Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, Britishafter William Hogarth, 1697–1764, BritishPublished by John Boydell, 1720–1804, BritishPublished by Josiah Boydell, 1752–1817, British
Title:
Beggar's Opera, Act III
Date:
ca.1790
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 22 5/8 inches (44.5 × 57.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE | DIEU ET MON DROIT | VELUTI IN SPECULUM UTILE DULCI"; lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by Wm. Hogarth."; lower right: "Engraved by Wm. Blake."; lower center: "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. | Publish'd July 1st. 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall London."; lower left: "Size of the Picture 1 24'' by 1 30'' long."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.911
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
Publications:
Elizabeth Einberg, The age of Hogarth, British painters born 1675-1709 , vol. 2, Tate Gallery, London, 1988, p. 145, cat. no. 117, ND466 T38 1988 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)The Grosvenor Exhibition (Second Notice), Athenaeum, , January 28, 1888, p. 121, British PeriodcalsThe Private Collections of England, No. XXXVII, Hornby Castle, Bedale, Marske, Richmond , Athenaeum, no. 2655, September 14, 1878, pp. 343-44, Avaialble Online: British Periodicals II Also Available : A88 At421+ OVERSIZE (SML)