Hudibras in tribulation [graphic] / Wm. Hogarth inven. et sculp.

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 35.3 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 36.8 cm
Notes:
Title engraved below image.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Numbered "6."--Upper right corner.
Lettered below image with verse beginning: "She vow'd she would go see the sight and visit the distressed knight: and 'twas not long before she found him, and his stout squire in the pound ..."
Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-88. 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 and Ralpho are in the stocks, the knight's boots, sword and pistols taking the place of the fiddle; a sympathetic widow, accompanied by her maid, addresses Hudibras while villagers gather round to mock, and a small boy urinates on Ralpho's foot"--British Museum online catalogue.
Associated Names:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]
Overton, Philip, -1751 [Publisher]
Topics:
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Children
Peasants
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Purtians -- England
Servants
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Stocks (Punishment)
Urination
Widows
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
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 88+ Box 205
Orbis Record:
9883578
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr22225
Volume/Enumeration:
Digital version
OID:
16030542
PID:
digcoll:2808287