Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835, British
Title:
Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
38 x 47 1/2 inches (96.5 x 120.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in lower left: "[???] | PRAYER"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1973.1.42
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
table | gloves | costume | beauty spot | group portrait | drinking glasses | performance | opera (discipline) | theater (discipline) | captain (military officer) | light | gesture | broken | interior | actors | people | food | alcohol | wine | literary theme
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 172-173, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Among the whores and thieves : William Hogarth and The beggar's opera, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1997, pp 111, 112, no. 43, fig. 41, NJ18 H67 A15 B4 1997 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4910