Copy of plate 1: an emblematic scene with an oval portrait of samuel butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of rebellion, hypocrisy and ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by hudibras and ralpho; in the foreground, on the right, a satyr holds up a volume of butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the left a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of britannia; illustration to an unidentified publication. Etching and engraving. Date: between 1726 and 1837. Dimensions: Height: 142 mm; Width: 186 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Samuel Butler. Collection: British Museum. Frontispiece and its Explanation (BM Cc,2.47)
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