print
- Museum number
- 1876,0708.2703
- Title
- Object: Casey in the character of Macheath
- Description
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Scene from Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera'; set in prison cell, Macheath in centre holding up weight from ankle chain, his other hand slipped into jacket at chest, squinting; women in rags on either side looking at him; after Craig. 1814
Etching and engraving with stipple
- Production date
- 1814
- Dimensions
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Height: 241 millimetres
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Width: 319 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1851,0308.153 for state with different publication line.
Representation of the young squinting beggar boy known as 'Little Cazey', whose portrait was drawn by Louis Philippe Boitard. See 1962,0714.11.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Beggar's Opera
- Acquisition date
- 1876
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1876,0708.2703