H Beard Print Collection
1750
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1750
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 1750 by W.M. Pether, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Mrs. Bates in a head-and-torso portrait. It’s an old-school print from about two hundred years ago. Pether made it using a pressed plate that left ink on paper. One fun detail: prints like this were how people shared faces before photos. You’d carve an image into metal or wood, ink it, then stamp copies. Check out another chiaroscuro print by Pether.
