Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum Part 2. Canta 3, l. 999. [graphic]

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Title: Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum Part 2. Canta 3, l. 999. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hudibras and Sidrophel
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: Hudibras confronts the astrologer Sidrophel in an apothecary's laboratory; on his desk is a globe, an ink well with quill pen, a book and sheets of paper with a horoscope; from the ceiling and wall hang a stuffed crocodile (from which hangs a shell-shaped lantern with a high flame), swordfish, turtle, a bat, frogs, a snake, and other creatures; to left, a cupboard door is open to reveal a skeleton with an owl on its shoulder; on the floor, are a glass jar containing a homunculus or foetus, another globe decorated with the signs of the Zodiac, various scientific instruments including a telescope, a quadrant and plumb line, and a cat and a mouse-trap. Sidrophel has an amulet around his neck, "Homo sacarus museo Cheru[...]."
Description: Title engraved above image.
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 "8" in upper left corner.
Fifteen 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.
Copy of no. 511 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. 89.
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 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English