5846820 A Scene from The Beggar\'s Opera, 1728-29 (oil on canvas) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); 51.1x61.2 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA; (add.info.: Macheath, a highwayman has been arrested for robbery and taken to Newgate Prison where Lucy, his lover and daghter of jailer Lockit (on left) and Polly, his wife (on right) plead for his life; John Gay\'s ballad-opera lampooned Italian grand opera and subtly attacked the British ruling class and Walpole government).