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
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"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
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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.
On page 28 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: XX x XX cm.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit., p. 143. First impression. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26.2 x 35 cm
- Edition
- [State 1].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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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)
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England.
Great Britain
Parnassus, Mount (Greece) - Subject (Name)
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Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680. - Subject (Topic)
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Puritans
History
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Religion
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Vice - Subjects
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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
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9868111
- Object ID (OID)
- 16945054
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