Hudibras and the lawyer [graphic]

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Title: Hudibras and the lawyer [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Cooper, John, fl. 1726-1737, publisher.
Overton, Philip, -1751, publisher.
Published / Created: [1726]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Philip Overton and John Cooper
Abstract: Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales; the pedestal engraved with the date '1641'. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away
Description: Title engraved below image.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Caption on either side of title begins: To this brave Man, the Knight repairs, For Counsel in his Law-Affairs; ...
One of twelve large illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1725/6.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27.0 x 35.2 cm
Edition: [State 2].
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
Clerks
Dogs
Justice
Law offices
Lawyers
Women
Subjects: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Puritans > England
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Humor > Early works to 1800
Clerks
Dogs
Justice
Law offices
Lawyers
Women
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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