Artwork
H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection is a print by the Impressionist artist The Illustrated Times. It dates from 1861 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
The scene comes straight from a popular opera, printed for people to read at home.
This print shows a scene from Balfe’s opera *The Puritan’s Daughter*. It’s a press cutting from *The Illustrated Times*, made around 1861. The print mixes Impressionism and Realism, two art movements of the time.
The scene comes straight from a popular opera, printed for people to read at home. It’s a snapshot of theater culture in 1861. That’s cool—it turns a play into a print.
Look up *The Illustrated Times*.
Overview
A 1861 print from *The Illustrated Times* depicts a scene from Michael William Balfe’s opera *The Puritan’s Daughter*, reproduced as a press cutting.
Artist & collection
Artist
This hand sketched news and scenes for The Illustrated Times in the 1850s and ’60s, turning politics and daily life into black-and-white prints.
