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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 20 by The Illustrated London News, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a scene from an 1840s opera. It comes from a news sheet called The Illustrated London News. The artist used Romantic ideas to make the moment feel lively. It pictures two singers, Miss Rainforth and Mr Harrison. They act in Balfe’s opera The Bohemian Girl. The print was clipped from the paper in 1844. Look up The Illustrated London News next.
A press-cut print from *The Illustrated London News* (1844) shows Miss Rainforth and Mr Harrison performing in Balfe’s opera *The Bohemian Girl*, with the surrounding text of the original article visible.
Read the full account in the museum source.
The Illustrated London News, founded by Herbert Ingram and first published on Saturday 14 May 1842, was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.
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