Beggar's Opera, Act III "When my hero in Court appears, &c." From the original picture in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Leeds / [graphic]
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Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III "When my hero in Court appears, &c." From the original picture in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Leeds / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Beggar's Opera, Act III "When my hero in Court appears, &c." From the original picture in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Leeds / [graphic]
- Creator
- Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publishers. - Published / Created
- [1 July 1790]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd July 1st, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, London
- Abstract
-
Theatrical scene in a prison, after Hogarth's painting illustrating Gay's "The Beggar's Opera". Audience members are shown seated in boxes to the left and right; in the centre, the character of Macheath, a highwayman, stands in shackles; on either side of him, his wife and lover are kneeling before their respective fathers, pleading for intervention on Macheath's behalf; in the background, a group of male figures (Macheath's gang?).
- Description
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Title engraved below image.
State from Dobson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
To the left of the imprint statement: Size of the picture 24 i. by 30 i. long.
Mounted on page 210 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
1 print : engraving on wove paper ; sheet 44 x 54.2 cm.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 44.0 x 54.3 cm
- Edition
- [State 4].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Illustrations
Engravings England London 1790 - Material
- engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subjects
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Gay, John, 1685-1732 > Illustrations
England > London > 1790
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8271917
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192923