H Beard Print Collection
1825
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1825
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print pokes fun at high society in the 1820s. It’s called A Beau Clerk for a Banking Concern and shows a silly love triangle. Isaac Robert Cruikshank made it in March 1825. The scene makes fun of gossip about Harriot Mellon and William Beauclerk. They weren’t married yet—they tied the knot in 1827. George Humphrey printed and sold the sheet that same year. Take a look at Cruikshank, Isaac Robert.
