Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 5)
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 4 13/16 x 2 3/4 in. (12.2 x 7 cm) (trimmed)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(103)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold William Hogarth's *Hudibras Vanqu by Trulla*, the in a series of seventeen small etchings and engravings between 1721 and 1726 to illustrate Samuel Butler's satirical poem *Hudibras*. diminutive print (just 4 13/16 x 2 3/4 inches) captures a comical moment from the 17th-century verse, where the pompous Puritan knight Hudibras humorously defeated by the robust chambermaid Trulla in chaotic brawl involving weapons. Hogarth, an early master of English caricature, drew from Butler's mock-heroic tale mocking religious hypocrisy and civil war fervor, making these illustrations perfect for aff...
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Samuel Butler · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...