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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1 July 1790 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving showing a scene from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, Act III, engraved by William Blake, after William Hogarth, Harry Beard Collection.

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Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Scene from The Beggar's Opera, Act III, engraved by William Blake, after William Hogarth, Harry Beard Collection
Physical description
Scene from The Beggar's Opera, Act III, showing the court scene: highwayman Macheath stands centre, his legs chained, while Polly Peacham and Lucy Lockit kneel to beg for mercy. Beneath the image is the quotation 'When my hero in Court appears, &c.' and the inscription 'From the Original Picture in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Leeds.'
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 40cm
  • Print size width: 53.5cm
  • Total including border height: 49.2cm
  • Total including border width: 62.8cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Literary referenceBeggar's Opera
Summary
Engraving showing a scene from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, Act III, engraved by William Blake, after William Hogarth, Harry Beard Collection.
Associated object
Other number
F.38-20 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.44-2019

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Record createdMay 22, 2019
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