Henry Irving as Charles I is an 1873 portrait painting by the British artist James Archer. Bills p.113 It depicts the English actor-manager Henry Irving, a celebrated figure of the Victorian era theatre. Irving is shown in costume for one of his greatest hits, the role of Charles I in the play of the same title by the Irish writer. William Gorman Wills. This appeared at the Lyceum Theatre in the West End for a lengthy run.
The picture was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1873 held at Burlington House in Piccadilly. Irving hung the painting in his own London residence. https://russellcotes.com/collection-piece/henry-irving-as-charles-i/ The painting is now in the collection of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery in Bournemouth having been gifted to the gallery by Merton Russell-Cotes, an art collector and former Mayor of Bournemouth in 1921 https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/henry-irving-18381905-as-charles-i-58570
See also Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain, an 1876 painting by James McNeill Whistler
References
Bibliography Bills, Mark. Art in the Age of Queen Victoria: A Wealth of Depictions. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, 2001. Richards, Jeffrey. Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World. Bloomsbury Academic, 2007.