Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic]

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Title: Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hudibras and the Skimmington
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Cooper, John, 1726-1737, publisher.
Overton, Philip, -1751, publisher.
Published / Created: [1726]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Philip Overton and John Cooper
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.
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 ..."
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 27.3 x 51.4 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 52.5 cm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Humor
Early works to 1800
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1726
Engravings England London 1726
Etchings England London 1725
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
Cats
Crowds
Effigies
Horns
Horses
Kettles
Noise
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
Riots
Signs (Notices)
Spouses
England > 1726
England > London > 1726
England > London > 1725
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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