H Beard Print Collection
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 1850 by W.H McFarlane Lith, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows St. Andrew’s Square and the Scott Monument in Edinburgh. It was made to mark the Prince of Wales’s wedding in 1863. The whole city lit up for the night. The print captures that one special evening. It’s a snapshot of how people lit the streets long ago. Look closely and you can almost feel the glow. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The print shows St. Andrew's Square and the Scott Monument in Edinburgh illuminated on the evening of 10 March 1863 to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Wales.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William H. McFarlane Lith made 19th-century prints in the H Beard Print Collection. His two prints here—one from around 1863—show everyday scenes in crisp black and white. Lithography was the hot new print tech of his…
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