- Creator:
- Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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., and Sheet trimmed to 45.6 x 58.3 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1st, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- 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]
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- Creator:
- Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Not in Nichols's book., and On page 221 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 46.1 x 58.2 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1st, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- 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]
- Creator:
- Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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., Mounted on page 210 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; sheet 44 x 54.2 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1st, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- 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]
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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?). Each figure is numbered and listed below under the appropriate category -- performers or audience
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Key plate to the painting by Hogarth and the engraving after it by William Blake., Mounted on page 162 of 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., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 14.6 x 22 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in pencil in lower right corner: Some of the figures in the boxes are different from those in Mr. Walpole's picture.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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?). Each figure is numbered and listed below under the appropriate category -- performers or audience
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Key plate to the painting by Hogarth and the engraving after it by William Blake., and On page 235 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: plate mark 14.5 x 21.9 cm, on sheet 15.4 x 22.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 790.07.01.09 Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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?). Each figure is numbered and listed below under the appropriate category -- performers or audience
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Key plate to the painting by Hogarth and the engraving after it by William Blake.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stalker, Ebenezer, 1781-1847, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1807]
- Call Number:
- 805.00.00.16
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Illustration to Gay's 'A Beggar's Opera' from 'Inchbald's British Theatre'. An interior scene with a Peachum and Polly administering a drink to Mrs. Peachum, who is lying back with her eyes closed in a chair, having had a fit at learning about the marriage of Polly and Macheath; a fireplace with a fire screen and mantel with jars seen in the background at the right
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Caption below image: "Polly- Give her another glass, sir. Act 1. Scene 1.", Publication date from proof in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1854,0513.487., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by Longman & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Loss of consciousness
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beggars opera [graphic]
- Creator:
- Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1792]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 23. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A woman sitting in a boat, waving as her dog looks longingly towards the right, a man rowing at left, land and ships on the sea behind; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker attribution to Charles Knight from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.120., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'Sweet William's farewell to black-ey'd Susan'., Two lines of verse etched below title: Her less'ning boat, unwilling rows to land; Adieu! she cries, and wav'd her lily hand. Gay., Companion print to: Blouzelind., Temporary local subject terms: Ballads., and Mounted on page 23 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1792, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Rowboats, Dogs, and Farewells
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Black-eyed Susan [graphic]
- Creator:
- Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1792]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 83. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a field, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet, behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Printmaker attribution to Charles Knight from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0511.831., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., The name "Gay" follows title, etched in small letters., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'The shepherd's week'., Companion print to: Black-eyed Susan., and Mounted on page 83 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1792, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Spinning apparatus and Corsages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Blouzelind [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 781.03.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman is sitting at a spinning wheel, her staff and hat on the ground in front of her and a dog asleep beside her. She is putting on a bunch of flowers. In the distance is a man on horseback, a tower, and a hill
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below title: The peerless maid that did all maids excel. Gay., Illustration for John Gay's poem 'The shepherd's week'., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Quotation from The shepherd's week, by John Gay, 1685-1732., and Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark: J. Ruse 1799.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 1 March 1781 by I. Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Blouzelind [graphic]