- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1726]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 57K(a) Box 215
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the left, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the right a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras frontispiece
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Additonal title, state, and date from Paulson., Verse below image: The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butlers genious in a car. Lashing around Mount Parnasus, in the persons of Hudibras, & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy, and Ignorance, the reigning vices of his time., Lettered in image, the banner around the portrait of Butler: Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras, born 1612, died 1680., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark, some loss of text on the left lower edge.
- Publisher:
- Printed & sold by P. Overton near St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet & I. Cooper in James Street Convent Garden
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Great Britain, and Parnassus, Mount (Greece)
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece and its explanation [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1726]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the left, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the right a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras frontispiece
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Additonal title, state, and date from Paulson., Verse below image: The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butlers genious in a car. Lashing around Mount Parnasus, in the persons of Hudibras, & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy, and Ignorance, the reigning vices of his time., Lettered in image, the banner around the portrait of Butler: Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras, born 1612, died 1680., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark, some loss of text on the left lower edge., On page 28 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: XX x XX cm., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit., p. 143. First impression.
- Publisher:
- Printed & sold by P. Overton near St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet & I. Cooper in James Street Convent Garden
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Great Britain, and Parnassus, Mount (Greece)
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece and its explanation [graphic]