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