Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
[publisher not identified]
[late 18th century?]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching and engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 292 x 353 mm, on sheet 305 x 385 mm

Notes:

Title engraved below image.
After Hogarth.
Caption below image on either side of title, begins: Quoth he, this scheme o' th' heav'ns set, discovers how in fight you met ...
Copy of no. 511 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1.
See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 89.
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i, p. 32; May 1954.

Abstract:

Hudibras confronts the astrologer Sidrophel in an apothecary's laboratory; on his desk is a globe, an ink well with quill pen, a book and sheets of paper with a horoscope; from the ceiling and wall hang a stuffed crocodile (from which hangs a shell-shaped lantern with a high flame), swordfish, turtle, a bat, frogs, a snake, and other creatures; to left, a cupboard door is open to reveal a skeleton with an owl on its shoulder; on the floor, are a glass jar containing a homunculus or foetus, another globe decorated with the signs of the Zodiac, various scientific instruments including a telescope, a quadrant and plumb line, and a cat and a mouse-trap. Sidrophel has an amulet around his neck, "Homo sacarus museo Cherubozca."

Associated Names:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Amulets
Astrologers
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Cats
Dead animals
Fighting
Globes
Mousetraps
Owls
Pharmacists
Puritans -- England
Scientific equipment
Skeletons

Topics:

Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800

Language:

English

Genre:

Book illustrations -- 1770
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1770
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1770
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1770

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Hogarth 770.00.00.197 Box 112

Orbis Record:

11316581

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22627

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16034735

PID:

digcoll:2810261