Drawing

This painted sketch is captioned "You are in the circus business, Madam" he asked and annotation on the rear indicates that the image was associated with a dramatisation of a work by the journalist and writer David Christie Murray (1847-1907). It was painted by the artist Sir Amédée Forestier (1854–1930) for reproduction in The Illustrated London Newsin 1889.

Sir Amédée Forestier (1854 – 1930) was an Anglo-French artist and illustrator. He began working for the Illustrated London News in 1882 and became known for his attention to detail and historical illustrations.

This item is one of several theatrical drawings from a collection of sketches commissioned from contemporary artists to be printed in illustrated magazines. The collection was donated to the museum by Sir William James Ingram in 1914.