"The Beggar's Opera" by Hogarth and Blake: A Portfolio Compiled by Wilmarth S. Lewis and Philip Hofer
Artwork Details
- Title: "The Beggar's Opera" by Hogarth and Blake: A Portfolio Compiled by Wilmarth S. Lewis and Philip Hofer
- Artist: William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London)
- Editor: Compiled by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis (American, Alameda, California 1895–1979 Farmington, Connecticut)
- Editor: Compiled by Philip Hofer (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1898–1984 Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Publisher: Yale University Press (New Haven)
- Date: 1965
- Medium: Letterpress, photographic facsimiles, and etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 26 in. × 20 7/8 in. (66 × 53 cm)
Portfolio: 21 7/16 × 26 7/8 × 1 1/16 in. (54.5 × 68.2 × 2.7 cm) - Classification: Portfolios
- Credit Line: Gift of Paul Mellon, 1965
- Object Number: 65.633.1-.12
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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