Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Charles Webb; Henry Berry Webb as the Dromio Twins in 'The Comedy of Errors' NPG x27313

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Southwell Brothers

The strong physical resemblance between the two brothers Charles (d. 1889) and Henry Webb (d. 1867) resulted in the successful London revival of Shakespeare's comedy at the Princess's Theatre in February 1864. With the play's emphasis on humour deriving from mistaken identities and slapstick, their 'angular gesticulations and grotesque appearance' also made their performance a great novelty and among their most notable. They went on to perform the roles to large audiences at the Shakespeare Tercentenary Festival later that year and at the Drury... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.