The beggar's opera posters & prints

The Beggar's Opera William Hogarth

The Beggar's Opera, Act III, July 1, 1790 William Blake

The Beggar's Opera, Act III, 1790 William Blake

The Beggar's Opera Burlesqued, 1728 William (after) Hogarth

The Beggar's Opera, c.1731 William Hogarth

The Beggar's Opera, Scene III, Act XI, c.1728 William (after) Hogarth

The Beggars Opera, 1728 Unknown

Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826 Gilbert Stuart Newton

The Beggar's Opera, Scene III, Act XI, 1729 William Hogarth

A Scene from The Beggar's Opera, 1728-29 William Hogarth

Engraving Entitled The Beggar's Opera Anonymous

Lavinia Fenton in the role of Polly Peachum from 'The Beggar's Opera' in 1728 William Hogarth

A key to help identify the people in Hogarth's painting 'The Beggar's Opera', 1790 William Hogarth

Captain MacHeath, the highwayman hero of 'The Beggar's Opera' by John Gay, pub. by Redington English School

Portrait of John Gay, author of The Beggar's Opera Jonathan Richardson

The Stage Medley Anonymous

Costume design for Peacham in 'The Beggar's Opera', 1921 Claud Lovat Fraser

Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826 Gilbert Stuart Newton

Chair of the Poet Gay Anonymous

Part of a letter from John Gay to Dean Swift John Gay

Bravuras Rival Syrens or John-Bulls Rehearsal of Capt. Macheath Anonymous

Bravuras Rival syrens or John-Bulls rehearsal of Capt. Macheath Anonymous

'The Stage's Glory' Anonymous

The Beggars, 1568 Pieter the Elder Bruegel

The Young Beggars, c.1800 Karl Ludwig Bernhard Buchhorn

The London Beggar, Cries of London, (c1688?) Anonymous

The Young Beggars, c. 1800 Karl Ludwig Bernhard Buchhorn

King of the beggars Underwood & Underwood

The Young Beggars, c. 1800 Karl Ludwig Bernhard Buchhorn

Programme for the opera 'Benvenuto Cellini' by Berlioz, performed in 1853 English School

St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar, 1460s Giovanni di Paolo

Beggars at a Doorway Master of the Beguins

Milkmaid and beggar Anonymous

The Opera Box, 1797 Domenico Pellegrini

Beggar, 1871 Suian Hirafuku

The Young Beggars, c. 1800 Karl Ludwig Bernhard Buchhorn