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H Beard Print Collection

Jackson, M.

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Classical Antiquity Interior

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H Beard Print Collection is a 26 by Jackson, M., a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Jackson, M.
When & what style?: 26 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a stage scene from a play first put on in the 1800s. The artist captured the moment right before a nun appears on stage. The print mixes two styles: Impressionism and Realism. The play is Robert le Diable. Act III ends with this striking “Nun Scene.” It shocked audiences when it premiered in 1831. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this.

The story of this work

Overview

The print portrays a scene from Act III of the opera Robert le Diable, specifically the "Nun Scene," as performed at Her Majesty's Theatre.

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About the artist

Artist

Jackson, M.

These 19th-century prints by M. Jackson capture London’s streets and skies exactly as recorded in the H Beard Print Collection. Published on July 26, 1862 and May 9, 1863, each sheet shows a slice of the city—crowded…

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