Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic].

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Title: Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic].
Alternative Title: Hudibras and the Skimmington
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [not before 1726]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
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
Description: Title engraved below image.
Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington.
Caption on either side of title, begins: This said, they both advanc'd, and rode a dog-trot through the bawling crowd ...
Description based on imperfect impression; loss of text on lower edges and second section of verse; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1, no. 510.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 88.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 79.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. 1, p. 35.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 286 x 499 mm, sheet 301 x 516 mm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Humor
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1725
Book illustrations 1725
Engravings England London 1726
Etchings England London 1726
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic): Puritans
History
Cats
Crowds
Effigies
Horns
Horses
Kettles
Noise
Parades & processions
Riots
Signs (Notices)
Spouses
Subjects: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Puritans > England
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Humor > Early works to 1800
Cats
Crowds
Effigies
Horns
Horses
Kettles
Noise
Parades & processions
Riots
Signs (Notices)
Spouses
England > 1725
1725
England > London > 1726

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