"The unrivalled nigger of the Royal Standard"

England, London. View from the back of the audience toward stage with black(face ?) comedian performing, top hat jauntily perched on head. Audience extremely well-dressed with a number of bowler hats visible.
Title transcribed from the drawing.
Exhibit loan 2624-L.
Exhibited: The Pennell Legacy: Two Centuries of Printmaking, An Exhibition at the Library of Congress, December 1983 through May 1984.
Published in: Anstey, F. "London Music Halls." Harper's New Monthly Magazine 82.488 (January 1891): 200.
Publishing notes inscribed on mount.
Signed in pencil, verso: Joseph Pennell.
Signed in wash, LR: JoPennell.
Bequest; Joseph Pennell Estate; 1926-1937; (PR 06 CN 316.439).
Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection.
Conservation completed 02.84.048.67. Good condition.