Lily Hanbury Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Lily Hanbury NPG Ax28890
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Alfred Ellis
Actress, educated in London, she was the sister of actress Hilda Hanbury and cousin of Julia Neilson, also an actress. Hanbury made her first appearance on the stage in W.S. Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea at the Savoy Theatre in 1888. Her extensive repertory included, 'Countess Wintersen' in The Stranger; 'Hetty Preene' in G. R. Sims's Lights o' London; and 'Petra' in Ibsen's Enemy of the People. She achieved great success playing various roles in Shakespearian plays under the management of Wilson Barrett and... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










