The Beggar's Opera — William Hogarth, 1729

The Beggar's Opera, William Hogarth

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Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Licence: PDM-1.0
Evidence: manifests.collections.yale.edu: Copyright Statement=Public Domain on ycba object 81b5e9e2-5dc6-4557-bbf1-22fd2a143671 (https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/v2/ycba/obj/5033); Image Use Rights=No Copyright: You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. (CC0 1.0) (read 2026-09-01)
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