H Beard Print Collection
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1 by Johan Joseph Zoffany, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a full-length portrait of David Garrick on stage. He’s playing Abel Drugger in Ben Jonson’s play “The Alchemist.” The work is by Johan Joseph Zoffany, printed in London in 1791. It’s a Romantic-era print, so expect dramatic flair over exact realism. The portrait captures Garrick in costume, mid-performance, not a posed studio shot. Check out more prints by Zoffany, Johan Joseph.
A full-length mezzotint portrait depicts David Garrick in the role of Abel Drugger from Ben Jonson’s play *The Alchemist*, with the print published in London by Robert Sayer.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Dry, finely etched prints of 18th‑century London life fill Zoffany’s work. Look for the crisp outlines and cross‑hatched shadows in prints dated 1766, 1772, and 1776—these scenes capture tailors’ shops, book stalls in…
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