Hudibras vanquish'd and protected by Trulla P. 1. Cant: 3. l. 929. [graphic]

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Title: Hudibras vanquish'd and protected by Trulla P. 1. Cant: 3. l. 929. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hudibras vanquished and protected by Trulla
Hudibras vanquished by Trulla
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1768 and 1794]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Robert Sayer
Abstract: A copy (cropped) of Hogarth's fifth plate: Hudibras is sprawled on the ground with Trulla, a large country-woman, astride him fending off angry villagers, including a cobbler and a butcher who are wielding clubs; to the left, Ralpho is flanked by a man with a rope (mostly cropped from this image) and another who holds a sword
Description: Title engraved below image.
Title from Paulson: Hudibras vanquished by Trulla.
From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series.
Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. 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 "5" in upper left corner.
Fifteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: Mean while the other campions Yerst In hurry of the fight disperst ... This stopt their fury, and the Basting Which towards Hudibras was hasting.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 1, nnumber 508
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 86.
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 22.7 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English