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 sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
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
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 sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
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
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 sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
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
Volume 3, before page 159. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stage scene with five performers in Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera'; a prison scene with three men standing and two women on their knees; a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath."--British Museum onl...
Description:
Title from text within ribbon at top of image; remainder of title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744,, and Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760,
