Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic] / W. Hogarth inv. et sculpt.

Edition:
[State 3].
Published/Created:
[London]
[Philip Overton and John Cooper]
[1726]
Physical Description:
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 36.9 cm
Notes:
Title engraved below image.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Numbered "4"--Upper right corner.
Number 9 in the series. See Paulson.
One of twelve large illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1725/6.
Caption on either side of title begins: "No sooner was he come t' himself, But on his Neck a sturdy Elf ..."
Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-86. Purchased as a bound collection of 97 prints with Sotheby bookplate; disbound January 1984.
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Abstract:
Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides behind a curtain on the far left. The room is decorated with a large wardrobe, an oval portrait, and large mirror; a footstool and urn in the right corner partially seen in the right corner.
Variant Titles:
Hudibras catechized
Associated Names:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Printmaker]
Cooper, John, fl. 1726-1737 [Publisher]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]
Overton, Philip, -1751 [Publisher]
Topics:
Beating
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Interiors
Masks
Mirrors
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Puritans
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Wardrobes (Case furniture)
Women
Topics:
Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800
Language:
English
Genre:
Book illustrations
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1726
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1726
Portraits
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1726
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Call Number:
Sotheby 86+ Box 205
Orbis Record:
9883562
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr22223
Volume/Enumeration:
Digital version
OID:
16030540
PID:
digcoll:2808285