H Beard Print Collection
18
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
18
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 18 by O. Hodgson, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print is part of the H Beard Print Collection. It's a work from the 19th century. The print depicts a scene from a play, The Olympic Devils, with Madame Vestris as Orpheus. This was published by Orlando Hodgson in 1832, which gives us a sense of the time period. To learn more about the style of this print, look up the movement: Romanticism.
A print from 1832 by O. Hodgson shows Madame Vestris performing the role of Orpheus in the production *The Olympic Devils*.
Read the full account in the museum source.
O. Hodgson left behind a stack of sharp little prints signed only with initials, as if they’d slipped them under doors in 1830s London. Every sheet is tiny—postcard size—and packed with riotous crowds outside theaters…
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