H Beard Print Collection
1765
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1765
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This painting shows a portrait of a man. He is dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The portrait is an engraving, which is a way of printing images using metal plates. The man in the portrait is Henri Montan Berton. He was engraved around 1765, which helps us date the print. To learn more about this kind of printing, look up the technique: chiaroscuro.
