H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Joseph Collyer

1782

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a theater scene from 1782. It’s an engraved portrait of two actors—Mr. Dubellamy and Mrs. Cargill—playing roles in *Young Meadows and Rosetta in Love in the Village*. The print is part of a collection kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The work belongs to the Romanticism movement, which often focused on emotion and nature in art. It captures a moment from an 18th-century play, freezing the characters’ expressions. Want to see more Romantic prints? Look up the movement Romanticism.

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