circle and pin on the breast, a short jacket and garlanded cap, leaning on a rock. Printed below 'Miss Hilda Trevelyan', '389 A Matt, G. 389 A Glossy, J. Beagles & Co.' and Ellis & Walery'. On reverse, printed 'J. Beagles & Co. London Ec. Printed in England'; and in pencil 'Wendy in Peter Pan'. Hilda Trevelyan was the first actress to play Wendy in J. M. Barry's play Peter Pan.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
John Beagles (1844 - 1907), engraver and publisher Ellis and Walery , photographer