SIR THOMAS MORE
This print is included that it may be compared with the actual Holbein print. It shows how important accuracy of detail in the costuming of a part is.
When I impersonated this character in the Chelsea Pageant, every London paper commented on the success of the make-up, the Times saying, if the Chancellor were to rise from the grave even he could hardly tell the difference between us; the Standard, that I realised Holbein's portrait with startling fidelity, and the Daily News, that I looked as if I had stepped directly out of Holbein's well-known canvas; while the Sketch and Referee called me a living Holbein.
The additional pictures of Sir Thomas More are reproduced to show how well the illusion of character was maintained under the most trying conditions possible.
Make-up usually seems more real when seen by artificial light, but as at the Chelsea Pageant, 1908, I had no such aid, the achievement of absolute reality was all the more difficult.
SIR THOMAS MORE IN HIS GARDEN AT CHELSEA
SIR THOMAS MORE BIDDING FAREWELL TO HIS FAVOURITE DAUGHTER