About this artwork
The 12 plates in the Hudibras series represent the early work of William Hogarth; they were made before he began publishing on his own. Issued with verses from Samuel Butler’s poem as explanatory captions, Hudibras foreshadows the “moral progresses” for which Hogarth is perhaps best remembered. In this scene, Hudibras visits the woman he is wooing but is surprised by a group of masked attackers. Believing them to be spirits sent by the astrologer Sidrophel, Hudibras confesses his sins and, by extension, the sins of the Puritans as a whole.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- William Hogarth
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Title
- Hudibras Catechized, plate nine from Hudibras
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Place
- England (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1725–1726
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Medium
- Etching and engraving in black on cream paper edge, mounted on cream wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 24.1 × 34.2 cm (9 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.); Plate: 26.9 × 35.1 cm (10 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Primary support: 27.2 × 35.6 cm (10 3/4 × 14 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 36.3 × 48 cm (14 5/16 × 18 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Sara R. Shorey Endowment; purchased with funds provided by Phyllis Neiman and the Woman's Board in honor of Phyllis Neiman
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Reference Number
- 2005.136.9
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/184614/manifest.json
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