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Music for the dance is being provided by a group of four musicians (all dressed in identical wide brimmed straw hats and knee length, long sleeved tunics under a sleeveless dark tabard). The dancers and musicians are encircled by an audience of men, all of whom are dressed in feathered headdresses and short, plain skirts. \n\nA handwritten caption at the base of the image reads \"Quaint performance before savage audience\" and the clothing and behaviour of both the performers and the audience reflects many of the racial prejudices prevelant in the late nineteenth century. \n\nThe illustration was painted by the artist A.Forestier and is signed with his name in the bottom left hand corner. Sir Amédée Forestier (1854 – 1930) was an Anglo-French artist and illustrator. He began working for the Illustrated London News in 1882 and became known for his attention to detail and historical illustrations.\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":"Painted illustration created for publication in a newspaper/illustrated magazine. It shows two performers dressed in the costume traditionally associated with the Chinese Dragon Dance. Music for the dance is being provided by a group of four musicians (all dressed in identical wide brimmed straw hats and knee length, long sleeved tunics under a sleeveless dark tabard). 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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","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. 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