H Beard Print Collection
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print shows two famous dancers turned into comic figures. One strikes a proud pose. The other wears jester’s bells and flips a cap. It pokes fun at high art by dressing elite performers as clowns. R Meadons published it in 1781, just when Romanticism was taking off. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this.
