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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1 October 1802 (published)
Artist/Maker
G. & J. Robinson (publisher)
Hogarth (draughtsman)
Cook, Thomas (engraver)
Place of origin
London (published)

Page with two scenes, entitled respectively 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'A just view of the British Stage, or Three heads are better than one', which represents at the centre, Booth, Wilks and Cibber, the patentees of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane devising a pantomime.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Printing Ink
Paper
Print-Making
Engraving
Brief description
Page with two scenes, entitled respectively 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'A just view of the British Stage, or Three heads are better than one', Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Page with two scenes, entitled respectively 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'A just view of the British Stage, or Three heads are better than one'.
Dimensions
  • Total including border height: 57.2cm
  • Total including border width: 41.9cm
'The Beggar's Opera' dimensions: 18.9 x 24.4 cm. 'A Just View of the British Stage' dimensions: 17.6 x 20.9 cm.
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Subjects depicted
Booth, Barton
Wilks, Robert
Cibber, Colley
Literary references
  • The Beggar's Opera
  • A just view of the Bristish Stage
Summary
Page with two scenes, entitled respectively 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'A just view of the British Stage, or Three heads are better than one', which represents at the centre, Booth, Wilks and Cibber, the patentees of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane devising a pantomime.
Other number
F.38-42 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.260-2009

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O182816/h-beard-print-collection-print-hogarth/
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