H Beard Print Collection
21
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
21
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 21 by Matthias Darly, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print by Matthias Darly shows a dancer in a lively scene titled *The Cotillon Dancer, Run Mad - In Bath*. It’s a single sheet in black ink, dated January 1771. Darly made it in London, where such prints poked fun at London’s dance craze. The title hints at the chaos of a cotillon, a fancy dance where things could “run mad.” These prints sold fast—cheap laughs for folks who wanted a laugh at the dance floor. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
