Hudibras encounters the Skimington Part 2. Canto 2, l. 753. [graphic]

Description

Title: Hudibras encounters the Skimington Part 2. Canto 2, l. 753. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hudibras and the Skimmington
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 riotous scene in a country village where a shrewish wife and hen-pecked husband are mocked by their neighbors, cuckold's horns and a petticoat are held aloft while "rough music" is played; Hudibras rides into the crowd to protest at what he describes as a Devil's Procession
Description: Title engraved above image.
Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington.
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 "7" in upper left corner.
Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1, no. 510.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 88.
Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: Then Hudibras, with face and hand, Made signs for silence which obtained, ... O'th sudden clapp'd his flaming cudgel Like Linstock to the horse's touch-hole.
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 19.6 x 25 cm, on sheet 22.7 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English