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Hudibrass and his 'squire

Samuel Collings
Hudibrass and his 'squire
Published

[London] : Pubd. by W Wells No 132 Fleet Street, Jany. 1st, 1784.

etching with engraving
image: 212 x 172 mm; plate mark 248 x 185 mm; sheet: 249 x 186 mm
Peel 3252
Notes
Attributed variously to Collings and to Gillray.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Charles James Fox and Edmund Burke, depicted as Hudibras and Ralpho, sit each with one foot in the stocks. They are guarded by Pitt on the right holding a halberd and keys labelled Treasury. The print is an allusion to the fall of the Coalition.

Associated names
Collings, Samuel, attributed name.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, attributed name.
Wells, William, active 1777-1784, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints