H Beard Print Collection
1804
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1804
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1804 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a print of a man in a dark coat and cravat. His face is sharp and serious. The paper is small and worn at the edges. This is an aquatint. That’s a printmaking trick where acid eats away the metal plate in tiny dots to make soft shadows. This one shows Sir Julius Benedict, a musician who lived in London around 1800. Check out other prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
An aquatint print from 1804, hand-colored, depicting Sir Julius Benedict, part of the Harry Beard Collection.
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