Autographs of Henry Irving

Current items with a signature of Henry Irving

These are the most current items with a signature of Henry Irving that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Autograph Quotation Signed – Theatre Manager 'Dracula' - Henry Irving	£225.00
	Henry Irving Autograph Signed Photo Display AFTAL UACC Registered	£75.00

Irving was born to a working-class family in Keinton Mandeville in the county of Somerset. W.H. Davies, the celebrated poet, was a cousin. Irving spent his childhood living with his aunt, Mrs Penberthy, at Halsetown in Cornwall. He competed in a recitation contest at a local Methodist chapel where he was beaten by William Curnow, later the editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. He attended City Commercial School for two years before going to work in the office of a law firm at age 13. When he saw Samuel Phelps play Hamlet soon after this, he sought lessons, letters of introduction, and work in the Lyceum Theatre in Sunderland in 1856, labouring against great odds until his 1871 success in The Bells in London set him apart from all the rest.

He married Florence O'Callaghan on 15 July 1869 at St. Marylebone, London, but his personal life took second place to his professional life. On opening night of The Bells, 25 November 1871, Florence, who was pregnant with their second child, criticised his profession: "Are you going on making a fool of yourself like this all your life?" Irving exited their carriage at Hyde Park Corner, walked off into the night, and chose never to see her again. He maintained a discreet distance from his children as well, but became closer to them as they grew older. Florence Irving never divorced Irving, and once he had been knighted she styled herself "Lady Irving"; Irving never remarried. Read even more about Henry Irving at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Henry Irving

The most expensive item with a signature of Henry Irving (Signed Bram Stoker & John Burns MP: Personal Reminiscences Henry Irving 1st 1906) was sold in August 2023 for £1150.00 while the cheapest item (VINTAGE POSTCARD of "Sir Henry Irving" in B/W, "Autograph" postcard 5707) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2018. The month with the most items sold (2) was July 2019 with an average selling price of £121.00 for an autographed item of Henry Irving. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2022 with £375.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £10.27 was February 2023. In average, an autographed item from Henry Irving is worth £84.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Henry Irving were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	BRAM STOKER - Autograph Letter ( Signed Henry Irving ) - DRACULA Author !!	£148.00
	BRAM STOKER - Autograph Letter ( Signed Henry Irving ) - DRACULA Author !!	£84.00
	Bram Stoker Framed signed Autograph Display Letter Henry Irving Dracula Author	£199.99
	Bram Stoker Handwritten Letter, Signed By Henry Irving - 'Dracula' Author	£180.00
	HAND WRITTEN LETTER BRAM STOKER SIGNED HENRY IRVING 18TH SEPT 1901	£68.00
	Henry Irving (1838-1906), actor - autograph (& writing of Bram Stoker)	£10.27
	LAWRENCE ALMA TADEMA - Painter - Autograph & Funeral Invitation for HENRY IRVING	£92.00
	Sir Henry Irving Signed Letter - Shakespearean Actor	£20.00
	Vintage Signed Autograph Cut - Henry Irving - Edward Terry - Cecilia Loftus	£45.00
	Vintage Signed Autograph Letter - Dracula - Bram Stoker Henry Irving 1888	£375.00