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The sketch has been signed and dated by the artist F.V.Poole in the bottom right hand corner. \n\nThe illustration shows a series of scenes from a spectacular production at The Hippodrome in 1903. Amongst the performers are 'The Plunging Elephants', 'Albert Crandall with his mule \"Thunderbolt\", and performers from what appears to be a pantomime with a Silver Prince (Miss Chattell) and a Golden Princess (Miss Hett).\nMr. Albert Crandall, described in publicity material as 'the inimitable peer of comic riders', was an equestrian clown who performed with his mule \"Thunderbolt.\" He was part of Ringling Brother's Circus (founded in the United States in 1884).\n\nThe London Hippodrome was built in 1900 by Frank Matcham for Edward Moss for £250,000 as a hippodrome for circus and variety performances. The shows included equestrian acts, elephants and polar bears, and acrobats would dive from a Minstrel Gallery above a sliding roof, in the centre of the proscenium arch. The performance space featured both a proscenium stage and an arena that sank into a 230 ft, 100,000 gallon water tank (400 ton, when full) for aquatic spectacles. In productions such as that shown in this illustration, elephants were led up ramps from the Elephant Run below the stage and then slid down a slide into the Hippodrome's vast water tank.\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\n\r\n\n","physicalDescription":"Pen and ink illustration created for publication in an illustrated newspaper or magazine, probably <i>The Penny Illustrated Press</i>. It shows a series of scenes from a spectacular production at The Hippodrome in 1903. 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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\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. 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 illustration created for publication in an illustrated newspaper or magazine, probably <i>The Penny Illustrated Press</i>. It shows a series of scenes from a spectacular production at The Hippodrome in 1903. 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