“Hudibras” 11, ‘Burning the Rumps at Temple Bar’ engraved by English artist William Hogarth 1697-1764

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The illustrations for Samuel Butler's epic poem 'Hudibras' are William Hogarth's first published set of original engravings. In this scene Hudibras appears in this large crowd scene as a masked effigy about to be burnt. A row of London butcher shops is the setting for a protest against the “Rump Parliament,” a political body that had replaced much of the previous government during the English Civil War. Protesters at this historical event in 1659 did in fact burn beef rumps in the streets as well as political is a 19th Century version engraved by J. Romney from the original picture by Hogarth.

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