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MARTIN LAROCHE (1814-86)

Miss Kate Terry (1844-1924) as a boy

1857

Hand coloured photograph | 22.6 x 18.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2909980

As a gift for the 18th wedding anniversary of her parents Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 15-year-old Princess Alice drew this scene from Shakespeare’s Richard II. She copied the composition from a photograph of the play’s performance, in which the actress Kate Terry played a boy, dressed in tunic, tights and a little cape. Rather than copying the photograph exactly, Alice adapted Terry’s pose, depicting her in profile with delicate, Pre-Raphaelite features.

Hand coloured photograph of actress Kate Terry (second from right), as a boy, in a recreation of the 'Historical Episode' of 'King Richard II' as performed at the Princess's Theatre, Oxford Street, London. Terry wears a black and light blue shorA pencil drawing, after RCIN 2909980, showing the actress Kate Terry dressed as a character from William Shakespeare's Richard II. She is shown full-length, facing forward and has her arm around an unknown girl. Terry is shown dressed in a tunic and tight
Photograph of scene from Richard II
Copy by Princess Alice
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