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Hudibras and the lawyer
Title
Hudibras and the lawyer [graphic] / W. Hogart [sic] delin. et sculp.
Edition
[State 4].
Publication
[London] : [Philip Overton and John Cooper], [1726]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 270. x 35.4 cm, on sheet 28.3 x 37.2 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Caption on either side of title begins: To this brave man, the knight repairs, for counsel in his law-affairs; ...
Numbered "7" in upper right corner.
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 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; the pedestal engraved with the date '1641'. 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
August 03, 2011
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, no. 515
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 93
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 84
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1726.
Book illustrations.
Engravings - England - London - 1726.
Etchings - England - London - 1726.
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