H Beard Print Collection
1827
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1827
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print from 1827 shows two actors frozen in a famous scene. Charles Kemble and Harriet Smithson play Romeo and Juliet at the height of the play’s Paris run that year. Francis’s lithograph catches their final goodbye, not with tragedy but with a touch of humor. The artist was François-Antoine Conscience, known as ‘Francis.’ His name is on the wall at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
