Hudibras in tribulation [graphic].

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Title: Hudibras in tribulation [graphic].
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [late 18th century?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
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.
After Hogarth.
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 ..."
Copy in reverse of no. 509 in theCatalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1.
See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 87.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i, p. 30; May 1954.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 288 x 333 mm, on sheet 304 x 369 mm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Humor
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Book illustrations 1770
Engravings England London 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove 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 > 1770
1770
England > London > 1770

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