Benjamin Pollock

Benjamin Pollock printed elaborate scenes for Victorian toy theaters, castle sieges, royal palanquins, and stagecoach chases, on sheets you’d glue to cardboard and cut out yourself. The H Beard Print Collection in the app holds his late-19th-century sheets, crisp black ink on cream paper, numbered for assembly. Build the scene yourself: unfold the proscenium, slot in the backdrops, light a candle behind and watch the shadows play. Tap H Beard Print Collection to see the full set.