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H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection is a print by the Romanticist artist S. Knight. It dates from 1824 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Overview
This print, 'The Principal Characters in Fry'd Shots', showcases characters from a popular London burlesque. It was published by S. Knight and is a representative work of the Romanticism movement.
Subject & Meaning
The image depicts five characters from the burlesque Fry'd Shots, a parody of the German opera Der Freischütz. The characters include Bullet Caster, Tragic Hero Witty Witty Woo-oo, Singing Heroine, Singing Hero, and Zamiel, highlighting the show's humorous and exaggerated nature.
History & Provenance
Fry'd Shots was a popular entertainment at several London theatres in the 1820s. A copy of this print is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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S. Knight never signed a print, but you can spot their work by the way they turned every hair on a horse’s mane into a tiny question mark. They printed farm animals for London pub signs, but the real trick was selling…
