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H Beard Print Collection, by T, 15

H Beard Print Collection

T

15

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 15 by T, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
T
When & what style?
15 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

The H Beard Print Collection is a print made by artist T. It's interesting because the print is a caricature of a famous person, Giuseppe Verdi, and was printed in a magazine called Vanity Fair. This suggests that the print was meant to be humorous or satirical. You can learn more about this type of art by looking into the movement: Realism.

The story of this work

Overview

A chromolithograph caricature of Giuseppe Verdi titled *Italian Music* was published in *Vanity Fair*. The print depicts Verdi in a stylized manner characteristic of the periodical’s satirical portraits.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

T

This artist made prints in the late 1870s, leaving behind two dated sheets from the H Beard Print Collection: one showing January 24, 1880 and another February 15, 1879.

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