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

Record ID: 
267281
Accession number: 
MA 12711
Author: 
Searle, Ronald, 1920-2011.
Published: 
1950s.
Credit: 
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.

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.
Dimensions: 
540 x 325 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: