Beggars opera [graphic]

Description

Title: Beggars opera [graphic]
Creator: Stalker, Ebenezer, 1781-1847, printmaker
Contributor: Singleton, Henry, 1766-1839, artist.
Longman & Co., publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd by Longman & Co.
Abstract: Illustration to Gay's 'A Beggar's Opera' from 'Inchbald's British Theatre'. An interior scene with a Peachum and Polly administering a drink to Mrs. Peachum, who is lying back with her eyes closed in a chair, having had a fit at learning about the marriage of Polly and Macheath; a fireplace with a fire screen and mantel with jars seen in the background at the right
Description: Title engraved above image.
Caption below image: "Polly- Give her another glass, sir. Act 1. Scene 1."
Publication date from proof in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1854,0513.487.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 15.7 x 9.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Engravings England London 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Book illustrations
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic): Couples
Fireplaces
Interiors
Loss of consciousness
Subjects: Gay, John, 1685-1732 > Illustrations
Couples
Fireplaces
Interiors
Loss of consciousness
England > 1807
England > London > 1807

Access: Public
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