1903
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Print of Ellen Terry as Mistress Page is a 1903 by Pamela Colman Smith, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Ellen Terry as Mistress Page from a 1902 stage revival of *The Merry Wives of Windsor*. Pamela Colman Smith hand-tinted the print to highlight the actress’s costume and expression. The play ran at His Majesty’s Theatre. It starred two famous actresses of the day in the comic roles of Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. Check out more prints by Pamela Colman Smith.
A hand-tinted print depicts Ellen Terry as Mistress Page in Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s 1902 production of *The Merry Wives of Windsor* at His Majesty’s Theatre. The full-length profile shows Terry wearing a sleeveless pale red tunic with a long train and a fitted cap, holding a letter in her left hand. The print, dated April 1905, was created from Pamela Colman Smith’s original drawing, identifiable by her interlaced monogram in the bottom left corner.
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Pamela Colman Smith (16 February 1878 – 16 September 1951), nicknamed "Pixie", was a British artist, illustrator, writer, publisher, and occultist.
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