William Hogarth

(1697 London 1764)

Hudibras

Currently available single sheets
by different engravers + editions

Frontispiece and its Explanation to Samuel Butler’s “Hudibras”
S^r. Hudibras his passing worth / The manner how he sally’d forth.
The Knight and his shield-bearer Ralpho depart for great actions
Hudibras’s First Adventure.
The Knight in fight with a mob brandishing clubs
Hudibras, catechiz’d.
The knight thrashed by a masked gang
Hudibras vanquish’d by Trulla.
The knight vanquished by a woman
Hudibras, in Tribulation.
Knight + Ralpho in stocks
Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum.
Hudibras at the alchemist
The Committee
Hudibras, Triumphant
Burning (the) Rumps at Temple-Barr.
Down with the rump parliament. The 1653 symbolic burning of the parliament
S^r. Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington
(or The Antichristian Opera)

„ heute kam das Paket – vielen Dank für die excellente Verpackung. Das Bild ist wirklich sehr schön … Wir freuen uns auf Ihre (weitere) Nachricht. Herzliche Grüße aus F. “

(Herr + Frau T. C., 13. Mai 2002)