Frontispiece and its explanation [graphic]

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Description

Title
Frontispiece and its explanation [graphic]
Alternative Title
Hudibras frontispiece
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created
[February 1726]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed & sold by P. Overton near St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet & I. Cooper in James Street Convent Garden
Abstract

"An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the left, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the right a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved below image.
Additonal title, state, and date from Paulson.
Verse below image: The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butlers genious in a car. Lashing around Mount Parnasus, in the persons of Hudibras, & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy, and Ignorance, the reigning vices of his time.
Lettered in image, the banner around the portrait of Butler: Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras, born 1612, died 1680.
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark, some loss of text on the left lower edge.
Provenance
Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent
1 print : sheet 26.2 x 35 cm
Edition
[State 1].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Kinnaird 57K(a) Box 215

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portraits
Illustrations
Humor
Early works to 1800
Frontispieces
Emblem pictures
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1726
Etchings England London 1726
Engravings England London 1726
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Great Britain
Parnassus, Mount (Greece)
Subject (Name)
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic)
Puritans
History
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Religion
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Vice
Subjects
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Portraits
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Puritans > England
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Humor > Early works to 1800
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Religion
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Parnassus, Mount (Greece)
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Vice
England > 1726
England > London > 1726
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9868111
Object ID (OID)
16030700

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