William Hogarth|Philip Overton|John Cooper|Samuel Butler

Frontispiece and Its Explanation: Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 1

February 1725–26
Etching and engraving; first state of four
25 × 33.3 cm (9.8 × 13.1 in)

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