Chris Beetles Gallery

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Christophe

Eric Fraser (1902-1983)

Price

£750

Signed

Signed

Medium

Ink with bodycolour

Dimensions

5 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches

Provenance

The Artist's Estate by descent

Illustrated

Radio Times, 28 February 1958, Page 26, for broadcast on the Home Service on Monday 3 March 1958 at 9.15pm

Exhibited

'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1870-2021', Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2021-January 2022, No 164

The Scottish playwright, James Forsyth (1913-2005), wrote plays for stage, television and radio, often on the subject of historical figures. His radio play, Christophe, was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 3 March 1958. As described in Radio Times, it is ‘the story of the Black King of Haiti, Henry Christophe, and the mixed band of his courtiers. Once a slave, he rose to power in the insurrection against the French, was crowned in 1812, and came to a violent end eight years later’.
Framed