H Beard Print Collection
1809
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1809
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print from 1809 pokes fun at a famous Shakespeare speech. It shows an actor on stage doing Macbeth’s “Is this a dagger?” soliloquy, but the words underneath are silly instead of scary. Walker & Co. printed it in London at the height of Romanticism. The joke turns a serious tragedy into a laugh, mixing theater with humor. Look up Walker & Co. next.
