Monument with a portrait of Samuel Butler; a youth sculpts a relief as a satyr holds Butler's book Hudibras towards him while Britannia looks at her reflection in a mirror. Engraving by William Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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[1768]
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38081i
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Hudibras
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Monument with a portrait of Samuel Butler; a youth sculpts a relief as a satyr holds Butler's book Hudibras towards him while Britannia looks at her reflection in a mirror. Engraving by William Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (No 53 in Fleet Street) : Robt Sayer, [1768]

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 23.7 x 34.4 cm.

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Frontispiece and its explanation. The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design of Mr Butler, in his incomparable <po>em 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. W. Hogarth inven & sculp. The inscription on either side of Butler's portrait reads: "Mr Samuel Butler author of Hudibras born, 1612. died, 1680

Edition

Paulson state III.

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, no. 82

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Wellcome Collection 38081i

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