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Hudibras and the lawyer
Title
Hudibras and the lawyer [graphic].
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [late 18th century?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with engraving ; plate mark 270 x 354 mm, on sheet 283 x 372 mm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
After Hogarth.
Caption on either side of title begins: To this grave [sic] man, the knight repairs, for counsel in his law-affairs; ...
Copy of no. 515 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. 93.
Summary
Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away.
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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