Artwork
H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection is a print by John Robertson Reid. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This print is part of a collection featuring theatrical characters.
About this work
Overview
This print is part of a collection featuring theatrical characters. It is one of a series published by John Tallis & Company.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts Charles Kean as Gloucester in Act I Scene I of Shakespeare's Richard III, capturing a pivotal moment in the play.
History & Provenance
Charles Kean was a prominent Shakespearean actor in the 19th century. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds additional prints from the same series.
Artist & collection
Artist
John Robertson Reid (6 August 1851 – 10 February 1926) was a Scottish painter who spent his early working life in Surrey, and then from the early 1880s in Cornwall in the wild south-west of England.
