H Beard Print Collection
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print shows a plump man in a frilly shirt holding up three smaller men like puppets. His face is Rossini’s. The three men are singers he worked with in Paris. It’s a funny, sharp joke. Rossini was a big name in opera then. The print mocks his habit of hiring singers he liked and dropping others fast. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this print.
