Pen and ink illustrations created for publication in an illustrated newspaper or magazine, probably The Illustrated London News. It shows a selection of scenes from a production of My Soldier Boyat the Criterion Theatre in 1899.
The sketch was drawn by the artist Ralph Cleaver and has been signed and dated by him in the bottom left 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.
