“An Impression”
Watercolour and Crayon on board. 29ins x 18ins
Signed and inscribed .
An inscription on the reverse reads “The last line of the last role, Ellen Terry as the Ghost of Aunt Susan in the Fairy Play by Walter de la Mare “Crossings
Terry returned to the stage to play Susan Wildersham in Walter de la Mare’s fairy play, Crossings, in November 1925 at the Lyric Hammersmith.
Crossings was produced for the first time in 1919, at the Wick School, Hove, to celebrate the coming of Peace. With the exception of one grown-up, Mr. Sebastian Sprott, its characters were taken by boys aged fourteen, or under.” – Summary by ToddHW and Author
This is when it was first published.
- Crossings: A Fairy Play (1921) (book illustrated by Dorothy Lapthop (1923))
Black and white photo of Ellen Terry
And Ellen terry painted by her first husband George Frederick Watts “Choosing”
