Drawings: G1243

Title

Sketch of Edward Gordon Craig

Subject

Craig, Edward Gordon

Artist

Rutherson, Albert, Daniel

Date

1920

Dimensions

height: 45cm
width: 39.5cm
height: 28.2cm
width: 23cm

Other materials

Ink and pastels

Inscription/signature

"Albert R 1920"

Provenance

Bequeathed to the Garrick Club by Frances Hughes october 2022. Acquired by her from Max Rutherston 1995.

Other number

E0134

This sketch of the british actor, designer, director, artist, and son of Ellen Terry, Edward Gordon Craig, was made in 1920, by artist and theatre designer Albert Rutherston (born Rothenstein). Edward Gordon Craig and the artist's brother, William Rotherstein were good friends and moved in the same artistic theatrical circles. In 1915 Albert Rutherston gave a lecture at Leeds University, which was ater published in 1919, called 'Decoration in Art of the Theatre' where he called Edward Gordon Craig "...the greatest genius and inspiration the theatre has in our time".