H Beard Print Collection
14
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
14
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 14 by James Sayers, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a scene from London’s Drury Lane theatre. James Sayers’ 1780 engraving is part of the Romanticism movement. It mixes politics with stage life in one clever image. The print zooms in on playwright Richard Sheridan. He appears behind the curtain, talking through a gap in the fabric. A publisher named Thomas Cornell made sure it reached the public. Want to see more like this? Look up the artist Sayers, James.
The print *A Peep behind the Curtain at Drury Lane* by James Sayers is an etched and aquatinted work depicting Richard Brinsley Sheridan speaking through an opening in a theater curtain. Published by Thomas Cornell, the image shows Sheridan addressing an audience from behind the scenes at Drury Lane.
Read the full account in the museum source.
James Sayers was a specialist in satirical prints that mocked British politics in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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