A Scene from ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ VI, 1731. By William Hogarth (1697-1764). Hogarth's painting depicts a climactic scene from John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, first performed at the Lincoln’s Inn Theatre in 1728.

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