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Philip Overton|John Cooper|William Hogarth|Samuel Butler

Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 8)

February 1725–26
Etching and engraving; first state of two
25.8 × 34 cm (10.2 × 13.4 in)

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