Portrait of John Gay (painting)
John Lane (1854-1925)Licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Descriptions
John Gay (1685-1732), poet and playwright was author of The Beggar’s Opera.
This object is not on display.
Inscription
verso label printed Johnson & Son
verso label typewritten Portrait of John Gay. Poet & dramatist author of the beggars opera born at Barnstaple 1685 died in London 1732 painted by Johnathon Richardson b1745 died 1865 lent by John Lane esq
verso stretcher 900L1
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