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H Beard Print Collection

Print
Artist/Maker

A hand coloured chromolithograph of 'The Falstaff Polka' on airs from the Otto Nicolais Opera The Merry Wives of Windsor by A.Manns. It shows an overweight Falstaff, dressed in a Tudoresque scarlet gown and cream doublet and hose. He is seated in a chair with one booted foot resting on a footstool. Behind him a young man in green and gold slashed doublet and hose is in conversation with a young women in a pale pink gown. The walls and tower of Windsor Castle are visible in the distance, a contrast to the stone house with its bay windows in front of which Falstaff sits. Harry Beard Collection.


Object details

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Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Print
Brief description
Chromolithograph entitled The Falstaff Polka, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
A hand coloured chromolithograph of 'The Falstaff Polka' on airs from the Otto Nicolais Opera The Merry Wives of Windsor by A.Manns. It shows an overweight Falstaff, dressed in a Tudoresque scarlet gown and cream doublet and hose, seated in a chair with one booted foot resting on a footstool. Behind him a young man in green and gold slashed doublet and hose is in conversation with a young women in a pale pink gown. The walls and tower of Windsor Castle are visible in the distance, a contrast to the stone house with its bay windows in front of which Falstaff sits. The original image appears to have been drawn by the artist R.J.[Hauuton?] (signature hard to decipher).
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.9cm
  • Width: 24.1cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Literary referenceMerry Wives of Windsor
Summary
A hand coloured chromolithograph of 'The Falstaff Polka' on airs from the Otto Nicolais Opera The Merry Wives of Windsor by A.Manns. It shows an overweight Falstaff, dressed in a Tudoresque scarlet gown and cream doublet and hose. He is seated in a chair with one booted foot resting on a footstool. Behind him a young man in green and gold slashed doublet and hose is in conversation with a young women in a pale pink gown. The walls and tower of Windsor Castle are visible in the distance, a contrast to the stone house with its bay windows in front of which Falstaff sits. Harry Beard Collection.
Other number
F.152-22 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.6092-2009

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2010
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