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H Beard Print Collection

John Collet

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Romanticism Classical Antiquity

Dominant colour

H Beard Print Collection is a 24 by John Collet, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: John Collet
When & what style?: 24 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a woman getting ready backstage, printed in 1779. It’s colored by hand, not painted straight on the paper. The scene looks like theater life in the late 1700s. The publisher Carington Bowles sold these prints on London streets. They weren’t just for fancy collectors—regular folks could buy them too. Next, peek at prints by John Collet at the Victoria and Albert Museum.