"The Beggar's Opera, Act III": in The Original and Genuine Works of William Hogarth

Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA

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London: Boydell and Company, c.1795. Oblong large folio on wove paper (plate mark 583 x 455 mm on sheet 650 x 490 mm). An exceptionally fine, dark impression on bright paper, with the original wide margins untrimmed. § Third and best state (of seven, see below) of the single plate Blake engraved for Hogarth's Works, first published by Boydell in 1790, this state appearing in the second, undated edition c. 1795. It was the last state of the plate before hands other than Blake touched up the plate. A remarkably crisp and brilliant impression of Blake's richly detailed rendition of Hogarth's painting showing the famous scene in which Macheath the highwayman stands chained, under sentence of death, between his two lovers, the jailer's daughter Lucy Lockit, and the lawyer's daughter, Polly Peachum. The plate was next used for an 1822 edition by which time several small changes had been made by another engraver. Bentley, BB, 475 I. Essick, CBI, XX.

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Title
"The Beggar's Opera, Act III": in The Original and Genuine Works of William Hogarth
Author
Hogarth, William. Blake, William (separate plate)
Publication year
1795
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA

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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller offers an exceptional selection of rare books and manuscripts from medieval times through the twentieth century. We specialize in illustrated material, particularly the work of William Blake and his circle and children's books. Our open shop is located in downtown San Francisco, where we have served an international clientele of private collectors, libraries, and institutions for 40 years.

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