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H Beard Print Collection

blackberd, C

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Romanticism Classical Antiquity Portrait

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H Beard Print Collection is a 28 by blackberd, C, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: blackberd, C
When & what style?: 28 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows actress Anna Maria Crouch in a portrait from 1795. It’s a stipple etching, a print method that uses tiny dots to shade the image. The artist used details like a silk gown, lace fichu, and ribbon to frame the sitter’s face. It copies an earlier oil but keeps the Romantic style alive. Look next at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

A stipple etching reproduces a head-and-shoulders portrait of the actress Anna Maria Crouch, depicting her in a draped silk sack-back gown with lace fichu at the neck. Her hair is arranged in loose curls adorned with a thick ribbon above the brow, and a band of beaded lace appears on one sleeve.

Read the full account in the museum source.