H Beard Print Collection
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
28
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 28 by Charles Williams, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a 1811 London building site. Workers clear bricks at the new Drury Lane Theatre. Two men stand out: Sheridan gets wheeled away while Whitbread looks on. The scene marks the old playhouse’s demolition. Sheridan, a theater owner, lost control of the project. Whitbread, a brewer and MP, helped fund the rebuild. Check out more by Williams, Charles ('Argus').
An etched and hand-colored print titled *Clearing away the Rubbish of Old Drury* depicts the demolition of the old Drury Lane Theatre, showing Richard Brinsley Sheridan being wheeled away by Samuel Whitbread on the construction site of its replacement. The scene was published in London by Walker & Knight.
Read the full account in the museum source.
English printmaker active around 1806–1812, Charles Williams produced small satirical prints issued monthly by Hannah Beard in London.
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