H Beard Print Collection
Print
24th January 1825 (published)
24th January 1825 (published)
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Print entitled 'A Pair of Spectacles, or, The London Stage in 1824-5'. The image satirises both the affiar of Edmund Kean with Charlotte Cox, and the broken engagement between Maria Foote and Joseph Haynes. Published by John Fairburn, 1825.
Object details
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| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand coloured etching |
| Brief description | Print entitled 'A Pair of Spectacles, or, The London Stage in 1824-5', published by John Fairburn, 1825, Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | Print entitled 'A Pair of Spectacles, or, The London Stage in 1824-5', depicting two men and a woman looking at a pair of spectacles. In one eye there is an image of Edmund Kean as Richard III, in the other is an image of Maria Foote. |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Print entitled 'A Pair of Spectacles, or, The London Stage in 1824-5'. The image satirises both the affiar of Edmund Kean with Charlotte Cox, and the broken engagement between Maria Foote and Joseph Haynes. Published by John Fairburn, 1825. |
| Other number | F.121-28 - H Beard collection numbering |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.2577-2009 |
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| Record created | September 22, 2009 |
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