H Beard Print Collection
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print mocks actor John Philip Kemble’s star turn in Macbeth. The paper shows him as the doomed king with a speech twisted into a joke. It came out in 1809, right after angry crowds stormed London’s new Covent Garden. Kemble had raised ticket prices after a fire, sparking protests called the Old Price Riots. Look up the artist Cruikshank, Isaac Robert.
