For sale is an issue of The Sketch newspaper
26 pages, 52 sides
This issue has been removed from a volume and has tape repair along the spine. There are some light foxing spots in the margins. Condition good
Contents incl:
- Photograph - Miss Empsie Bowman, Miss Dorothy Hanbury, and Miss Isa Bowman in "The Little Squire," at the Lyric Theatre - From a photograph by Messrs. Russell and Sons, Baker Street
- Article - The Panorama of the Week
- Classified adverts
- Full page illustration - "At Homes" - No. 1. Music (by Phil May)
Article and photographs - Mdlle Carla Dagmar - Theatre Review - "A Bunch of Violets," at the Haymarket Theatre
- Theatre Review - "The Masqueraders," at The St James's Theatre
- Article - A "Round" with the Champion Boxer - James Corbett (2 photos of Mr Corbett on the page)
- Poem - The Larger Latitude by J M Bulloch
- Full page illustration by Villedebois - Last Week's Paris
- Small photo - Prince Carol of Roumania
- Full page photo - Bassano's Types of English Beauty - Miss St Clair
- Small drawing - Mr Shaw at the Playgoers' Club - drawn by J Bernard Partridge
- Small photo - Miss Emily Pritchard
- Article - The Mountain Railway at Montreux
- Photos - On Lake Leman; From Montreux to Glion Railway
- Full page of 4 photos - "The Little Squire," at the Lyric Theatre
1. Miss Empsie Bowman (Lise De La Riviere) and Miss Fanny Brough (Bessie Barton)
2. Miss Isa Bowman (Cicely Hardwick)
3. Miss Empsie Bowman, Miss Dorothy Hanbury (The Little Squire), and Miss Isa Bowman
4. Misses Dorothy Hanbury and Empsie and Isa Bowman - Article - The Books and their stories
- Illustrated Story - A Novel in a Nutshell - Griffins Best Man by E Nesbit and Oswald Barron
- Article and illustration - The Late Lamented Lobengula
- Daly's Theatre - Coming and Going
Article - Miss Ada Rehan - an appreciation by Robert W Lowe (with photo)
Small picture - Mrs Jordan by John Russell, R.A.
Article - Eleonora Duse - an appreciation by William Archer - Full page photo - Miss Ada Rehan as Viola in "Twelfth Night," at Daly's Theatre
- Photo - Signora Duse as Nora in "A Doll's House
Article - Eleonora Duse - an appreciation by Clement Scott - Paris Art Schools - II - The Academie Colarossi with sketches by Bertha Newcombe
- Article with photo - Miss Florence Fordyce
- Article with photo - Mr William Ernest Henley and the "National Observer"
- The Art of the Day - Article with pictures:
1. A Nursery Tale by Carlton Smith
2. Les Maledictions De L'Aieule by A P Morlon
3. Cortege passing the Peerless Mountain (Fusiyama) by Toyukuni
4. Mon Saint Michel: Moonlight by Albert Goodwin
5. Goring Church by Max Ludby
6. Head of a Saint by Perugino
7. Virgin and Child by Fra Bartolommeo
8. "A Season of Clear Shining to Cheer us after the Rain": Muslade Bay, Gower by F H Worsley-Benison
9. The Guitar by George Thomson
10. A Rehearsal by Joseph Skelton
11. The Musician by John Petttie, R.A.
12. Maharajah of Burhanpur by C B Birch, A.R.A. - Full page of sketches - Receiving DAy at the Royal Academy
- Full page of sketches - The Conjurer by Rene Bull
- Full page illustration - The Parson and the Pupil
- Full page sketch by Phil May
- Full page sketch - The Honeymooners: An Everyday Sight in Venice - drawn by Dudley Hardy
- Article - Hors D'Oeuvres
- Many small adverts
- Article with picture - Charles Green, The Cabman
- The World of Sport - Cycling (article)
Photo 1. T. Osborn (Polytechnic, C.C.) - Winner of the Mile Scratch Race and Sydney Challenge Cup, also second in the Ten Miles Race
Photo 2. Spring Meeting of the Surrey Bicycle Club at Herne Hill: Start for the Ten Miles Race and the Surrey Cup
Photo 3. Mr Lewis Stroud - Captain of the Bath Road Cycling Club, Winner of the Surrey Cup
Photo 4. Firset Heat of the Mile Scratch Race for the Sydney Challenge Cup - Article - Cricket
- 1/2 page advert - Hampton & Sons
- Full page advert for Mariani Wine with illustrations of 5 x people
1. Victorien Sardou
2. Charles Gounod
3. Henry Irving
4. Emile Zola
5. Ambrose Thomas - Wanderings through Wales with photographs
1. Devil's Bridge, Aberystwyth
2. Devil's Bridge Falls, Aberystwyth
3. Aberystwyth - Racing Notes by Captain Coe
- A Boon to Railway Travellers - Railway Station Indicators
- Full page advert - Cadbury's Cocoa
- 1/2 page advert - Pear's Soap - Shaving in Camp
- Parliament News
- Illustrated Article - Our Ladies' Pages - The Royal Wedding
- Full page advert - Mellin's Food
- Article - A Storehouse of Treasure
- Notes from the Exchange
- Financial Correspondence
