H Beard Print Collection
1879
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1879
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
G is Durand’s 1879 print of a final opera scene. It shows three singers on stage in Aida’s last act. Aida, Radames and Amneris stand together at curtain call. The print came out in The Graphic, a weekly paper. It captured a real night at the Royal Italian Opera. People could buy a cheap copy to take home. Prints like this mixed art with news back then. Look up Durand, G.