Hudibras in Tribulation (Plate 6: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras) 1725 - 1730

"Hudibras in Tribulation (Plate 6: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)" is an etching and engraving from 1725–30 by William Hogarth, depicting a scene from Samuel Butler's satirical poem Hudibras. The scene features Hudibras, a Puritan knight, trapped in the stocks, while a group of people watch and ridicule him. This is one of a series of eight plates illustrating Hudibras by the celebrated English artist. Hogarth's distinct style of social commentary, evident in the detailed and caricatured figures, is characteristic of his work and is a staple of the Rococo style. This print offers a window into 18th-century English society and satirizes the political and religious conflicts of the time.