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 William Thomas Lewis playing Vapid in a 1799 play. The artist, I. Naish, made it using Romanticism style prints. It was published by W. Hinton that October. The portrait captures a stage character named Vapid, not the actor’s real face. That’s common in theater prints from this time. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this.
