Lot 106: Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples RBA (1853-1943) AN

Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples RBA (1853-1943) AN ARCHIVE OF PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE SKETCHES many signed, inscribed and variously dated charcoal, coloured pencil, black crayon and wash on paper and card (unframed) various dimensions Provenance: Studio sale, Phillips, London, 11 June 1991; Private collection An interesting archive of over fifty sketches, mostly rapid observations of people, many connected with the theatre. Named sitters include Sarah Bernhardt; poet, suffragist and sister of the artist Lady Elizabeth Butler, Alice Meynell (pictured here); actor and manager of the Drury Lane theatre, Sir Augustus Harris (also pictured); film director Hugh Moss; and the Duke of Orleans ice skating.