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H Beard Print Collection, by J. Stewart, 2

H Beard Print Collection

J. Stewart

2

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 2 by J. Stewart, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
J. Stewart
When & what style?
2 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a scene from a famous play. Eliza Chester plays Lady Teazle in *The School for Scandal* on stage. The work was made as a print, not a painting. It was published in June 1828 by a well-known print shop. The style fits the Romantic era’s love for dramatic stories. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this one.

The story of this work

Overview

A print from 1828 by J. Stewart, published by Colnaghi, shows Eliza Chester in the role of Lady Teazle from the play *The School for Scandal*.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

J. Stewart

Printmaker from the early 1800s, J. Stewart made single-sheet satirical prints for London shop windows and tavern walls. Two survive in the H Beard Collection: one from November 18, 1823 mocking election-night crowds…

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