# A Scene from The Beggar's Opera

- By: William Hogarth (English, 1697 - 1764)
- Date: 1728/1729
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 51.1 x 61.2 cm (20 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.) ; framed: 79.2 x 88.6 x 6.9 cm (31 3/16 x 34 7/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
- Culture: British
- Credit line: Paul Mellon Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.61392.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/702ac353-8de6-4661-bf9d-0e9e2236cb50/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)