Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835, British, Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826, 1826
- Title:
- Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826
- Former Title(s):
- Captain Macheath upbraided by Lucy and Polly [1826, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1826
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 38 x 47 1/2 inches (96.5 x 120.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in lower left: "[???] | PRAYER"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1973.1.42
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1973.1.42FR
- Subject Terms:
- actors | alcohol | beauty spot | broken | captain (military officer) | costume | drinking glasses | food | gesture | gloves | group portrait | interior | light | literary theme | opera (discipline) | people | performance | table | theater (discipline) | wine
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4910
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
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Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 172-173, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Scott Wilcox, Among the whores and thieves : William Hogarth and The beggar's opera, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1997, pp 111, 112, no. 43, fig. 41, NJ18 H67 A15 B4 1997 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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