The committee [graphic].

Description

Title: The committee [graphic].
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [late 18th century?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A large group of men sit in chairs around a table in panelled room, among them Hudibras. In the center of the table is a piece of paper titled "The League & Covenant" along with quill pens and an ink well. Their hats hang on pegs on the walls behind them. Several of the men look to the right with startled expressions as a messenger rushes in through a door to the right, accompanied by a black man in a cloak and turban
Description: Title engraved below image.
After Hogarth.
Caption on either side of title begins: And now the saints began their reign for wch. th' had yearn'd so long in vain ...
Copy of no. 512 in the Catalogue 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. 91.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i, p. 34; May 1954.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 275 x 342 mm, on sheet 294 x 372 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 hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic): Puritans
History
Blacks
Interiors
Legislative bodies
Subjects: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Puritans > England
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Humor > Early works to 1800
Blacks > England
Interiors
Legislative bodies
England > 1770
1770
England > London > 1770

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