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.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: "Returned at eve, unnumbered queries wait him," ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. by Hunt & Pyall, 18 Tavistock Strt., Covent Garden
Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the refrain of "In every mess I finds a friend, in every port a wife."
Description:
Title engraved below image., Numbered '301' in lower left below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Five columns of verse below title: Bold Jack the sailor, here I come, pray how d'ye like my nib ...
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the refrain of "In every mess I finds a friend, in every port a wife."
Description:
Title engraved below image., Numbered '301' in lower left below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Five columns of verse below title: Bold Jack the sailor, here I come, pray how d'ye like my nib ..., 1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 35 x 26 cm., and Some loss of image along top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
A fat elderly citizen, solidly seated, is beset by two pretty young women who offer him fruit. His wife (left) says "You must have some apricots my love." The woman on his right adds, "Just taste these grapes brother in law you never eat finer." He shouts up with angry suspicion to the latter, "Won't eat anything more I tell you. I shall be choaked. Got an eye to the estate I suppose."
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Publication date from watermark., Original publication line: Pubd. Oct. 1, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Later state of no. 9624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Later state of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, p. 15., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1799 -- Food: fruit., and Collector's stamp on verso: SP.
A fat elderly citizen, solidly seated, is beset by two pretty young women who offer him fruit. His wife (left) says "You must have some apricots my love." The woman on his right adds, "Just taste these grapes brother in law you never eat finer." He shouts up with angry suspicion to the latter, "Won't eat anything more I tell you. I shall be choaked. Got an eye to the estate I suppose."
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Earlier state, with dated imprint, of no. 9624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Earlier state of print described in Grego, v. 2, page 15., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with date 1798 below.
Title from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., In margin top center: Salon de 1843., Date derived original painting's exhibition date., In margin lower right: En Basse Bretagne, quand un malade est en danger il est transportè dans une ecurie., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Uroscopy.
Publisher:
Challamel édit 4. de l'Abbaye and Imp. Bertauts Paris
Title engraved below image., Place of publication and date from item., Title is followed by ten lines of verse., Below verses: Rousseau Epig. X., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Lepicié Graveur du Roi au coin de l'Abreuvoir du Quay des Orfevres, Et Chez L. Surugue
Subject (Name):
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Spouses, Flirting, Medicine in literature, Medicines, and Sick persons
