Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington, between 1725 and 1726

  • William Hogarth, English, 1697-1764

Engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 10 5/8 × 20 inches (27 × 50.8 cm) Sheet: 12 1/8 × 20 1/2 inches (30.8 × 52.1 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S593

Signed, in plate, lower left of image: W Hogarth Invt et Sculp

Inscribed, in plate, center lower margin: Hudibras | Encounters the | SKIMMINGTON Inscribed, on either side of the title: [three verses of text, six lines per verse]

December 1886, Bangs sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

William Hogarth, Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington, between 1725 and 1726, engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S593.