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The Beggar's Opera, William Hogarth

The Beggar's Opera

William Hogarth (British) (1697-1764)

Movement
Caricature
Date
1729
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
59.1 × 76.2 cm
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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