"An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the left, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the right a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hudibras frontispiece and explanation
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title: The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butler's genious in a car lashing around Mount Parnassus in the persons of Hudibras & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance the reigning vices of his time., On page 28 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: XX x XX cm., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Subsequent impression.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain, and Parnassus, Mount (Greece),
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
"An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the left, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the right a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hudibras frontispiece and explanation
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and date from Paulson., and Caption on either side of title: The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butler's genious in a car lashing around Mount Parnassus in the persons of Hudibras & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance the reigning vices of his time.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain, and Parnassus, Mount (Greece),
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
