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 Nadar, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a portrait of the famous French actress Sarah Bernhardt. It was made by Nadar in the late 1800s. The print is hand-tinted, so color was added by hand after it was made. It captures Bernhardt in a role—she’s dressed as Iseyl. The print lives at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. See more Nadar portraits next.
A hand-tinted portrait depicts the French actress Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Izeyl at the Renaissance Theatre, based on a color photograph from around 1850.
Read the full account in the museum source.
French photographer who made sharp, era-defining portraits in the 1850s–70s. You’ll meet Man on a Horse from the 1860s, a sitter caught mid-gallop against Parisian skies, and the 1856 portrait of composer Gioachino…
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