Sir Henry Irving
This black and white print of Sir Henry Irving, is shown with a coat over his right arm and holding a hat in one hand. The print has been endorsed ‘To My Old Friend Merton Russell Cotes from Henry Irving’.
William Nicholson was a British painter and printmaker. He studied at the Herkomer School of Art Bushey, where he met his future wife, Mable Pryde. He used many printing techniques, including woodcut, wood-engraving and lithography. He also worked as an illustrator as well as an author of Children’s books and a designer for the theatre.
