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Drawings: G1204
Title
Drawing from a photograph of Johnston Forbes Robertson as Hamlet, by the sitter.
Subject
Artist
Date
1887
Dimensions
height (sheet): 23.4cm
width (sheet): 20.4cm
width (sheet): 20.4cm
Other materials
Graphite on paper
Inscription/signature
"Yours very Trul/ Johnston Forbes-Robertson/ 6th Oct 1887 Lyceum Theatre"
Provenance
Bought from the McEwan Gallery, by the Works of Art Committee, 28th November 2018
Other number
E0053
A detailed drawing by Johnston Forbes-Robertson, drawn from a photograph, showing himself as Hamlet. Inscribed by the artist and sitter bottome left hand corner.On the reverse is a watercolour of a young boy.
