H Beard Print Collection
1818
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1818
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1818 by J. Pass, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The print is titled H Beard Print Collection, created by J. Pass in 1818. It depicts scenes from Mumming or Mummers' Plays and a Morrice-dance. The print is a copy from Strutt's English Sports and Pastimes, which suggests it's part of a larger collection of illustrations about old English customs. Check out the movement Romanticism to learn more about the style and themes that influenced this work.
The print presents six scenes illustrating Mumming or Mummers' Plays alongside an image of a Morris dance, arranged sequentially from one to six, with the Morris dance as the seventh illustration. It is inscribed with the titles "Various specimens of Mumming" and "The old English Morrice-dance." The work is a copy derived from Joseph Strutt's *English Sports and Pastimes* and was engraved for inclusion in the *Encyclopædia Londinensis*.
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