H Beard Print Collection

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Artist/Maker	The Sphere (An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home) (publishers) Matania, Fortunino (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Print entitled 'The censored Salome at Covent Garden: In which the heroine apostrophises for an hour a head which is not there'. Depicting a scene from Stauss's opera, Salome in which the severed head that usually appears was omitted for the performance. Press cutting taken from The Sphere, 1910.

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Categories	Prints Entertainment & Leisure
Object type	Print
Title	H Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques	Print Paper Ink Print-Making
Brief description	Print entitled 'The censored Salome at Covent Garden: In which the heroine apostrophises for an hour a head which is not there', press cutting taken from The Sphere, 1910, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description	Print entitled 'The censored Salome at Covent Garden: In which the heroine apostrophises for an hour a head which is not there'. Unrelated articles on reverse.
Dimensions	Height: 41.8cm Width: 59.5cm
Literary reference	Salome
Summary	Print entitled 'The censored Salome at Covent Garden: In which the heroine apostrophises for an hour a head which is not there'. Depicting a scene from Stauss's opera, Salome in which the severed head that usually appears was omitted for the performance. Press cutting taken from The Sphere, 1910.
Other number	F.138-65 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.3374-2009

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Record created	November 19, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1140769/h-beard-print-collection-print-matania-fortunino/

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