H Beard Print Collection

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Artist/Maker	The Graphic (publisher)
Place of origin	United Kingdom (published)

Print of Miss Ella Russell as Leila and Signor Talazac as Nadir in I Pescatori di Perle for the Opening Night of the Royal Italian Opera at the Covent Garden Theatre. A variety of written articles appear on the reverse. Published in 'The Graphic' newspaper, pages 587-588.

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Categories	Prints Entertainment & Leisure
Object type	Print
Title	H Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques	wood engraving Printing Ink Paper Print-Making Wood-Engraving (Process)
Brief description	Print of Miss Ella Russell as Leila and Signor Talazac as Nadir in I Pescatori di Perle for the Opening Night of the Royal Italian Opera at the Covent Garden Theatre. A variety of written articles appear on the reverse. Published in 'The Graphic' newspaper, pages 587-588 on 1st June 1889, Harry Beard Collection
Physical description	Wood engraved portrait of Miss Ella Russell as Leila and Signor Talazac as Nadir in I Pescatori di Perle for the Opening Night of the Royal Italian Opera at the Covent Garden Theatre. A variety of printed text articles appear on the reverse including the begining of an article about this Covent Garden performance.
Dimensions	Print size height: 40.2cm Print size width: 28.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	(Articles from 'The Graphic' are printed on the reverse.)
Subjects depicted	Russell, Ella (Miss) Talazac (M.)
Literary reference	I Pescatori di Perle
Summary	Print of Miss Ella Russell as Leila and Signor Talazac as Nadir in I Pescatori di Perle for the Opening Night of the Royal Italian Opera at the Covent Garden Theatre. A variety of written articles appear on the reverse. Published in 'The Graphic' newspaper, pages 587-588.
Other number	F.86-2 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.1842-2009

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Record created	February 6, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O186562/h-beard-print-collection-print-the-graphic/

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