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H Beard Print Collection

Print
24th January 1825 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print entitled 'A Pair of Spectacles, or, The London Stage in 1824-5'. The image satirises both the affiar of Edmund Kean with Charlotte Cox, and the broken engagement between Maria Foote and Joseph Haynes. Published by John Fairburn, 1825.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Hand coloured etching
Brief description
Print entitled 'A Pair of Spectacles, or, The London Stage in 1824-5', published by John Fairburn, 1825, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Print entitled 'A Pair of Spectacles, or, The London Stage in 1824-5', depicting two men and a woman looking at a pair of spectacles. In one eye there is an image of Edmund Kean as Richard III, in the other is an image of Maria Foote.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.9cm
  • Width: 35.1cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Subjects depicted
Summary
Print entitled 'A Pair of Spectacles, or, The London Stage in 1824-5'. The image satirises both the affiar of Edmund Kean with Charlotte Cox, and the broken engagement between Maria Foote and Joseph Haynes. Published by John Fairburn, 1825.
Other number
F.121-28 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.2577-2009

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2009
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