Samuel Phelps

Pen and ink drawing (undated) of English actor and theatre manager Samuel Phelps (1806-1878). Phelps was best known for his Shakespearean roles. Later he managed the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London and staged many of the same Shakespearean classics in which he performed throughout his acting career. The drawing is accompanied by a piece of Phelps' correspondence, dated 1855