H Beard Print Collection
Print
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Double sided print. On one side a print entitled 'Preparing for the Grand Attack, - or - a Private Rehearsal of "The ci-devant ministry in danger"' in which Sir Francis Burdett (standing right) looks towards Charles James Fox who holds up a scroll upon which is written a list of Ministerial Crimes, & Misdemeanours. John Horne Tooke is seated and continues to write on the scroll which Richard Brinsley Sheridan unravels next to him. On the other side is a print depiticting the Prime Minister Henry Addington standing to address the Speaker Charles Abbot and is entitled 'Sketch of the interior of St Stephens, as it now stands'. Both prints were published in London by Hannah Humphrey.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | etching and aquatint, ink and wash on paper |
| Brief description | Double sided print. On one side a print entitled 'Preparing for the Grand Attack, - or - a Private Rehearsal of "The ci-devant ministry in danger"' published in London by Hannah Humphrey on 4th December 1801. On the other side is a print entitled 'Sketch of the interior of St Stephens, as it now stands' published in London by Hannah Humphrey on 1st March 1802, Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | Paper with etchings and aquatints printed on both sides. |
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| Summary | Double sided print. On one side a print entitled 'Preparing for the Grand Attack, - or - a Private Rehearsal of "The ci-devant ministry in danger"' in which Sir Francis Burdett (standing right) looks towards Charles James Fox who holds up a scroll upon which is written a list of Ministerial Crimes, & Misdemeanours. John Horne Tooke is seated and continues to write on the scroll which Richard Brinsley Sheridan unravels next to him. On the other side is a print depiticting the Prime Minister Henry Addington standing to address the Speaker Charles Abbot and is entitled 'Sketch of the interior of St Stephens, as it now stands'. Both prints were published in London by Hannah Humphrey. |
| Other number | F.117-3 - H Beard collection numbering |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.4592:1, 2-2009 |
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| Record created | September 4, 2009 |
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