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H Beard Print Collection, by La Belle Assembleé, 1

H Beard Print Collection

La Belle Assembleé

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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 1 by La Belle Assembleé, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
La Belle Assembleé
When & what style?
1 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a stage scene from a play called "The Pirate." It was made in 1822 for a magazine called La Belle Assembleé. The print captures a moment from a melodrama performed at London’s Drury Lane theater. The artist engraved this image for the magazine’s readers. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this.

The story of this work

Overview

An aquatint print depicts a scene from the melodrama *The Pirate*, as staged at London's Drury Lane theatre, produced for the publication *La Belle Assembleé*.

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About the artist

Artist

La Belle Assembleé

This 1820s printmaker captured the fashion and daily life of the Regency era in detailed, hand-colored engravings.

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