print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: S,2.17
Title: Object: Hudibras and the Lawyer; Series: Hudibras
Description: Plate 12: Hudibras applies for help to a lawyer who sits at his desk in a baroque niche; below him sit two clerks at a low table, at his side shelves of books and papers, in the foreground a carved figure of Justice. 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: 270 millimetres; Width: 351 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (93.II); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (84.II); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (515)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; non-conformist; lawyer
Associated names: Illustration to: Samuel Butler; Representation of: Justitia/Iustitia
Associated events: Associated Event: Commonwealth 1649-1660
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,2.17

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