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H Beard Print Collection, by S. Begg, 20

H Beard Print Collection

S. Begg

20

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 20 by S. Begg, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
S. Begg
When & what style?
20
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

A print from 1901 reproduces an original drawing by S. Begg, showing Ellen Terry in the role of Volumnia and Henry Irving as Coriolanus during a Lyceum Theatre production of *Coriolanus*. The image was published in the *Illustrated London News*.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

S. Begg

Early 20th-century printmaker S. Begg specialized in black-and-white news-sheet illustrations for London’s H. Beard collection, turning daily headlines into shareable images. Four of these ephemeral prints survive: the…

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