Gordon Craig
This sepia cabinet card studio portrait photograph is of the actor Gordon Craig in costume. It is signed ‘yours sincerely Gordon Craig’ across the top. On the front, the photographer is given as ‘Window & Grove 63A Baker Street W’. On the reverse handwritten at the bottom is ‘Clara W Bagshawe’.
Edward Gordon Craig was the son of Ellen Terry and Edward William Godwin and used the surname Craig, it is suggested to avoid the stigma of illegitimacy. He was also known as Gordon Craig and was involved in the theatre in many roles including that of an actor.
