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Print Collection

John Wallis

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Romanticism Classical Antiquity

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Print Collection is a 17 by John Wallis, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: John Wallis
When & what style?: 17 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

John Wallis made a print in 1784 called Print Collection. The print shows eight scenes from a dog show act at Sadler’s Wells. It’s a print, not a painting. This print tells us about entertainment in the 1700s. It was published the same year the show happened, so it’s like a poster today. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

The print by John Wallis, published in 1784, shows eight sequential scenes of a performance by Scaglioni and his trained dogs at Sadler’s Wells. Each scene captures a different moment of the act, illustrating the dogs’ movements and the performer’s interaction with them.

Read the full account in the museum source.