Captain Macheath, or, The highwayman of a century since! : interspersed with numerous racy sketches of celebrated male and female characters / by Pierce Egan ... ; the whole of the designs drawn and etched by Pierce Egan the younger.

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Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849, Captain Macheath, or, The highwayman of a century since! , 1842

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Title(s):: Captain Macheath, or, The highwayman of a century since! : interspersed with numerous racy sketches of celebrated male and female characters / by Pierce Egan ... ; the whole of the designs drawn and etched by Pierce Egan the younger.
Published/Created:: London : F. Hextall, 1842.
Physical Description:: 270 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4649 E45 C3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/581348
Classification:: Books
Notes:: An adaptation of John Gay's The beggar's opera.
Subject Terms:: Hextall, F. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:: Etchings -- 1842.
Wood engravings -- 1842.
Contributors:: Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.
Egan, Pierce, 1814-1880, ill.
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