H Beard Print Collection
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
26
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print shows a single oval portrait from 1803. The artist chose Romanticism, a style that liked feeling and drama. Miss Mellon sat for this picture, one of many in the V&A’s Beard Print Collection. One detail stands out: the date is written exactly as “26th September 1803,” day, month, and year. That tells us the artist wanted every detail recorded. Look next at the movement called Romanticism.
