- Title:
- The Beggar's Opera
- Former Title(s):
The Beggar's Opera, III, xi
Scene from the Beggar's Opera- Date:
- 1729
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 23 1/4 x 30 inches (59.1 x 76.2 cm), Frame: 33 1/4 × 40 × 3 1/4 inches (84.5 × 101.6 × 8.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
signed and dated 1729
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.349
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.349FR
- Subject Terms:
- boxes (containers) | correctional institution | crest | fathers | jail | keys | literary theme | prison | shield | stage
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5033
- Export:
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- IIIF Manifest:
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The Art of Music (San Diego Museum of Art, 2015-09-26 - 2016-02-07) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-02-01 - 2002-05-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-12-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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