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H Beard Print Collection, by Carlo "Ape" Pellegrini, 22

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Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 22 by Carlo "Ape" Pellegrini, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Carlo "Ape" Pellegrini
When & what style?
22 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a famous actor from 1875. It’s a portrait of Tommaso Salvini as Shakespeare’s Othello. The work is a print, not a painting. It was made by Carlo Pellegrini, known as “Ape.” The print was published in Vanity Fair that same year. Salvinni was a big name on stage. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more prints like this.

The story of this work

Overview

A print by Carlo Pellegrini titled "Ape," published in *Vanity Fair* in 1875, depicts the actor Tommaso Salvini in the role of Othello.

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About the artist

Artist

Carlo "Ape" Pellegrini

Carlo Pellegrini made small prints of faces and figures, mostly for a weekly magazine called Vanity Fair between 1870 and 1889.

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