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H Beard Print Collection

Print
30th June 1787 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print entitled 'The Theatrical War', a comment on licencing and an act for regulating the Stage. Published by S. W. Fores.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
hand coloured etching
Brief description
Print entitled 'The Theatrical War', a comment on licencing and an act for regulating the Stage. Published by S. W. Fores on 30th June 1787, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Etching entitled 'The Theatrical War', a comment on licencing and an act for regulating the Stage. The characters include the actor John Palmer, playwrights George Colman the Elder and George Colman the Younger, Dr Ford, the composer Thomas Linley the Elder and Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 16.3cm
  • Print size width: 25.3cm
  • Total including border height: 18.8cm
  • Total including border width: 28.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Theatrical Carics / Mr John Palmer ? / Actor 1742-1798' (Written in pencil on back of print.)
Subjects depicted
Summary
Print entitled 'The Theatrical War', a comment on licencing and an act for regulating the Stage. Published by S. W. Fores.
Associated object
S.1642-2009 (Version)
Other number
F.81-31b - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.1643-2009

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2009
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