H Beard Print Collection
1750
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1750
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 1750 by E. & S. Harding, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Prints from the late 1700s weren’t just art—they were tiny time capsules. This one shows a man named Michaell Mohun and a couple of paragraphs of his life story. Made in London by E. & S. Harding, it’s a portrait that doubles as a short bio. Small prints like this were cheap and easy to share. That’s how news and gossip traveled fast back then. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more prints like this.
The print collection by E. & S. Harding from 1750 features a portrait of Michaell Mohun accompanied by two pages of biographical text, published in London.
Read the full account in the museum source.
British printmakers E. & S. Harding worked in the late 1700s, turning out crisp engravings of everyday scenes and faces. Their hand-colored prints sit in the H Beard collection, like a late-century view of London docks…
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