Patience
John Sloan American
Not on view
Scene from Act I of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Patience' in which two women repeat the line "He was a little boy," with a different emphasis and different meaning each time. The actresses depicted here are likely Rosalind Fuller (Patience) on the left and Helen Freeman (Angela) on the right. The production was at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York, see: Morse 1969, p. 240.
For alternate impression see: 26.30.83
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