William Gorman Wills, usually known as W. G. Wills, was an Irish dramatist, novelist and painter.
Portrait of W. G. Wills, c. 1898.
Wills' painting Ophelia and Laertes, Oil on canvas – Private Collection.
Sir Henry Irving, christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility for season after season at the West End's Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society.
Portrait of Irving in 1878
Image: Henry Irving Signature
Sir Henry Irving, as Hamlet, in an 1893 illustration from The Idler magazine
Caricature (by Ape) of Irving in The Bells. Vanity Fair, 19 December 1874.