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H Beard Print Collection

M. & M. Skelt

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Romanticism Classical Antiquity

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H Beard Print Collection is a 9 by M. & M. Skelt, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: M. & M. Skelt
When & what style?: 9 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

These two prints come from a 1843 London set. One shows a sword fight in a cave. The other shows a dad pulling kids from a giant snake. Both were sold by M. & B. Skelt. London shops sold lots of these prints in the 1800s. They were cheap fun, not fancy art. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

Two hand-colored prints are present, one showing the fight between Kazrac and Kalim Azack from *Aladdin*, and the other depicting a man rescuing his children from boa constrictors. The first print is mounted on lined paper, while the second is affixed to the reverse side of the same mount. Below the second print, a child’s brown pencil drawing of a snake has been added.

Read the full account in the museum source.