Artist

W. Clarke

W. Clarke is a Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

English printmaker in the early 1800s, W. Clarke turned news into pictures. The H Beard Print Collection shows broadside scenes—street life, fairs, market days—etched in crisp lines, the kind of images you’d tack up in a tavern or print shop. Each print packs a crowd into one sheet: hawkers, coaches, dogs, hats everywhere you look. Want a bigger slice of that world? Tap H Beard Print Collection and zoom in on the corner where the printer forgot to wipe the ink off the plate.

Works by W. Clarke

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.