Original Title
Alternative Title: John Bannister in his Dressing Room at Drury Lane
Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen in brown ink, on support sheet, upper center: "From Old Jack Bannister 65 Gowen St. | to his Young Friend Wm. Henderson"; in black ink, image sheet, upper left: "TEL" (collectors stamp); in dark gray ink, on image sheet, lower right: "Sketch\'d from Mm. Bannister Jun. {?] in his Dressing | Room at Drury Lane- Dec. 23-83--"; verso: in brown ink, center right: "Wit be the Prologue which adorns his head | and frame his final epilogue when dead"; in graphite, center: "Long and brilliant be the prologue | Long (in coming) [too?] the Epilogue"
Descriptive Medium
Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Wash Drawing
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
