H Beard Print Collection
1750
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1750
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1750 by R.L. Wright, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a print from the 18th century showing a full-length portrait of an actress. It might be Mary Anne Harvey Davenport. The print sits in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection. The print is unsigned but dated to the second half of the 18th century or later. The museum suggests the sitter could be the actress Mary Anne Harvey Davenport. Next time you’re in London, stop by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A full-length portrait print from around 1750 depicts an actress, tentatively identified as Mary Anne Harvey Davenport, mounted on a card.
Read the full account in the museum source.
R.L. Wright made prints in the 18th-century style, mostly portraits and scenes on paper. One of their prints, H Beard Print Collection, shows a figure in fine clothes. The lines are crisp and the ink stays flat, typical…
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