Hogarth, Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation, etching (London, 1726). Below the image in the central column is the title and two lines of verse adapted from Hudibras’s account of the magician Sidrophel: ‘They held their Talents most Adroit./For any Mystical Exploit’ (Part III, Canto 1, lines 365–66). On either side of the title there is a key to the characters, including A — The Dancing Master or Praeternatural Anatomist (St Andre) and F — The Lady in the straw (Mary Toft). Copy at National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, accession number 1944.5.115, under open access licence.
Figure 3.Hogarth, Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation, etching (London, 1726). Below the image in the central column is the title and two lines of verse adapted from Hudibras’s account of the magician Sidrophel: ‘They held their Talents most Adroit./For any Mystical Exploit’ (Part III, Canto 1, lines 365–66). On either side of the title there is a key to the characters, including A — The Dancing Master or Praeternatural Anatomist (St Andre) and F — The Lady in the straw (Mary Toft). Copy at National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, accession number 1944.5.115, under open access licence.