‘My name is Pistol called…’ William Mollison, George Henry and the challenge of theatre portraiture

During my research into The Orchar Collection, I came across this painting by the Scottish artist George Henry of the Dundee born actor William Mollison. Well, Scottish Art and the Theatre? This was too much of a draw for me! So I wrote a little piece on it for The British Art Journal (XV, 2, p. 54-58)