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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1726]
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 90+ Box 205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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 Cherubozca".
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras and Sidrophel
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Title from Paulson: Hudibras and Sidrophel., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption below image on either side of title, begins: "Quoth he, this scheme o' th' heav'ns set, discovers how in fight you met ...", and Numbered "8" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Philip Overton and John Cooper
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Puritans, Amulets, Astrologers, Cats, Dead animals, Fighting, Globes, Mousetraps, Owls, Pharmacists, Scientific equipment, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum [graphic]