The frontispiece and its explanation [graphic].

Description

Title: The frontispiece and its explanation [graphic].
Alternative Title: Hudibras. Frontispiece
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1768 and 1794]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold by Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Abstract: A copy of the Hogarth's Frontispiece and its explanation for Samuel Butler's poem Hudibras with the title engraved above the image and the text below in a single sentence below. Plate one is 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
Description: Title from text above image.
After Hogarth.
Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson.
Five lines of explanatory text below image: The bass relief on the pedestal represents the general design of Mr. Butler in his incomparable poem Hudibrass ...
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 82.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1, no. 504.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Sheet annotated in brown ink in a contemporary hand: "Twelve plates" written above image and "35" is written in upper right corner. Two sewing holes along left edge.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints with the eleven other prints in this series; January 2021.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.0 x 24.3 cm, on sheet 22.7 x 35.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English