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The Beggar’s Opera
William Blake, William Hogarth1790 (restrike printed 1963)
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: The Beggar’s Opera
- Creator: William Blake after William Hogarth
- Date Created: 1790 (restrike printed 1963)
- Subject Keywords: music, restrikes, theater (discipline)
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Painted by William Hogarth”; signed in plate, lower right: “Engraved by 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. Russell T. Limbach Art Laboratory transfer, 1978
- Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on Richard de Bas handmade paper. Watermark: Richard de Bas
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: Restrike by Russell T. Limbach, November 1963
- Dimensions: 1827
- Bibliography: Russell 71
- Associated People: Created by William Blake (British (English), 1757-1827), After William Hogarth (British (English), 1697-1764)
- Accession Number: 1978.22.1b
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