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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1726]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras and the Skimmington
- 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., and On page 34 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
- Publisher:
- Philip Overton and John Cooper
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, History, Cats, Crowds, Effigies, Horns, Horses, Kettles, Noise, Parades & processions, Riots, Signs (Notices), and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras encounters the Skimmington [graphic]