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[...]."
Alternative Title:
Hudibras and Sidrophel
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., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Amulets, Astrologers, Cats, Dead animals, Fighting, Globes, Mousetraps, Owls, Pharmacists, Scientific equipment, and Skeletons
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."
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption below image on either side of title, begins: Quoth he, this scheme o' th' heav'ns set, discovers how in fight you met ..., Copy of no. 511 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 89.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Amulets, Astrologers, Cats, Dead animals, Fighting, Globes, Mousetraps, Owls, Pharmacists, Scientific equipment, and Skeletons
"Hudibras and Ralpho are in the stocks, the knight's boots, sword and pistols taking the place of the fiddle; a sympathetic widow, accompanied by her maid, addresses Hudibras while villagers gather round to mock, and a small boy urinates on Ralpho's foot"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Lettered below image with verse beginning: "She vow'd she would go see the sight and visit the distressed knight: and 'twas not long before she found him, and his stout squire in the pound ...", Copy in reverse of no. 509 in theCatalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 87.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Children, Peasants, Servants, Stocks (Punishment), Urination, and Widows
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said the high, outragious Mettle, of Knight, began to cool and settle ...", Copy of no. 507 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 85.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
Hudibras is sprawled on the ground with Trulla, a large country-woman, astride him fending off angry villagers, including a cobbler and a butcher wielding clubs; to the left, Ralpho is held by a man with a rope and another with a sword
Alternative Title:
Hudibras vanquished by Trulla
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Twenty-four lines of verse in four columns, two on either side of the title below image: Meanwhile the other campion, Yerst, in hurry of the fight disperst ... restor'd this fiddle and his case.", Copy of no. 508 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 86.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Puritans, Butchers, Crowds, Fighting, Peasants, Shoemakers, and Women
"Satire: a standing Quaker holding a stick set into an ornate letter 'L' in which is written the title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0112.4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy, with addition of a large initial 'L' in the left part of the design that encloses the title, of no. 4795 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Crutches.
Title from item., Publication place and date based on that of the state with printmaker's name., State without printmaker's name., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wine glasses -- Food: biscuits -- Trials: pretend trial -- Literature: The lame lover by Samuel Foote, 1720-1777., and Mounted to 20 x 14 cm.
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 39 (1770), page 392., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Glass: wine glasses -- Food: biscuits -- Trials: pretend trial -- Literature: The lame lover by Samuel Foote, 1720-1777.
Title engraved below image., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin ...., 1732- , v. 39 (1770), p. 98., Illustration to the letter from Junius to the Duke of Grafton, February 14, 1770., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to Philosophical inquiry in to the origin of our ideas of The sublime and beautiful by Edmund Burke -- Writing implemets: inkwell and quill -- Literature: reference to Letter to the King by Junius in The Public Advertiser, Dec. 1769.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797,, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818,, and Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785,
