Pen and ink illustration created for publication in an illustrated newspaper or magazine, probably The Penny Illustrated Paper. It shows a series of scenes from Act I and Act III of a production of Frocks and Frills at the Haymarket Theatre in 1902. The sketch was drawn by the artist F.V.Poole.
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.
