An episode in The beggar's opera: the highwayman Macheath in prison, two young women are kneeling in front of two men and begging for his release. Etching after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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An episode in The beggar's opera: the highwayman Macheath in prison, two young women are kneeling in front of two men and begging for his release. Etching after W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : etching ; image 8.3 x 11.1 cm

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For the benefit of Mr. Walker. Theatre Royal. Covent Garden.

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Wellcome Collection 39241i

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Formerly attributed to Hogarth, and loosely after his design

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