The committee [graphic]

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Title: The committee [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [1726]
Copyright Date: [printed approximately 1768]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Abstract: A large group of men sit in chairs around a table in paneled room, among them Hudibras. In the center of the table is a piece of paper titled "The League & Covenant" along with quill pens and an ink well. Their hats hang on pegs on the walls behind them. Several of the men look to the right with startled expressions as a messenger rushes in through a door to right accompanied by a black man in a cloak and turban
Description: Title engraved below image.
State and date from Paulson.
Caption on either side of title begins: "And now the saints began their reign for wch. th' had yearn'd so long in vain ..."
Numbered "9" in upper right corner.
One of twelve large illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1725/6.
Provenance: Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.1 x 36 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 37 cm
Edition: [State 4].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Humor
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1726
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1768
Etchings England London 1726
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic): Puritans
History
Blacks
Interiors
Legislative bodies
Subjects: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Puritans > England
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Humor > Early works to 1800
Blacks > England
Interiors
Legislative bodies
England > 1726
England > London > 1768
England > London > 1726
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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