H Beard Print Collection
1815
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1815
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1815 by John Bell, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Sarah Booth sits in a chair, wearing a simple dark dress. A printed line frames her face, soft but clear. Her hair is pulled back tight, with loose curls near her cheeks. This print shows how printmakers made portraits cheap and fast in the 1800s. They could sell many copies to regular people. Bell used a copper plate to carve her image and inked it by hand. Prints like this helped shape how we see famous faces today. See more portrait prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
