Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum [graphic] / Wm. Hogarth inven. et sculp.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
- Edition:
- [State 2].
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
[Philip Overton and John Cooper],
[1726] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 27.3 x 35.8 cm, on sheet 28.6 x 36.9 cm
- Notes:
- Title engraved below image.
Title from Paulson: Hudibras and Sidrophel.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Caption below image on either side of title, begins: "Quoth he, this scheme o' th' heav'ns set, discovers how in fight you met ..."
Numbered "8" in upper right corner. - 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".
- Variant Titles:
- Hudibras and Sidrophel
- Topics:
- Amulets.
Astrologers.
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.
- Topics:
- Butler, Samuel,--1612-1680.--Hudibras--Illustrations.
Cooper, John, fl. 1726-1737, publisher.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Overton, Philip, -1751, publisher.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Sotheby, Frederick Edward,--1837-1909--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Book illustrations.
Engravings--England--London--1726.
Etchings--England--London--1726.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1726. - Format:
- Image
- 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:
- Sotheby
90+
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Sotheby 90+ Box 205 - Orbis Record:
- 9883607
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26089b
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1, no. 511
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 89
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 80 - OID:
- 16193845
- PID:
- digcoll:4048198
