Brainworm, (Mr. Mark Lemon)
1845
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1845
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print shows a man dressed as a character from a play. He's wearing old-fashioned clothes and looks serious. The man is Mr. Mark Lemon, a playwright and editor, acting in a play called Every Man in his Humour, which was written by Ben Jonson and performed with amateur actors, including Charles Dickens. To learn more about this kind of art, look up the museum: Victoria and Albert Museum.