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Hudibras catechized Part 3 Canto 1 l. 1159
Title
Hudibras catechized [graphic] : Part 3 Canto 1 l. 1159.
Publication
[London] : [Robert Sayer], [between 1768 and 1794]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 19.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 22.8 x 35 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title engraved above image.
From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series.
Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson.
Numbered "9" in upper left corner.
Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: No sooner was the come t' himslef But on his neck a sturdy elf ... And that which was proved 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.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 09, 2021
Subjects
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Satires (Visual works)
Engravings - England - London - 1768.
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