Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 8)
Philip Overton|John Cooper|William Hogarth|Samuel Butler
February 1725–26
Medium
Etching and engraving; first state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.8 x 34 cm) (trimmed to and within platemark)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(137)
Tags
PoetrySkeletonsMenCrocodiles
About the Artist
Philip Overton|John Cooper|William Hogarth|Samuel Butler (British|British|British|British) · 1700 |1700 |1697 |1580 –1744 |1800 |1764 |1680
British, active from 1707, died 1744|London|British, London 1697–1764 London|British, baptized Strensham, Worcestershire 1613–1680 Covent Garden