Hudibras Triumphant, plate four from Hudibras

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Hudibras Triumphant, plate four 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: 24.3 × 33.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Hudibras Triumphant, plate four 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: 24.3 × 33.7 cm (9 5/8 × 13 5/16 in.); Plate: 26.6 × 34.7 cm (10 1/2 × 13 11/16 in.); Primary support: 26.9 × 34.9 cm (10 5/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 36.9 × 45.9 cm (14 9/16 × 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

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