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1612991996
Sheet with sketches of the figure of Tragedy modelled after Sarah Siddons, and a harlequin, to provide directions from the artist Henry William Bunbury to the engraver Bartolozzi of a ticket to Wynnstay Theatre; the figure of Tragedy shown three-quarter length in profile to the left, with long flowing hair, wearing veil, looking up towards a scroll attached to the branch of a tree; below a roughly sketched harlequin shown half length with raised arm, emphasizing the pattern on the jacket; the sketch accompanied by hand-written inscriptions; the sheet folded with a short letter on facing page.Pen and ink with colour wash
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