Sir Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII. This photograph shows Wolsey in Act III, Scene ii, reading a letter from Henry VIII that marks the Cardinal's fall from grace.
I must read this paper;
I fear, the story of his anger. 'Tis so;
This paper has undone me: 'tis the account
Of all that world of wealth I have drawn together
For mine own ends; indeed, to gain the popedom,
And fee my friends in Rome.
Photograph by W. and D. Downey, London.