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H Beard Print Collection

Print
early 19th century (published)
Artist/Maker
A Park (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Colour print published by A Park consisting of of twenty-four portraits of Shakespearean characters, entitled 'Park's Shakespere Characters'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
hand coloured print
Printing Ink
Paint
Paper
Print-Making
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Colour print published by A Park consisting of of twenty-four portraits of Shakespearean characters, entitled 'Park's Shakespere Characters', early 19th c. Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Hand coloured print published by A Park consisting of of twenty-four portraits of Shakespearean characters, entitled 'Park's Shakespere Characters'. The characters depicted (from top left to bottom right) are Desdemona, Othello, Queen Anna Bolyn, King Henry VIII, Lady Anne, Duke of Gloster, Miranda, Prospero, Sir John Falstaff, Mrs Page, Ophelia, Hamlet, Juliet, Romeo, Benedict, Beatrice, Cymbeline, Imogine, Orlando, Rosalind, Jessica, Shylock, Petruchio and Katharine.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 42.7cm
  • Print size width: 33.8cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Subject depicted
Shakespeare, William
Summary
Colour print published by A Park consisting of of twenty-four portraits of Shakespearean characters, entitled 'Park's Shakespere Characters'.
Other number
F.59-62 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.887-2009

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Record createdJanuary 22, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O184419/h-beard-print-collection-print-a-park/
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