H Beard Print Collection
1797
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
About the artist
1797
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1797 by John Downman, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting shows a portrait of a woman. She has a gentle expression and is dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The details in her face and clothes are very precise, which suggests the artist paid close attention to her. The portrait is interesting because it's a print, which was a common way to make many copies of a picture back then. This allowed more people to see the image. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of sfumato.
A stipple engraving in color by John Downman, published in London by R. Cribb in 1797, depicts a head and torso portrait of Sarah Siddons.
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