Hudibras in Tribulation, plate six from Hudibras

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Hudibras in Tribulation, plate six 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: 23.9 × 34 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Hudibras in Tribulation, plate six 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: 23.9 × 34 cm (9 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Plate: 26.8 × 35.2 cm (10 9/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Primary support: 27 × 35.4 cm (10 11/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 37.1 × 47.3 cm (14 5/8 × 18 5/8 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

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.