Hudibras Triumphant
Hogarth is renowned for his narrative paintings and prints that cleverly satirise and highlight his era’s social and moral issues. Hogarth excelled in creating sequential narrative series, skilfully arranging figures and symbolic elements to convey stories.
Among his works is a set of twelve engravings illustrating the adventures of Hudibras, a bumbling adventurer from Samuel Butler’s mock-heroic poem. Ridiculing the Puritan party’s efforts during the Great Civil War of 1640, Butler’s poem exposes the hypocrisy of the Presbyterians, Independents and Zealots seeking leadership. In the scene depicted here, Hudibras demonstrates his determination by overcoming a menacing fiddle player and placing him in the stocks.
Among his works is a set of twelve engravings illustrating the adventures of Hudibras, a bumbling adventurer from Samuel Butler’s mock-heroic poem. Ridiculing the Puritan party’s efforts during the Great Civil War of 1640, Butler’s poem exposes the hypocrisy of the Presbyterians, Independents and Zealots seeking leadership. In the scene depicted here, Hudibras demonstrates his determination by overcoming a menacing fiddle player and placing him in the stocks.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 50/1929/10
- Collection Class
- Prints
- Medium
- line engraving on paper
- Common Name
- Hudibras Triumphant
- Simple Name
- Inscription Transcription
- This said the high outragious Mettle of knight began to cool and settle He lik’d the Squire’s Advice and soon resolv’d to see the Bus’neks done: and therefore charg’d him first to bind Crowdero’s hands on rump behind Ralpho dispatched with speedy haste and having ty’d Crowdero fast He gave Sir Knight the end of cord to lead the Captive of his sword Thus grave and solemn they march’don Until quite thro’ the Town th’had gone; At further end of which there stands an ancient Castle that commands Thither arriv’d th’adventurous Knight and bold Squire from their steeds alight at th’outward Wall near which there stand a Bastile built t’imprison Hands. On top of this there is a spire on which Sir Knight first bids the Squire The Fiddle and its Spoils the case in manner of a trophy place. To Dungeon they the Wretch commit and the Survivor of his Feet
- Production Town
- Production Date
- 1726
- Production Person Initials
- WilliamWilliam
- Production Person Surname
- HogarthHogarth
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
