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 above image., Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington., 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 "7" in upper left corner., 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., Eighteen 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., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
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 ...", 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., and Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said, they both advanc'd, and rode A Dog-Trot through the bawling Crowd ..."
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., 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 On page 86 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 27.1 x 50.5 cm.
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.
"Illustration to 'The Empire of the Nairs', pp. 175-9, referring to verses published in the 'Scourge', iii. 313-18, 456-61, 'The H- [Hertford] Dynasty, or the Empire of the Nairs', suggested by the romance of J.H. Lawrence, 'The Empire of the Nairs', 1811 (published in German in 1811, and afterwards in French), with an introduction seriously advocating the introduction of these customs into England. The Nairs (or Nayars) were a military caste of Malabar who practised polyandry. The plate is not elucidated. Lady Hertford reclines in an ornate bath, into which water gushes from the jaws of a monster which decorates the pedestal of a Venus. The bath is raised on a triple dais and backed by the pillars and canopy which frame the Venus forming the centre of the design. The Regent, in royal robes, ascends the steps of the dais, poised on his toes like a ballet-dancer, and places a crownlike marquis's coronet on the head of Lady Hertford who leans towards him, her enormous breasts appearing over the edge of the bath. She says: "I proclaim the Freedom of the Sex & the Supremacy of Love." Lord Hertford, who bestrides the pedestal, looks down delightedly from behind the statue of Venus. He has horns, and holds his Chamberlain's staff. The water pours from the bath through the nostrils of a bull's head with which it is ornamented, and falls in a triple cascade into a circular basin in the centre foreground. On each side of the statue of Venus and flanking the dais is a statue in a niche: 'Aspasia' (left) and 'Messalina' (right); both are disrobing. Near the fountain (right) a hideous hag, naked to the waist, crouches before a tall brazier in which she burns a 'Mantle of Modesty'. The building appears to be circular, an arc of the wall forming a background on each side of the centre-piece. On this are tablets inscribed respectively 'Hic Jacet Perdita' [Mary Robinson, the Prince's first mistress, see No. 5767, &c.]; 'Hic Jacet Armstead' [Mrs. Fox, who had been the Prince's mistress, cf. No. 10589]; 'Hic J[acet] Vauxhall Bess' [Elizabeth Billington, see British Museum Satires No. 9970; her mother sang at Vauxhall, see British Museum Satires No. 6853]. In the foreground on the extreme right a buxom young woman puts her arms round the Duke of Cumberland, saying, "I'll go to Cumberland"; he walks off with her, to the fury of an admiral just behind the lady who clutches his sword and is seemingly her husband. Cumberland wears hussar uniform with a shako and fur-bordered dolman, with a star and a large sabre. A meretricious-looking young woman (? Mrs. Carey) puts her arms round the Duke of York, saying, "And I to York." The Duke, who wears uniform with a cocked hat and no sword, looks down quizzically at her. Behind him a tall thin officer in hussar uniform bends towards Princess Charlotte, taking her hand; he says: "Sure & I'll go to Wales." She runs eagerly towards him. As a pendant to these figures, Grenadiers stand at attention on the left, holding bayoneted muskets; they have huge noses, and smile at a buxom lady wearing spurred boots who addresses them with outstretched arm, saying, "And you for Buckinghamshire." At her feet is an open book: 'Slawkenberges Chapr on Noses' [from Sterne's Slawkenbergius, imaginary author of a Rabelaisian fantasy in 'Tristram Shandy']. They have a standard with the word 'Buckin ...' on it. Behind the Prince (left) stands Tom Moore, looking up at the coronation; he holds an open book: 'Little Poems / Ballad . . .' He says: "I'll give you one Little Song More [see British Museum Satires No. 12082]." Behind him stands Mrs. Jordan, placing a chamber-pot on the head of the Duke of Clarence, who wears admiral's uniform with trousers."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The Scourge, or, Monthly expositor of imposture and folly. London: W. Jones, v. 4 (September 1812), page 173., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. September 1st, 1812, by W.N. Jones, No. 5 Newgate St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquess of, 1743-1822, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Fox, Elizabeth Bridget, 1750-1842., Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., and Venus (Roman deity),
