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Hudibras' First Adventure, plate three from Hudibras, February 1725/26. Etching and engraving in black on cream paper edge mounted on cream wove paper.
Etching and engraving in black on cream paper edge mounted on cream wove paper · Image: 24.6 × 33.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Hudibras' First Adventure, plate three from Hudibras
- Artist
- William Hogarth English, 1697-1764
- Date
- February 1725/26
- Medium
- Etching and engraving in black on cream paper edge mounted on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.6 × 33.4 cm (9 11/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Plate: 27.3 × 34.5 cm (10 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.); Primary support: 27.6 × 34.8 cm (10 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 36 × 45.9 cm (14 3/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Sara R. Shorey Endowment; purchased with funds provided by Phyllis Neiman and the Woman's Board in honor of Phyllis Neiman
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1697–1764
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.