Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic]

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Title: Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hudibras and the Skimmington
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Cooper, John, fl. 1726-1737, publisher.
Overton, Philip, -1751, publisher.
Published / Created: [1726]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Philip Overton and John Cooper
Abstract: A riotous scene in a country village where a shrewish wife and hen-pecked husband are mocked by their neighbors, cuckold's horns and a petticoat are held aloft while "rough music" is played; Hudibras rides into the crowd to protest at what he describes as a Devil's Procession
Description: Title engraved below image.
Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said, they both advanc'd, and rode a dog-trot through the bawling crowd ..."
Description based on imperfect impression; loss of text on lower edges and second section of verse; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27.0 x 51 cm
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Humor
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1725
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1726
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
Cats
Crowds
Effigies
Horns
Horses
Kettles
Noise
Parades & processions
Riots
Signs (Notices)
Spouses
Subjects: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Puritans > England
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Humor > Early works to 1800
Cats
Crowds
Effigies
Horns
Horses
Kettles
Noise
Parades & processions
Riots
Signs (Notices)
Spouses
England > 1725
England > London > 1726
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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