Lower left (l.l.) in black crayon: McCahon; in ballpoint pen: 1955; u.r. in ballpoint pen: Ar. Gall.y Ballet; u.r. in pencil obscured: [staging instructions].
"One of the most favourite mysteries presented by the strolling companies in the southern provinces, is "The Spectacle of the Sun and Moon" (Allom, 1842, v II, p. 28).
inverted lower left with brush: McCahon; upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen; verso: [pencil & watercolour landscape sketch]