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H Beard Print Collection

Print
5th April 1868 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A Carticature of Mlle. Nilsson as Ophelie. The backdrop for the sketch is a silhouette of the castle of Elsinore in front of which is a large glass bottle. Trapped within this bottle is the singer and the grotesque sketch enlarges her head and eyes and making it appears as if she is swimming, her long white dress flowing out behind her. A line of green frogs are watching this specatcle with interest, one of their number reaching for a pair of binoculars. Harry Beard Collection.


Object details

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Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Print
Brief description
Caricature of Christine Nilsson in the role of Ophelie by Andre Gill, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
A Carticature of Mlle. Nilsson as Ophelie. The backdrop for the sketch is a silhouette of the castle of Elsinore in front of which is a large glass bottle. Trapped within this bottle is the singer and the grotesque sketch enlarges her head and eyes and making it appears as if she is swimming, her long white dress flowing out behind her. A line of green frogs are watching this specatcle with interest, one of their number reaching for a pair of binoculars.
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Dimensions
  • Height: 46.8cm
  • Width: 31.6cm
Subject depicted
Literary referencehamlet
Summary
A Carticature of Mlle. Nilsson as Ophelie. The backdrop for the sketch is a silhouette of the castle of Elsinore in front of which is a large glass bottle. Trapped within this bottle is the singer and the grotesque sketch enlarges her head and eyes and making it appears as if she is swimming, her long white dress flowing out behind her. A line of green frogs are watching this specatcle with interest, one of their number reaching for a pair of binoculars. Harry Beard Collection.
Other number
F.152-27 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.6096-2009

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2010
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