Artist

Benjamin Pollock

Benjamin Pollock is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Benjamin Pollock printed elaborate scenes for Victorian toy theaters—castle sieges, royal palanquins, and stagecoach chases—on sheets you’d glue to cardboard and cut out yourself. The H Beard Print Collection in the app holds his late-19th-century sheets, crisp black ink on cream paper, numbered for assembly. Build the scene yourself: unfold the proscenium, slot in the backdrops, light a candle behind and watch the shadows play. Tap H Beard Print Collection to see the full set.

Works by Benjamin Pollock

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.

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