William Hogarth (artist) English, 1697 - 1764 A Scene from The Beggar's Opera, 1728/1729 oil on canvas overall: 51.1 x 61.2 cm (20 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.) framed: 79.2 x 88.6 x 6.9 cm (31 3/16 x 34 7/8 x 2 11/16 in.) Paul Mellon Collection 1983.1.42 Not on View

From the Tour: British and American History Paintings of the 1700s
Object 3 of 8

Exhibition History

1912

Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1912, no. 150.

1971

Hogarth, Tate Gallery, London, 1971-1972, no. 46, repro.

1986

Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist, repro. (detail)

1997

"Among the Whores and Thieves": William Hogarth and 'The Beggar's Opera', Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1997, no. 10, fig. 4.

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