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Hudibras catechiz'd
Title
Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [late 18th century?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 28.5 x 35 cm, on sheet 30.3 x 39 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
After Hogarth.
Caption on either side of title begins: "No sooner was he come t' himself, but on his neck a sturdy Elf ... And that which was prov'd true before prove false again two hundred more."
Copy of no. 512 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1.
See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 90.
Summary
Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides behind a curtain on the far left. The room is decorated with a large wardrobe, an oval portrait, and large mirror; a footstool and urn in the right corner partially seen in the right corner.
Variant and related titles
Hudibras catechized
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 27, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Portrait prints.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1770.
Engravings - England - London - 1770.
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