H Beard Print Collection
1750
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1750
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1750 by Pierre Gabriel Berthault, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a crowd outside an opera house. A moment from July 1789 is captured on paper. The artist used ink on paper to make it. The scene tells of people shutting down the opera during a turning point in history. It’s a small but telling slice of Paris life. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this.
A print by Pierre Gabriel Berthault depicts a scene from July 1789 in which a crowd prevents the opera from opening.
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Pierre Gabriel Berthault was an 18th-century printmaker whose work appears in the H Beard Print Collection.
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