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Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 8)

Philip Overton|John Cooper|William Hogarth|Samuel Butler

February 1725–26

Attribution

| | |Illustrates Philip Overton|John Cooper|William Hogarth|Samuel Butler | |1932| British, active from 1707, died 1744|London|British, London 1697–1764 London|British, baptized Strensham, Worcestershire 1613–1680 Covent Garden

Medium

Etching and engraving; first state of two

Physical dimensions

sheet: 10 3/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.8 x 34 cm) (trimmed to and within platemark)

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932