Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic] / W. Hogarth inv. 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 27.3 x 51.4 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 52.5 cm
- Notes:
- Title engraved below image.
Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said, they both advanc'd, and rode A Dog-Trot through the bawling Crowd ..."
Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-94. 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:
- A riotous scene in a country village where a shrewish wife and hen-pecked husband are mocked by their neighbors, cuckold's horns and a petticoat are held aloft while "rough music" is played; Hudibras rides into the crowd to protest at what he describes as a Devil's Procession.
- Variant Titles:
- Hudibras and the Skimmington
- Associated Names:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Printmaker]
Cooper, John, 1726-1737 [Publisher]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]
Overton, Philip, -1751 [Publisher] - Topics:
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Cats
Crowds
Effigies
Horns
Horses
Kettles
Noise
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Puritans -- England
Riots
Signs (Notices)
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909
Spouses
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 - 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 -- 1725
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 94+ Box 205
- Orbis Record:
- 9887716
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr22231
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 16030548
- PID:
- digcoll:2808289