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Title
John Gay
Subject
Gay, John, 1685-1732
Description
Engraved half-length portrait of John Gay. Below is an inscription: "M. John Gay, Author of the Beggar's Opera/ His Epitaph wrote by himself./ Life is a Jest, & all things show it,/ I thought so once, but now I know it./ To Alexander Pope Esq: this Plate is most humbly Inscribed by his Serv.'
Creator
Dickenson, B.
Source
Publisher
Sold by P Griffin Map and Printseller next ye Globe Tavern, Fleetstreet
Date
1730?
Rights
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Format
JPG
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
embta2013-00118