H Beard Print Collection
1864
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1864 by Etienne Carjat, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Etienne Carjat made this print in the 1860s. It’s a portrait, not a painting. The museum calls it part of the H Beard Print Collection. It shows Achille-Felix Montaubry dressed as a character from an 1831 opera called Zampa. The print first ran in a magazine called Le Boulevard after 1854. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints from this era.
The lithograph is a caricature portrait of Achille-Felix Montaubry in the role of Zampa, created by Étienne Carjat and printed in *Le Boulevard* after 1854.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Étienne Carjat was a French journalist, caricaturist and photographer. He co-founded the magazine Le Diogène, and founded the review Le Boulevard. He is best known for his numerous portraits and caricatures of…
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