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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1st April 1790 (published)
Artist/Maker
Bentley & Co. (publisher)
Scratch, Annibal (etcher)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Portrait from the Attic Miscellany: Theatrical Portraiture, No. 3 accompanied with the exclamation 'What Nature Ought to Be!'. A satire on Edwin, who played the role of Lingo in O'Keefe's Musical Farce Agreeable Surprise at the Haymarket in 1781. Published by Bentley & Co. on 1st April 1790, Harry Beard Collection.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
etching
Printing Ink
Paper
Print-Making
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Portrait from the Attic Miscellany: Theatrical Portraiture, No. 3 accompanied with the exclamation 'What Nature Ought to Be!'. A satire on Edwin, who played the role of Lingo in O'Keefe's Musical Farce Agreeable Surprise at the Haymarket in 1781. Harry Beard Collection
Physical description
Etched portrait from the Attic Miscellany: Theatrical Portraiture, No. 3 accompanied with the exclamation 'What Nature Ought to Be!'. A satire on Edwin, who played the role of Lingo in O'Keefe's Musical Farce Agreeable Surprise at the Haymarket in 1781.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 16.6cm
  • Print size width: 10.3cm
Subject depicted
Edwin
Literary referenceAgreeable Surprise
Summary
Portrait from the Attic Miscellany: Theatrical Portraiture, No. 3 accompanied with the exclamation 'What Nature Ought to Be!'. A satire on Edwin, who played the role of Lingo in O'Keefe's Musical Farce Agreeable Surprise at the Haymarket in 1781. Published by Bentley & Co. on 1st April 1790, Harry Beard Collection.
Associated objects
Other number
F.81-48 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1805-2009

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2009
Record URL
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