The opera house, or, The Italian eunuch's glory humbly inscribed to those generous encouragers of foreigners, and ruiners of England. [graphic][ca. 1730]eng"Satire on foreign opera singers based on "The Beggar's Opera Burlesqued"; animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage with musicians and audience in the foreground; beyond, to left, theatre boxes with an audience of ladies and below a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate; to right, a conventional stage scene; an angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right. On either side hang scrolls listing the presents given to Farinelli, copied from Hogarth's Rake's progress, Plate 2; ten lines of verse below."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched above image.Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue.Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now dismissed. See Paulson.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort.On page 49 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: