Drawing

This pen and ink sketch shows the actor and musical hall performer Harry Pleon singing about "The boxing Kangaroo at the Pavilion and Tivoli". 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.