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
Alternative Title:
Hudibras and the Skimmington
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Title engraved below image., Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said, they both advanc'd, and rode a dog-trot through the bawling crowd ...", Description based on imperfect impression; loss of text on lower edges and second section of verse; sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 34 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
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
Alternative Title:
Hudibras and the Skimmington
Description:
Title engraved below image., Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said, they both advanc'd, and rode a dog-trot through the bawling crowd ...", and Description based on imperfect impression; loss of text on lower edges and second section of verse; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
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
Alternative Title:
Hudibras and the Skimmington
Description:
Title engraved below image., Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington., Caption on either side of title, begins: This said, they both advanc'd, and rode a dog-trot through the bawling crowd ..., Description based on imperfect impression; loss of text on lower edges and second section of verse; sheet trimmed to plate mark., 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., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 79.
"Satire on the professions of medicine, law and the church with three practitioners in a well furnished interior disputing which is the superior; each wears the dress of his profession. The lawyer holds a sealed document; the clergyman a book letterd "Bals. Soul" and the physicial a phial lettered, "Bals. Life". Pictures on the wall show, men rushing to separate two fighting dogs, men and women bringing tythes to a clergyman, and two doctors quarreling at a bedside. Verses below with scrolling calligraphic decoration."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item., Publication date from from British Museum catalogue., and Sixteen lines of verse in two columns below title: Law, physick, and divinity, contend which shall superior be ...
"Satire on William Kent's altarpiece at St Clement Danes; a group of five angels playing musical instruments; the dove of the Holy Ghost above, surrounded by seven heads of putti. Keyed A-K in image with text below."--British Museum online catalogue
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This Print is exactly engrav'd after [the] celebrated altar-peice and This print is exactly engraved after the celebrated altar-piece
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Title from Paulson., Caption below image: "This Print is exactly Engrav'd after [the] Celebrated Altar-Peice [sic] in St. Clements Church which has been taken down by Order of [the] Lord Bishop of London (as tis thought) to prevent Disputs [sic] and Laying of wagers amoung [the] Parr[i]shioners about [the] Artists meaning in it ... 2 Smaller Angells as appears by the Wing[s].", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 23 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand at top of page: See Mr. Nichols's Biographical Anecdotes &c., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Original; below: First state.