Sketch by Feliks Topolski showing a scene from Blow Your Own Trumpet, 1943.

Line drawn in pen and ink with watercolour wash on cream paper. A soft black watercolour wash has been used to fill in the background, with further details and highlights in black/grey watercolour used to depict on the figure in the foreground at the bottom left and to add a triangle of crimson in the top right corner. It shows a scene from a production of Blow Your Own Trumpet in 1943. Handwritten annotation has been used by the artist to label several of the figures. The sketch includes a series of male and female figures depicted against a backdrop of buildings. In the foreground a male figure (labelled Arnold Marle, Mael) is shown in profile, he is dressed in a shirt, tie, jacket and V-neck jumper. To his right, and in the centre, are a female and male figure, positioned on either side of what appears to be a sculpture or section of building. The woman is labelled, Marione Everall, Rosa and the man is labelled Andrea Malandrinos, Lorenzo Taruffi.

Given by the artist

Line drawn in pen and ink with watercolour wash on cream paper by Felixs Topolski. It shows a scene from a production of Blow Your Own Trumpet, by Peter Ustinov, and is dated 1943. The date added to the image suggests it shows a scene from the 1943 production at the Liverpool Playhouse Theatre which was directed by Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985).

S.63-1979