Frontispiece and its explanation [graphic] / W. Hogarth inven. & sculp.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126106
- Edition:
- [State 4].
- Published/Created:
- London
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street,
[1726] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.3 x 35 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 37 cm
- Notes:
- 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.
State and date from Paulson.
Title engraved below image. - Abstract:
- "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.
- Variant Titles:
- Hudibras frontispiece and explanation
- Topics:
- Britannia (Symbolic character),--depicted.
Puritans--England.
Religion.
Satyrs (Greek mythology),--depicted.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117706
Tombs & sepulchral monuments.
Vice. - Topics:
- Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660--Humor--Early works to 1800.
Parnassus, Mount (Greece),--depicted.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002062 - Topics:
- Butler, Samuel,--1612-1680,--depicted.
Butler, Samuel,--1612-1680.--Hudibras--Illustrations.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126106
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80066964
Sotheby, Frederick Edward,--1837-1909--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Book illustrations.
Emblem pictures.
Engravings--England--London--1726.
Etchings--England--London--1726.
Frontispieces.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1726. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 9883447
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26082xb
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1, no. 504
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 82
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 73 - OID:
- 16945055
- PID:
- digcoll:4889785
