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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1726]
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 86+ Box 205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides behind a curtain on the far left. The room is decorated with a large wardrobe, an oval portrait, and large mirror; a footstool and urn in the right corner partially seen in the right corner
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras catechized
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Numbered "4"--Upper right corner., Number 9 in the series. See Paulson., One of twelve large illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1725/6., and Caption on either side of title begins: "No sooner was he come t' himself, But on his Neck a sturdy Elf ..."
- Publisher:
- Philip Overton and John Cooper
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Beating, Interiors, Masks, Mirrors, Wardrobes (Case furniture), Women, and Puritans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic]