Hudibras and the lawyer Part 3 Canto 3 l. 621. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Hudibras and the lawyer Part 3 Canto 3 l. 621. [graphic]
- Contributor
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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
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Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away
- Description
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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 '12' in upper left corner.
Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: To this brave man the Knight repairs For counsel in this law affairs; ... As heart can wish, and need not shame The proudest man alive to claim.
Copy of no. 515 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. 93.
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 22.8 x 36 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 768B
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Illustrations
Humor
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works)
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1768
Etchings England London 1768 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic)
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Puritans
History
Clerks
Dogs
Justice
Law offices
Lawyers
Women - Subjects
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Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Puritans > England
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Humor > Early works to 1800
Clerks
Dogs
Justice
Law offices
Lawyers
Women
England > London > 1768
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15783835
- Object ID (OID)
- 33117041