Artist

A. J. B.

A. J. B. is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

A. J. B. made late Victorian-era prints that lean on crisp outlines and shading to capture everyday scenes. Their H Beard Print Collection (ca. 1900) shows fashion plates and shop front windows with a blunt, almost catalog style. These prints belong to the same print-shop tradition that sold penny postcards and mail-order catalogs, small, reproducible images meant to circulate widely.

Tap H Beard Print Collection to see how the look of 1900 felt straight from the printer’s bench.

Works by A. J. B.

Collections represented

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