H Beard Print Collection
Print
after 1755 (published)
after 1755 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Print depicting Mrs Cibber as Cordelia in Act III of King Lear, after a painting by Peter Van Bleek.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | mezzotint, ink on paper |
| Brief description | Print depicting Mrs Cibber as Cordelia in Act III of King Lear, after a painting by Peter Van Bleek in 1755, Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | Mezzotint print depicting Mrs Cibber as Cordelia in Act III of King Lear. Print is mounted on fabric. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Austin who is named in this Poem, but of whom no portrait is known to exist, played Edgar to Garrick's Lear, & Cibber's Cordelia - but it may be a question whether this be he: see also the print of Garrick in Lear which follows not many pages hence.' (Written in ink on front of print at lower edge.) |
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| Summary | Print depicting Mrs Cibber as Cordelia in Act III of King Lear, after a painting by Peter Van Bleek. |
| Associated object | S.3912-2009 (Version) |
| Other number | Shelf 4-13 - H Beard collection numbering |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.3871-2009 |
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| Record created | January 21, 2010 |
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