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Beggar’s Opera, Act III
William Blake, William Hogarth1790
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: Beggar’s Opera, Act III
- Creator: William Blake after William Hogarth
- Date Created: 1790
- Subject Keywords: music, theater (discipline)
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Wm. Blake”
- Print State: Fourth of four states
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1947
- Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on wove paper. Watermark: “1801” watermark
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: Printed 1801 or later; originally published in July 1790 by John and Josiah Boydell, London. The print was commissioned for Boydell''s "Original Works of William Hogarth," 1790
- Dimensions: 1827
- Bibliography: Essick “Blake” (p. 252) LXI, iv/iv
- Associated People: Created by William Blake (British (English), 1757-1827), After William Hogarth (British (English), 1697-1764)
- Accession Number: 1947.D1.4
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