Skimmington triumph [graphic].

Description

Title: Skimmington triumph [graphic].
Published / Created: [approximately 1800?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Publication date from an unverified card catalog record.
Four columns of verse signed at the end "Hudibras" below image: First pans and kettles of all keys, from trebles, down to double bass ...
For earlier states, see no.1703 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.
Temporary local subject terms: Fairs: "Horn Fair", Charlton, Kent -- Banners: Horns and women's undergarments used as banners on stick -- Kitchen utensils: pots as noisemakers -- Ladles-- Horns: stag's horns -- Ram's horns -- Cow's horns -- Grain -- Distaffs -- Processions: Skimmington -- Buildings: cottages -- Boats: row-boat -- Alehouses -- Signs with horns -- Tubs -- Matrimony -- Countrymen -- Swans -- Shrews -- Literature: verse purported to be from Hudibras by Samuel Butler (1612-1680).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32 x 46.9 cm, on sheet 34 x 48 cm
Edition: [3rd state, with horizontal lines through hind legs of the horse on the right and spectators behind the horse].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Engravings England London 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Material: etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dogs
Horses
Subjects: Dogs
Horses
England > 1800
England > London > 1800

Access: Public
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