H Beard Print Collection
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1850 by W.H. Wontner, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a woman on stage, dressed for the role of Maria Malibran in *Fidelio*. W.H. Wontner made the original drawing and W. Sharpe turned it into a print for Cookes & Ollivier. It’s a quick snapshot of an opera star caught in character, not a grand scene. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more prints like this.
A print by W. H. Wontner shows Maria Malibran performing in *Fidelio*, produced by W. Sharpe and published by Cookes & Ollivier.
Read the full account in the museum source.
W.H. Wontner spent his days sketching London’s streets so precisely you can still spot the gas lamps and cobbles in his prints 150 years later. He built tiny stage sets in his studio, then lit them like mini theaters,…
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