Drawing

Pen and ink illustrations created for publication in an illustrated newspaper or magazine, probably The Illustrated London News. The sketches show scenes from 'The Rehearsal for the Tableaux of the Royal Institute Costume Ball' in 1887. The artist is not identified.

The sketch shows a series of tableau from a costume pageant organised to celebrate the silver jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

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.