{"product_id":"a-scene-from-the-beggars-opera","title":"A Scene from The Beggar's Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003e  William Hogarth (British, 1697 - 1764)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e  20 1\/8\" x 24 1\/8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e  National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e  (1728\/1729) \"Hogarth represents an important watershed in British art, marking the end of the century-long predominance of Dutch and Flemish painters in England and the beginning of a native school. Although his style was influenced by French rococo artists, Hogarth was a realist and social critic whose subjects came from the London middle classes as he observed them in the streets, in coffee houses, or at the theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vivid scene is a small version of Hogarth's earliest dated painting, now in the Tate Gallery, London. The subject was based on John Gay's popular and long-playing ballad-opera. With its open buffooning of Italian grand opera and its more subtle attacks on the British ruling class and Walpole government, the story was a ready medium for Hogarth's incisive pictorial satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting (act 3, scene II) is in Newgate prison where Macheath, a highwayman and anti-hero of sorts, has been brought after his arrest for robbery. He stands in the middle of the stage, shackled, legs astride, a dominant figure in brilliant red. To the left is Lucy, Macheath's lover, the daughter of the jailer Lockit. To the right is Macheath's wife, Polly, who kneels by her father, Peachum, the fence who betrayed Macheath and in doing so brought about the present crisis. Both wife and lover plead for Macheath's life to be spared.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/artworks\/166432-pastoral-visit\" title=\"National Gallery of Art Washington DC - a pastoral visit\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/artworks\/61392-scene-beggars-opera\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"National Gallery of Art Washington DC - a scene from the beggars opera\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNational Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Hogarth","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49278929469683,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (20 1\/8\" x 24 1\/8\")","offer_id":49278929502451,"sku":null,"price":873.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (16 3\/8\" x 19 5\/8\")","offer_id":49278929535219,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (20\" x 24\")","offer_id":49278929567987,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (24 1\/2\" x 29 3\/8\")","offer_id":49278929600755,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (31 5\/8\" x 37 7\/8\")","offer_id":49278929633523,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (38\" x 45 1\/2\")","offer_id":49278929666291,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (44 3\/4\" x 53 5\/8\")","offer_id":49278929699059,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (53 3\/4\" x 64 3\/8\")","offer_id":49278929731827,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/WilliamHogarth-a_scene_from_the_beggar_s_opera-product.jpg?v=1781850572","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/a-scene-from-the-beggars-opera","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}