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H Beard Print Collection, by James Lunford, 2

H Beard Print Collection

James Lunford

2

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 2 by James Lunford, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
James Lunford
When & what style?
2 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a man in a costume. He looks like a character from a famous play. The date on the work is 2 May 1814. The print belongs to a collection called the Harry Beard Print Collection. The Victoria and Albert Museum says it shows Mr. Rae as Hamlet. Romanticism was the style of the time. Check out James Lunford’s other prints next.

The story of this work

Overview

An engraving from the Harry Beard Collection depicts Mr. Rae in the role of Hamlet, showing the character's head and torso.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

James Lunford

This printmaker left behind one dated sheet from 1814. In “H Beard Print Collection” you’ll find crisp lines and orderly rows of small heads—fashions, trades, or types—each labeled beneath like a catalog of early…

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