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Francis Le Piper

?1640–1695

Hudibras’s Discomfiture at the Hands of the Skimmington
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Biography

Francis Lepipre or Le Piper (c. 1640 – 1695) was an English artist of Flemish ancestry.

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Artworks

The Combat of Hudibras and Cerdon

Francis Le Piper
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Hudibras and Ralph Taken Prisoner

Francis Le Piper
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Hudibras’s First Encounter with the Bear-Baiters

Francis Le Piper
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Hudibras’s Discomfiture at the Hands of the Skimmington

Francis Le Piper
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Essay

The Combat of Hudibras and Cerdon c.1664–77 by Francis Le Piper

Rica Jones and Joyce H. Townsend

Essay

Hudibras and Ralph taken Prisoner c.1664–77 by Francis Le Piper

Rica Jones and Joyce H. Townsend

Essay

Hudibras’s Discomfiture at the Hands of the Skimmington c.1664–77 by Francis Le Piper

Essay

Hudibras’s First Encounter with the Bear-Baiters c.1664–77 by Francis Le Piper

Rica Jones and Joyce H. Townsend

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