H Beard Print Collection
1811
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1811
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print from 1811 pokes fun at London’s theater scene. It shows two major stars—John Philip Kemble and Sarah Siddons—as a half-horse, half-man creature and a dagger-wielding rider. The joke targets fancy horse shows at Covent Garden. It mixes tragedy, comedy, and animal acts all in one sharp image. Want more laughs in art? Check out prints by The Caricaturist General.
