H Beard Print Collection
1818
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1818
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1818 by Richard Dighton, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows an actor named Edmund Kean playing a Roman character in a play from 1818. It’s a black-and-white image meant to be hung or shared. The artist chose this moment in a popular Shakespeare-inspired show. The print was sold by a London publisher who focused on theater. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this.
A print from 1818 by Richard Dighton depicts Edmund Kean performing the role of Lucius Junius in the play *Brutus*, issued by publisher T. McLean.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Richard Dighton spent his life sketching London street life on the spot, cigarette behind his ear and sketchbook in hand.
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