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]

Found In:

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]


16649431

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
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
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.
Formerly laid in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Sheet trimmed to 45.6 x 58.3 cm.
Extent
1 print : sheet 44.0 x 54.3 cm
Edition
[State 4].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 2

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
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)
16649431

Tools