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H Beard Print Collection

Print
30 April 1795 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour scene entitled 'Light expelling darkness, evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or the sun of the constitution rising superior to the clouds of opposition. With caricatures of Edward Smith Stanley, Thomas Erskine, Charles James Fox, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, William Petty, James Maitland, Charles Howard, William Pitt, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles Stanhope and Michael Angelo Taylor.


Object details

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Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
coloured etching
Brief description
Colour scene entitled 'Light expelling darkness, evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or the sun of the constitution rising superior to the clouds of opposition, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Colour scene entitled 'Light expelling darkness, evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or the sun of the constitution rising superior to the clouds of opposition'.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 35.7cm
  • Print size width: 46.1cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Subjects depicted
Summary
Colour scene entitled 'Light expelling darkness, evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or the sun of the constitution rising superior to the clouds of opposition. With caricatures of Edward Smith Stanley, Thomas Erskine, Charles James Fox, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, William Petty, James Maitland, Charles Howard, William Pitt, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles Stanhope and Michael Angelo Taylor.
Other number
F.120-8 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.2711-2009

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2009
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