(Walter) Weedon ('Wee-Gee') Grossmith Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
(Walter) Weedon ('Wee-Gee') Grossmith NPG x16923
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by Rapid Photo Co
Weedon Grossmith was known simply as Weedon or 'Wee-Gee'. After an unsuccessful attempt to become a portrait artist, Grossmith turned instead to the stage. His acting career took off when he played opposite Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre in 1888, in Charles Selby's Robert Macaire. He made his name as a comedy character actor. But nothing Grossmith achieved in the theatrical field brought him the lasting fame that he and his brother George Grossmith achieved with The Diary of a Nobody,... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










