BENSON (Sir Francis Robert, 1858-1939, Actor-manager)

Striking Signed Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Lizzie Caswall Smith, signed and inscribed in a blank corner of image, showing him half length, three quarter face, in a velvet coat and plumed hat, deep in thought, his left hand to his cheek, his right in the crook of his left elbow, which rests on the back of a chair, published by J. Beagles & Co., London, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa part of left side lightly silvered, face and signature unaffected

'From 1886 to 1916 F.R. Benson directed the festival at Stratford-upon-Avon, producing all but two of Shakespeare's plays.

Item Date:  1905

Stock No:  55290      £50

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