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Hudibras, triumphant
Title
Hudibras, triumphant [graphic] / Wm. Hogarth inven. et sculp.
Edition
[State 3].
Publication
[London] : [Philip Overton and John Cooper], [1726]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 26.5 x 35 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 37 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
Printmaker, state, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said the high, outragious Mettle, Of Knight, began to cool and settle ..."
Numbered "10" in upper right corner.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Summary
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 03, 2011
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, no. 507
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 85
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 76
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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