Al Frueh (1880-1968) was an American cartoonist and caricaturist for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1962. This print forms part of a portfolio of caricatures, Stage Folk: A Book of Caricatures by Frueh, published by Lieber & Lewis in 1922. It was exhibited at the Theatre Museum in Theatre Caricatures by Al Frueh: West End Meets Broadway, in 1990.

This print shows the American actor Otis Skinner (1858-1942) as Hajj in the play Kismet by Edward Knoblock, at the Knickerblocker Theatre in New York in December 1911. A role which is revived in the film of the same name. Skinner's first appearance on the London stage was in Augustin Daly's company in the comedy Casting the Boomerang at the Toole's Theatre, July 1884. As part of the same company he also appeared in A Night Off (adapted by Daly from the German) at the Strand in May 1886, and Nancy and Co. at the Gaiety Theatre in the same year. In 1888 he acted again with Daly's company in the play The Railroad of Love (also adapted from the German by Daly) and The Taming of the Shrew. He became known for his Shakespearean roles playing Romeo at the Globe Theatre in June 1890, and Falstaff in America.