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H Beard Print Collection

Print
31st May 1913 (published)
Artist/Maker
The Sphere (An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home) (publisher)
Matania, Fortunino (artist)
Dielitz, Konrad Wilhelm (artist)
Knille, Otto (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Illustration for the final scene in part IV of Wagner's The Nibelungen Ring, Götterdämmerung. On the reverse page is printed three illustrations of Wagner's Ring Cycle to celebrate the centenary of his birth and six portraits of the 'Feminine Leaders of Berlin Society'. Published in The Sphere.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
print, ink on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Print-Making
Painting
Brief description
Illustration for the final scene in part IV of Wagner's The Nibelungen Ring, Götterdämmerung. Published in The Sphere dated 31st May 1913, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Painted illustrations, re-produced and printed across four pages of the The Sphere newspaper.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 42.6cm
  • Print size width: 61cm
Subjects depicted
Cornelius, Peter
Engel, Werner (Herr)
Fonss, Johannes (Herr)
Kiess, August
Kappel, Gertrud
Petzl-Perard, Louise (Madame)
Kirkby Lunn, Louise
Literary references
  • Göetterdaemmerung
  • The Ring
  • Ring Cycle
Summary
Illustration for the final scene in part IV of Wagner's The Nibelungen Ring, Götterdämmerung. On the reverse page is printed three illustrations of Wagner's Ring Cycle to celebrate the centenary of his birth and six portraits of the 'Feminine Leaders of Berlin Society'. Published in The Sphere.
Associated object
S.4868-2009 (Duplicate)
Other number
F.129-45a - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.4865-2009

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Record createdOctober 15, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1138123/h-beard-print-collection-print-matania-fortunino/
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