H Beard Print Collection
1900
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1900
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 1900 by E. W. Tarver, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows two actors from the 1800s. One is Miss Fanny Kemble, the other is Charles Kean. Both appeared in plays at St. James’s Theatre. It’s part of a small booklet that tells the theatre’s story from 1835 to 1900. Each print sits on its own page. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more prints like this.
The artwork consists of printed portraits of Miss Fanny Kemble from 1847 and Charles Kean from 1834, positioned on pages 41 and 42 of a souvenir booklet about St. James's Theatre. The booklet documents the theatre's history from 1835 to 1900, and the leaf containing the portraits is affixed to a larger mount along its left edge.
Read the full account in the museum source.
E. W. Tarver made early 1900s printed illustrations in a folksy, Victorian style. The bundle includes a 1900 print from the H Beard Collection titled H Beard Print Collection. These busy, black-and-white prints show…
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