Pen and ink illustrations created for publication in an illustrated newspaper or magazine, probably The Illustrated London News. It shows a selection of scenes and performers from the Christmas pantomime Dick Whittington and his Cat at the Grand Theatre, Islington in 1898.
The sketch was drawn by the artist Ralph Cleaver and has been signed and dated by him in the bottom right hand corner.
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.
