Hudibras is a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler (1613–1680), and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678. The action is set in the last years of the Interregnum, around 1658–60, immediately before the restoration of Charles II as king in May 1660. The story shows Hudibras, a knight and colonel in the Parliamentary army, being regularly defeated, sometimes by the skills and courage of women, and ends with a witty and detailed declaration that women are superior to men.
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William Hogarth
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Thomas Cook
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Samuel Butler
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| Title | Hudibras and the Lawyer |
| Date | ca. 1726 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Location | London TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription top right: Plate 7 |
| inscription bottom right: Designed by W. Hogarth | |
| inscription bottom right: Engraved by T. Cook | |
| title at the right of the centre: HUDIBRAS / and the / LAWYER | |
| inscription below: To this Brave Man, the Knight repairs / For Counsel in his Law-Affairs / And found him mounted, in his Pew/ With books & money plac’d, for shew, / To whom the Kinght, with comely Grace, / Put of his Hat, to put his Case Quoth he, there is one Sydrophel, / Whom I have cudg’d – Very Well. / And now he brags to have beaten me./ Better and better still, quoth he./ And vows to stick me to the Wall / Where e’er he meets me – Best of all Now whether I should, before-hand / Swear he robb’d me ? – I Understand / Then theres’ a Lady, too – I marry / That’s easily prov’d accessary. / A Widow, who byy solemn Vows / Contracted to me, for my Spouse, And has abetted all-Good Lord ! / Sir, quoth the Lawyer, not to flatter ye, / You have as Good, and fair Battery, / As heart can wish, and need not shame, / The proudest Man alive to claim | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
etching
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 1958-V-7 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Pycke, François Ghent 1958 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1958-V-7 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2620/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11N31
Pride; 'Superbia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A251 study; 'studiolo'; library Iconclass 41D221(HEADSCARF) head-gear (HEADSCARF) Iconclass 41D221(TOP HAT) head-gear: top hat Iconclass 44G16 lawyer, attorney at law Iconclass 45C13(SABRE) hacking and thrusting weapons (SABRE) Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 57BB2 Mockery, Derision, Irreverence; 'Derisione', 'Dispreggio della Virtu' (Ripa) Iconclass 82A(HUDIBRAS) male literary characters (HUDIBRAS) Iconclass 96A5(JUSTITIA) Justitia (justice) as Roman personification Iconclass |
| School / Style | Rococo AAT |
| Hogarth's Graphic Works / Ronald Paulson. - London : The Print Room, 1989 (p. 65, nr. 93 (ill. p. 264)) |
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