Adventure of the bear and fiddle Part 1. Canto 1, line 1. [graphic]

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Title: Adventure of the bear and fiddle Part 1. Canto 1, line 1. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hudibras's first adventure
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 & sold by Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Abstract: Hudibras and Ralpho encounter a mob armed with sticks; in the foreground, a one-legged fiddler, a butcher and a dancing bear with his leader. On the left, a woman reaches out her arms
Description: Title engraved above image.
After Hogarth.
From a series of twelve prints issued by Robert Sayer.
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.
Numbered '3' in upper left corner; "Part 1 Canto 1 l. 1." in upper right corner above image.
Verse in three columns below image: "The Catalogue and Character of th' enemies best men of war Whom in a bold Harangue the Knight Defies and challenges to fight; H' encounters Talgol routs the bear, And takes the fidler prisoner; Conveys him to enchanted castle There shuts him fast in wooden bastile."
Copy of no. 506 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. 84.
From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints with the eleven other prints in this series; January 2021.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 22.8 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English