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Hudibras encounters the Skimmington
Title
Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic] / W. Hogarth inv. et sculp.
Edition
[State 1].
Publication
[London] : [Philip Overton and John Cooper], [1726]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 27.0 x 51 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said, they both advanc'd, and rode a dog-trot through the bawling crowd ..."
Description based on imperfect impression; loss of text on lower edges and second section of verse; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Summary
A riotous scene in a country village where a shrewish wife and hen-pecked husband are mocked by their neighbors, cuckold's horns and a petticoat are held aloft while "rough music" is played; Hudibras rides into the crowd to protest at what he describes as a Devil's Procession.
Variant and related titles
Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 28, 2011
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, no. 510
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 88
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 79
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1725.
Book illustrations.
Engravings - England - London - 1726.
Etchings - England - London - 1726.
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