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William Hogarth|Henry Overton and J. Hoole|Samuel Butler

The Adventure of the Bear and the Fiddle (Plate 3: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

1725–30 (?)
Etching and engraving
19.5 × 23.9 cm (7.7 × 9.4 in)

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