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Deas, Charles,
Literature -- Butler
Painting
Hudibras, (painting).
Artist:
Deas, Charles, 1818-1867, painter.
Title:
Hudibras, (painting).
Other Titles:
Hudibras Engaging the Bear-Baiters, (painting).
Dates:
Before 1839.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Subject:
Literature -- Butler -- Hudibras
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Unlocated.
Remarks:
The painting's subject is based on a burlesque work by Samuel Butler (1612-1680) titled "Hudibras" (published between 1662 and 1678) in which he employed the 17th century entertainment of bearbaiting --a chained bear attacked by dogs --to comment on Puritanism.
References:
Clark, Carol, "Charles Deas and 1840s America," Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009, no. 12.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 8D970008
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Inventory of American Paintings
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