G370: Key to Beggar's Opera
PrintsIn the upper half of a sheet of printed paper, a horizontal rectangle contains an illustration showing 17th century actors performing in a theater and an audience watching from box seats on either side. Small numbers appear over the heads of both performers and audience members and these correspond to names listed below the image. At the center of the scene stands a man in a hat and tailcoat. On either side of him stand two men, the one at left holding a set of keys. Two women are kneeling, one each in front of both men while figures in the background argue with each other.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G370
- People
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William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
- Title
- Key to Beggar's Opera
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 18th-19th century
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/276180
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Engraving
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- And. 5, Le Bl. 6
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
- Object Number
- G370
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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