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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1st January 1825 (published)
Artist/Maker
S. W. Fores (publishers)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print entitled 'The Double Dealers, Two Strings to Your Bow, or, Who's the Dupe'. Image satirises the broken engagement between Maria Foote and Joseph Hayne. Foote had two children with Colonel Berkeley but they never married. Published by S.W. Fores, 1825.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Hand coloured etching
Paper
Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Hand-Colouring
Print-Making
Brief description
Print entitled 'The Double Dealers, Two Strings to Your Bow, or, Who's the Dupe', published by S.W. Fores, 1825, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Print entitled 'The Double Dealers, Two Strings to Your Bow, or, Who's the Dupe', depicting Maria Foote asking Joseph Haynes and Colonel Berkeley which of them will marry her.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.3cm
  • Width: 37.8cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Subjects depicted
Foote, Maria
Hayne, Joseph
Berkeley, Fitzharding (Colonel)
Summary
Print entitled 'The Double Dealers, Two Strings to Your Bow, or, Who's the Dupe'. Image satirises the broken engagement between Maria Foote and Joseph Hayne. Foote had two children with Colonel Berkeley but they never married. Published by S.W. Fores, 1825.
Other number
F.121-29 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2578-2009

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2009
Record URL
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