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Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla
Title
Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla [graphic].
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [late 18th century?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 291 x 335 mm, on sheet 302 x 370 mm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
After Hogarth.
Twenty-four lines of verse in four columns, two on either side of the title below image: Meanwhile the other campion, Yerst, in hurry of the fight disperst ... restor'd this fiddle and his case."
Copy of no. 508 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. 86.
Summary
Hudibras is sprawled on the ground with Trulla, a large country-woman, astride him fending off angry villagers, including a cobbler and a butcher wielding clubs; to the left, Ralpho is held by a man with a rope and another with a sword.
Variant and related titles
Hudibras vanquished by Trulla
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 27, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1770.
Book illustrations - 1770.
Engravings - England - London - 1770.
Etchings - England - London - 1770.
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