Description |
1 portfolio (x leaves of plates, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations ; 56 x 59 cm + 1 pamphlet in pocket (15, xv pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 x 31 cm) |
Note |
The plates are reproductions of Hogarth's seven versions of his picture which illustrates act 3, scene 11, air 5 of John Gay's The beggar's opera, with reproductions of the 1st and 4th states of Blake's engraving after the Duke of Leeds version, and including a modern restrike of the 4th state. |
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"Catalogue of the plates": p. [17]-[30]. |
Bibliography |
Bibliographical footnotes. |
Contents |
Text.-Plates. |
Subject |
Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera -- Illustrations.
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. |
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Blake, William, 1757-1827.
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Blake, William, 1757-1827. |
Genre/Form |
Pictures.
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Pictures.
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Added Author |
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
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Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979.
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Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984.
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