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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1 by William Heath, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print by William Heath shows a playful, made-up newspaper cover called “The Looking Glass” from 1830. It’s a genre scene packed with jokes and ads, including sheet music. The Romantic period loved prints like this—full of humor and everyday life. Heath used humor to poke at the news and culture of his time. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like it.
The print "The Looking Glass," a satirical mock newspaper cover published in 1830, features ten satirical images.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William Heath was an American farmer, soldier, and political leader from Massachusetts who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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