Not on display

H Beard Print Collection

Print
31st May 1913 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Illustration for the final scene in part IV of Wagner's The Nibelungen Ring, Götterdämmerung. On the reverse page is printed three illustrations of Wagner's Ring Cycle to celebrate the centenary of his birth and six portraits of the 'Feminine Leaders of Berlin Society'. Published in The Sphere.
The original art work for the illustration is in the V&A's collection S.813-2019.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
print, ink on paper
Brief description
Illustration for the final scene in part IV of Wagner's The Nibelungen Ring, Götterdämmerung. Published in The Sphere dated 31st May 1913, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Painted illustrations, re-produced and printed across four pages of the The Sphere newspaper.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 36.8cm
  • Print size width: 50.9cm
Subjects depicted
Literary references
  • Göetterdaemmerung
  • The Ring
  • Ring Cycle
Summary
Illustration for the final scene in part IV of Wagner's The Nibelungen Ring, Götterdämmerung. On the reverse page is printed three illustrations of Wagner's Ring Cycle to celebrate the centenary of his birth and six portraits of the 'Feminine Leaders of Berlin Society'. Published in The Sphere.
The original art work for the illustration is in the V&A's collection S.813-2019.
Associated object
S.4865-2009 (Duplicate)
Other number
F.129-50 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.4868-2009

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Record createdOctober 15, 2009
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