Alice Lingard 19th Century British Stage Actress Original Cabinet Card Photo. Extremely rare antique original cabinet card photograph of the Henry Edwards the famed 19th century British Stage Actor. This photograph was taken by an unknown Photographer. The photograph has the name"Alice Lingard"handwritten on the back . This authentic original item is in VG/Near Mint condition The cabinet card was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm (4+1/4 by 6+1/2 inches). Henry Edwards bio courtesy of Wikipedia Alice Dunning Lingard (29 July 1847 – 25 June 1897) was an English actress who performed both in England and in the United States, and was the wife of mimic and comic William Lingard. Lingard was born in London in on 29 July 1847 and had her stage debut there, at the Grecian Theatre. She married William Lingard in 1866 and went to the United States for the first time in 1868, along with her sister Harriet Dunning (later Lady Dalziel, wife of Baron Davison Dalziel of Wooler, and who went by the stage name “Dickie Lingard”). Her stage debut in America was on 11 August 1868 in the role of"Widow White"in Mr. and Mrs. Peter White. Her travels took her around the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Lingard died on 25 June 1897 and was buried at Brompton Cemetery in London.
