A head-and-shoulders studio portrait of the actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell, hands raised to her cheeks, reproduced as a red halftone print within a thin red rule. Born Beatrice Stella Tanner (1865–1940), she was one of the most celebrated British stage actresses of her day, famed for roles in Pinero's "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" and later for George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," which he wrote for her. Portrait cards of leading performers like this were popular souvenirs in the early 1900s.
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Red/magenta halftone on cream stock with plain border; heavy foxing and staining, edge wear and small losses at corners and top edge.
No postmark, address, or message — back is entirely blank apart from the printed heading. Undivided back with "Private Mailing Card / THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY" and a stamp box reading "STAMP HERE / DOMESTIC, 1c. / FOREIGN, 2c." (the 1898–1901 private mailing card era). Cream stock with foxing, edge wear, and several pinholes/rust stains; faint pencil "AA" and "M" at top. Front is a red halftone portrait with a white border.
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Portrait of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, actress, circa 1905, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/portrait-of-mrs-patrick-campbell-actress-circa-1905. Accessed October 24, 2026.
