Drawing

This pen and ink sketch shows the singer and musical hall performer Fannie Leslie (1857-1935), dancing the hornpipe at the Pavilion Theatre, London. It was drawn by the artist Alick.P.F.Ritchie (1868-1938) and was created for reproduction in a newspaper/magazine, possibly the Penny Illustrated Paper. This paper, priced 1d per issue, was published on a weekly basis between 12 October 1861 - 28 December 1907.

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.