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H Beard Print Collection

Print
17th December 1910 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print entitled 'The censored Salome at Covent Garden: In which the heroine apostrophises for an hour a head which is not there'. Depicting a scene from Stauss's opera, Salome in which the severed head that usually appears was omitted for the performance. Press cutting taken from The Sphere, 1910.

Object details

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Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Print
Brief description
Print entitled 'The censored Salome at Covent Garden: In which the heroine apostrophises for an hour a head which is not there', press cutting taken from The Sphere, 1910, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Print entitled 'The censored Salome at Covent Garden: In which the heroine apostrophises for an hour a head which is not there'. Unrelated articles on reverse.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.8cm
  • Width: 59.5cm
Literary referenceSalome
Summary
Print entitled 'The censored Salome at Covent Garden: In which the heroine apostrophises for an hour a head which is not there'. Depicting a scene from Stauss's opera, Salome in which the severed head that usually appears was omitted for the performance. Press cutting taken from The Sphere, 1910.
Other number
F.138-65 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.3374-2009

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Record createdNovember 19, 2009
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