H Beard Print Collection
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a work by J.W Gear, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a print portrait of a man dressed as Paul Pry. The name Paul Pry comes from a popular 1825 play about a nosy busybody. It’s hand-colored, so someone added paint by hand after printing. Printing let many copies spread. Hand coloring made each one a little different. The sitter, Mr. Liston, chose this pose and costume. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A full-length, hand-coloured portrait depicts Mr. Liston in the role of Paul Pry.
Read the full account in the museum source.
J.W. Gear made prints in the 19th-century style seen in the H Beard Print Collection. The bundle’s only titled work is H Beard Print Collection, an unsigned print likely part of a larger boxed set sold in London print…
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