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H Beard Print Collection, by Pye, 1

H Beard Print Collection

Pye

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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 1 by Pye, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Pye
When & what style?
1 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a portrait of a man dressed for a stage role. The artist used ink on paper in 1804. Charles Bannister played “Steady” in a play called The Quaker. It’s from the Romantic era, when artists focused on emotion and individuality. Prints like this helped spread images of performers far and wide. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

A print by Pye from the H Beard Collection depicts Charles Bannister in character as Steady from the play The Quaker.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Pye

Pye’s only known print in this collection shows London’s streets alive on a December afternoon in 1804.

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