The committee [graphic] / Wm. Hogarth inven. et sculp.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
- Edition:
- [State 4].
- Published/Created:
- London :
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street,
[1726] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 27.1 x 35.6 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 36.3 cm
- Notes:
- Title engraved below image.
State and date from Paulson.
Caption on either side of title begins: "And now the saints began their reign for wch. th' had yearn'd so long in vain ..."
Numbered "9" in upper right corner.
One of twelve large illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1725/6. - Abstract:
- A large group of men sit in chairs around a table in paneled room, among them Hudibras. In the center of the table is a piece of paper titled "The League & Covenant" along with quill pens and an ink well. Their hats hang on pegs on the walls behind them. Several of the men look to the right with startled expressions as a messenger rushes in through a door to right accompanied by a black man in a cloak and turban.
- Topics:
- Blacks--England.
Interiors.
Legislative bodies.
Purtians--England. - Topics:
- Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660--Humor--Early works to 1800.
- Topics:
- Butler, Samuel,--1612-1680.--Hudibras--Illustrations.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Sotheby, Frederick Edward,--1837-1909--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Book illustrations.
Engravings--England--London--1768.
Etchings--England--London--1726.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1726. - Format:
- Image
- 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
91+
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Sotheby 91+ Box 205 - Orbis Record:
- 9883626
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26091b
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1, no. 513
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 91
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 82 - OID:
- 16193849
- PID:
- digcoll:4048195
