H Beard Print Collection
21
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
21
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 21 by Strickland, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Gilbert Keith Chesterton, a writer, in an early 1900s magazine style. Strickland made it in 1912 for Vanity Fair’s “Men of the Day” series. It’s a portrait print, so you get a clear, bold image rather than fancy colors or textures. The series spotlighted newsmakers—Chesterton was a famous journalist and thinker. One hundred thirty-one prints like this were planned, and this is number 1319. If you like early media portraits, check the Victoria and Albert Museum.
