Philip Overton|John Cooper|William Hogarth|Samuel Butler

Hudibras and the Lawyer (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 12)

February 1725–26
Etching and engraving; second state of three
25.9 × 33.9 cm (10.2 × 13.3 in)

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