H Beard Print Collection
10
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
10
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 10 by Charles Reuben Ryley, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a scene from *Cymbeline*, a Shakespeare play. The image features Imogen hiding in a cave. A short quote runs under the picture: “Good masters harm me not, there's money for my meat.” The artist, Ryley, made this print in 1786. It’s part of a bigger collection kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Look up the Romanticism movement next.
The print illustrates Imogen in a cave scene from *Cymbeline*, accompanied by the inscription "Good masters harm me not, there's money for my meat." Published by Isaac Taylor in 1786, the work is based on Charles Reuben Ryley’s design. The quote appears beneath the image.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Charles Ryley made prints in late-1700s England, when artists used fine lines and light shading to tell everyday stories.
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