Viardot, L.

A 19th-century printmaker from an era when etchings and engravings were the go-to for sharing images fast, L. Viardot made images for the Beard collection—everyday scenes and objects turned into black-and-white lines you could slip into a pocket or hang on a wall. Their prints sit in the early 1800s, when artists still used metal plates and acid to bite detail into paper. Flip to one of the Beard prints in this set and you’ll see the same crisp precision that let news and fashions travel before cameras did.