Print, The BEGGARS OPERA

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  • Publisher: John Bowles
  • London, England
  • 1728
  • Black and White Line Engraving
  • 1962-219

The lower margin reads: "Brittons attend_view this harmonious Stage/ And listen to those notes which charm the age/ Thus shall your tastes in Sounds & Sense be shown/ And Beggars Op'ras ever be your own/ Printed for John Bowles at the Black horse in Cornhill."

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