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Actor dressed as Hamlet and society lady : cartoon for Punch [drawing].

BIB_ID
267281
Accession number
MA 12711
Creator
Searle, Ronald, 1920-2011.
Published
1950s.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for a cartoon published in Punch, 1950s.
Likely from Ronald Searle's time illustrating the theatre review section for Punch during the 1950s.
540 x 325 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
A seated man in red tights dressed as Hamlet hunches over and smokes a cigarette, while a woman wearing pearls stands behind him.
Medium
Pen, brush and ink with gouache and graphite, on illustration board.
Classification