print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: S,2.16
Title: Object: Burning ye Rumps at Temple Barr; Series: Hudibras
Description: Plate 11: a riotous scene in the street beside Temple Bar, the western boundary of the City of London, with the mob hanging and burning representations of members of the Rump Parliament; an effigy of Hudibras himself is carried on a pole. 1726 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: William Hogarth; Published by: Philip Overton; Published by: John Cooper
School/style: British
Production date: 1726
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 269 millimetres; Width: 512 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The Rump Parliament was briefly restored to power under Richard Cromwell in 1659.
Bibliographic references: Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (92.II); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (83.II); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (514)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; non-conformist; riot/mob; fire; politics
Associated names: Illustration to: Samuel Butler
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Associated events: Associated Event: Commonwealth 1649-1660; 1659
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: William Packer (probably)
Acquisition date: 1827 (before)
Acquisition notes: See comment on S,2.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: S,2.16
Conservation: Treatment: 04 Apr 1996

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