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Robinson (1870-1925) and has been signed by him at the base of the image. The image was created for reproduction in a newspaper/magazine, probably <i>The Sketch.\n\n</i>William Terris, born William Charles James Lewin, was a successful and popular stage actor. On 16 December 1897, as he was entering the Adelphi Theatre to prepare for the evening's performance of <i>Secret Service</i>, he was stabbed to death by a deranged and out of work actor, Richard Archer Prince. His death was met with great shock and sadness both by fellow performers and members of the public.\n\nThis item is one of several theatrical drawings from a collection of sketches commissioned from contemporary artists to be printed in illustrated magazines. The collection was donated to the museum by Sir William James Ingram in 1914. \r\n\r\n","physicalDescription":"Pen and ink illustration entitled \"The Private Stage Door, Adelphi Theare\". It shows members of the public (2 men and one woman) gathering outside the stage door to look at the two posters displayed either side. These posters announce the closure of the theatre that evening owing to the death of Mr. Terris. The sketch was drawn by the artist William B. Robinson (1870-1925) and has been signed by him at the base of the image. The image was created for reproduction in a newspaper/magazine, probably <i>The Sketch</i><i>.</i>It is likely to date from December of 1897 as the actor William Terris (1847-1897) was murdered on the 16th of December 1897.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"William Bennett Robinson","id":"AUTH316405"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pen and ink","id":"x30618"},{"text":"drawing board","id":"x33403"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawn","id":"x30545"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"pen and ink on paper","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Theatre","id":"THES250537"},{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2013GT1016"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES356687"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"drawings","id":"AAT33973"}],[{"text":"illustration","id":"AAT54200"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"drawn","id":"x30545"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1897","earliest":"1897-01-01","latest":"1897-12-31"},"association":{"text":"drawn","id":"x30545"},"note":"The actor William Terris was murdered in 1897 and this illustration refers directly to his recent death."}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Sir William Ingram","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"30","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"22.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Redman/Smith/1898 [illegible] W6","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Handwritten annotation in blue crayon, bottom left hand corner"},{"content":"Wilm[?] Robinson/[illegible]/of Lewisham","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Handwritten annotation in blue crayon, bottom right hand corner"},{"content":"200 %/Sketch/today special","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Handwritten annotation in pencil on rear of image"},{"content":"Vol.xx., p.322, 1897","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Handwritten annotation in pencil on the rear of the image."},{"content":"","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":" ","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Sir William Ingram (27 October 1847 – 18 December 1924) was a Liberal politician who was elected to, and sat, in the House of Commons on three occassions between 1878 and 1895. He was also the Managing Director of The Illustrated London News from the late 1870s until 1900 and became the proprietor of a number of additional publications including The Sketch and The English Illustrated Magazine. \r\n\r\nThe Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper. Founded by Sir William Ingram’s father, Herbert Ingram, in 1842 the first edition was sold on 14th May 1842 at a cost of sixpence per copy. Building from an original circulation of 26,000 to in excess of 300,000 at its peak, The Illustrated London News remained in print until 2003 and commissioned illustrations from many of the leading artists of the late nineteenth century. Photographs were used alongside illustrations from the late 19th century onwards but illustrations were a major feature of paper until after the end of the First World War.\n\nThe sketch probably dates from December of 1897 as Terris was murdered on the 16th.","historicalContext":"This sketch was one of a group of prints and pencil and pen and ink sketches donated to the museum in 1914 by Sir William Ingram (1847–1924). Part of this collection was originally donated to the Prints and Drawings Department with the majority later passing to the Theatre and Performance Department. The full collection includes work by a variety of artists amongst whom are: A. J Finberg; Ralph Cleaver; F.V.Poole and Rossi Ashton. Though not all the publications for which they were created are identified the majority of the sketches were commissioned for, and appeared in, <i>The Illustrated London News</i>, <i>The English Illustrated Magazine</i> or <i>The Sketch</i>. \r\n\r\nSir William Ingram became the proprietor of <i>The Illustrated London News</i> in the mid to late 1870s and remained in post until circa 1900 when he was succeeded by his he was succeeded by his son, Bruce Stirling Ingram (1877–1963). He also became the proprietor of <i>The Sketch</i> amongst other papers in which capacity he gave commissions to many leading artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.","briefDescription":"Pen and ink sketch created for publication, probably in the \"Sketch\". Entitled 'The Private Stage Door, Adelphi Theatre' and drawn by William B. Robinson (1870-1925) in circa 1897. 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