"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
