H Beard Print Collection
Print
30 April 1795 (published)
30 April 1795 (published)
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Colour scene entitled 'Light expelling darkness, evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or the sun of the constitution rising superior to the clouds of opposition. With caricatures of Edward Smith Stanley, Thomas Erskine, Charles James Fox, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, William Petty, James Maitland, Charles Howard, William Pitt, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles Stanhope and Michael Angelo Taylor.
Object details
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| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | coloured etching |
| Brief description | Colour scene entitled 'Light expelling darkness, evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or the sun of the constitution rising superior to the clouds of opposition, Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | Colour scene entitled 'Light expelling darkness, evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or the sun of the constitution rising superior to the clouds of opposition'. |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
| Subjects depicted | Pitt, William (The Younger) Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Fox, Charles James Smith Stanley, Edward (12th Earl of Derby) Erskine, Thomas (1st Baron Erskine) Fitzroy, Augustus Henry (3rd Duke of Grafton) Petty, William (1st Marquess of Lansdowne) Maitland, James (8th Earl of Lauderdale) Howard, Charles (11th Duke of Norfolk) Pitt, William (The Younger) Stanhope, Charles Stanhope (3rd Earl Of) Taylor, Michael Angelo |
| Summary | Colour scene entitled 'Light expelling darkness, evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or the sun of the constitution rising superior to the clouds of opposition. With caricatures of Edward Smith Stanley, Thomas Erskine, Charles James Fox, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, William Petty, James Maitland, Charles Howard, William Pitt, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles Stanhope and Michael Angelo Taylor. |
| Other number | F.120-8 - H Beard collection numbering |
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| Accession number | S.2711-2009 |
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| Record created | September 15, 2009 |
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