H Beard Print Collection
Print
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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 | |
| Title | H 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). |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
| Literary reference | Merry 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 created | January 6, 2010 |
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