print;
satirical print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- Cc,1.79
- Title
- Series: Hudibras (small illustrations)
- Description
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Pl. 10; Sidrophel examining the kite through his telescope; Sidrophel, in a fur-trimmed cloak, looking through a telescope hung on an obelisk, having mistaken a kite for a star; behind him in a doorway at left, his man Whachum stands in wonder. c.1721
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1721-1726
- Dimensions
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Height: 124 millimetres (cropped)
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Width: 74 millimetres (cropped)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment on series, see Cc,1.69. This scene does not appear in the large 'Hudibras', and refers to Part II, Canto III.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Hudibras
- Acquisition date
- 1827 (before)
- Acquisition notes
- See comment on S,2.1.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Cc,1.79