Hand drawn sketches by Robert Blackman in pencil and colored on graph paper with two sets of fabric swatches and a set of attached costume cards. This piece measures 14" x 17".
Henry V was a play written by the Human playwright William Shakespeare, the fourth part of a tetralogy that includes Richard II, Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II. In 2366, Data performed Act 4, Scene 1 of Henry V on the holodeck. The scene featured the characters of Michael Williams and John Bates, and Data played a disguised Henry V. Captain Jean-Luc Picard later quoted from the scene when confronted with a possible war with the Romulans and the destruction of his ship. Data planned to study the performances of Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Shapiro and Kullnark as Henry V. Propworx 50 Years of Star Trek Auction, September 10, 2016, Lot 191 - Robert Blackman.