Hudibras in tribulation [graphic]

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Title: Hudibras in tribulation [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Overton, Philip, -1751, publisher.
Published / Created: [1726]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Philip Overton and John Cooper
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
Description: 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 ..."
Provenance: Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.8 x 36 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 37 cm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Humor
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1726
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1726
Etchings England London 1726
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic): Puritans
History
Children
Peasants
Servants
Stocks (Punishment)
Urination
Widows
Subjects: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Puritans > England
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Humor > Early works to 1800
Children
Peasants
Servants
Stocks (Punishment)
Urination
Widows
England > 1726
England > London > 1726
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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