H Beard Print Collection
14
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
14
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 14 by W. Heath, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a scene tied to London’s theatre world in 1809. It’s titled “The O.P. General, or A match for the new Price,” about protests over higher ticket costs at the New Covent Garden Theatre. Heath made it as a political satire during the O.P. riots. The image pokes fun at rising prices and angry crowds at the playhouse. Heath published it in Lambeth, so it reached regular Londoners fast. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more prints.
