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Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla
Title
Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla [graphic] / W. Hogarth invt. et sculp.
Edition
[State 5].
Publication
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, map and printseller, at no. 53 in Fleet Street, [1726]
Manufacture
[printed 1768]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 26.2 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 36.8 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
Title from Paulson: Hudibras vanquished by Trulla.
Date and state from Paulson.
Numbered "5" in upper right corner.
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."
Provenance
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
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.
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 left, Ralpho is held by a man with a rope and another with a sword"-- British Museun online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Hudibras vanquished by Trulla
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 03, 2011
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, no. 508
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 86
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 77
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1726.
Book illustrations.
Engravings - England - London - 1726.
Etchings - England - London - 1726.
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