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H Beard Print Collection, by Lee & Siebe Concanen, 1850

H Beard Print Collection

Lee & Siebe Concanen

1850

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 1850 by Lee & Siebe Concanen, depicting Sheet Music, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Lee & Siebe Concanen
When & what style?
1850
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print is a title page for an opera book. It’s a late 19th-century print by Concanen, Lee & Siebe. The image shows sheet music, specifically from the opera Martha by Flotow. Printed by Stannard and Dixon, it was published by Brewer & Co. It sits in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more prints like this one.

The story of this work

Overview

The title page is a printed frontispiece for a songbook of selections from the opera *Martha* by Friedrich von Flotow, produced by the printer Stannard and Dixon and the publisher Brewer & Co. The page likely served as the cover for a collection of vocal pieces, possibly featuring performances by Miss Cotton.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Lee & Siebe Concanen

London printmakers Lee & Siebe Concanen made detailed city scenes in the 1700s. Their work appears in the H Beard Print Collection of 19th-century street views, etchings full of shop signs, taverns, and crowds. These…

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