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H Beard Print Collection, by Unknown, ink, 1835

H Beard Print Collection

Unknown

1835

ink

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

H Beard Print Collection is a 1835 ink by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Unknown
When & what style?
1835 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This painting shows a 3/4 view of Eugenia Tadolini, a 19th-century singer. She looks elegant in the engraving. The verse below her image praises her voice, which brought harmony to the stage. The verse is in Italian and has four stanzas. It highlights the expressive quality of her voice. This suggests that Eugenia Tadolini was a talented singer. You can learn more about this kind of art by looking into the technique: engraving.

The story of this work

Overview

A black and white lithograph from around 1835 depicts Eugenia Tadolini in a three-quarter view engraving. Below the image, an Italian verse in four stanzas highlights the expressive quality of her voice, associating it with "sunlight and harmony" on the Turin stage. The engraving was likely produced in the autumn of that year.

Read the full account in the museum source.

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