,,biographical ,,anecdotes ,,of ,,william ,,hogarth2 ,,with ,a ,,catalogue ,,of ,,his ,,works ,,chronologically ,,arranged2 ,,and ,,occasional ,,remarks4 ,,by ,,john ,,nichols4 ,,the ,,third ,,edition1 ,,enlarged ,,and ,,corrected4 ,,london3 ,,printed ,,by ,,and ,,for ,,john ,,nichols1 ,,in ,,red-,,lion-,,passage1 ,,fleet-,,street4 ,m ,,dcc ,,lxxxv4 ,,contents ,page ,,memorandum4 iii ,,advertisement ,,to ,,the ,,second ,,edition4 v ,,advertisement ,,to ,,the ,,first ,,edition4 vii ,,details ,,of ,,mr4 ,,crayen',s ,,german ,,edition4 viii ,,individuals ,,consulted ,,by ,,the ,,author4 xv ,,collectors ,,of ,,hogarth4 xvi ,,concerning ,,hogarth',s ,,original ,,works4 xvii ,,biographical ,,anecdotes ,,of ,,hogarth4 #a ,,catalogue ,,of ,,hogarth',s ,,prints4 #abj ,,postscript4 #dee ,,addition4 #dfj ,,appendix ,,no4 #a4 #dfa ,,no4 #b4 #dib ,,no4 #c4 #ejb ,,general ,,index ,,to ,,hogarth',s ,,plates4 #ebg ,,new ,,books ,,published ,,by ,j4 ,,nichols4 ,,memorandum4 ,respect and gratitude having engaged me to compile a memoir of my deceased ,master and ,patron ,mr4 ,,bowyer1 in the same performance ,i included anecdotes of all the eminent persons any way connected with him4 ,a note of about a page's length was allotted to ,,hogarth4 ,while it was printing1 ,mr4 ,,walpole',s ,fourth ,volume on the subject of ,english ,painters came out1 and was followed by an immediate rage for collecting every scrap of our ,artist's designs4 ,persevering in my enquiries among my friends1 ,i had now amassed so much intelligence relative to these engravings1 that it could no longer be crowded into the situation originally meant for it4 ,i was therefore advised to publish it in the form of a sixpenny pamphlet4 ,this intended publication1 however1 grew up by degrees into a three-shilling book1 and1 within a year and a half afterwards1 was swelled into almost its present bulk1 at the price of six shillings4 ,such was the origin and progress of the following sheets1 which1 with many corrections1 c4 have now reached a ,third ,edition4 ,j4 ,n4 ,nov4 #aj1 #aghe4 ,,advertisement ,,to ,,the ,,second ,,edition4 ,the author of these imperfect sheets cannot present them a second time to the world1 before he has expressed his gratitude for the extreme candour with which they have been treated by the ,monthly ,reviewers4 ,if ,j4 ,n4 has not availed himself of all the corrections designed for his service1 it is because the able critic who proposes them has been deluded by intelligence manifestly erroneous4 ,j4 ,n4 received each particular he has mentioned1 in respect to the assistance bestowed on ,hogarth while his ,analysis was preparing1 from ,dr4 ,morell1 a gentleman who on that subject could not easily mistake4 ,implicit confidence ought rather to be reposed in a literary coadjutor to the deceased1 than in any consistory of females that ever mumbled their wisdom over a gossip's bowl4 ,authors rarely acquaint domestic women with the progress of their writings1 or the proportion of aid they solicit from their friends4 ,if it were needful that ,dr4 ,morell should translate a ,greek passage#a for ,hogarth1 how chanced it that our artist should want to apply what he did not previously understand8 ,i must add1 that the sentiments1 published by the ,reviewer concerning these ,anecdotes1 bear no resemblance to the opinion circulated by the cavillers with whom he appears to have had a remote connection4 ,the parties who furnished every circumstance on which he founds his reiterated charges of error and misinformation1 are not unknown4 ,ever since this little work was edited1 the people about ,mrs4 ,hogarth have paid their court to her by decrying it as low1 stupid1 or false1 without the slightest acknowledgement for the sums of money it has conducted to ,the ,golden ,head in ,leicester ,fields4 ,while the talents of the writer alone were questioned by such inadequate judges of literary merit1 a defence on his part was quite unnecessary4 ,he has waited1 however1 with impatience for an opportunity of making some reply to their groundless reflections on his veracity4 ,this purpose he flatters himself will have been completely executed after he has observed that all credentials relative to his disputed assertion shall be ready 7as they are at this moment7 for the ,reviewer's inspection4 ,j4 ,n4 cannot indeed dismiss his present advertisement without observing1 that though the amiable partialities of a wife may apologize for any contradiction suggested by ,mrs4 ,hogarth herself1 the ,english language is not strong enough to express the contempt he feels in regard to the accumulated censure both of her male and her female ,parasites4 ,j4 ,n4 ,nov4 #a1 #aghb4 #a ,whereabouts is this translation of a ,greek passage to be found in the ,analysis8 ,it may have escaped my hasty researches4 ,,advertisement ,,to ,,the ,,first ,,edition4 ,when this pamphlet was undertaken1 the ,author had no thought of swelling it to it's present bulk2 but communicating his design to his friends1 they favoured him with various particulars of information4 ,some of these accommodated themselves to his original plan1 if he can be supposed to have had any1 but others were more intractable4 ,still aware of the value even of disjointed materials1 which his profession would not afford him leisure to compact into a regular narrative1 and conscious that these sheets1 rude and imperfect as they are1 may serve to promote a publication less unworthy of its subject1 he dismisses his present work without any laboured apology for the errors that may be detected in it2 claiming1 indeed1 some merit on account of intelligence1 but not the least on the score of arrangement or composition4 ,he takes the same opportunity to observe1 that many curious anecdotes of extraordinary persons have been unfortunately lost1 because the possessors of those fugitive particulars had not the power of communicating them in proper form1 or polished language1 and were unwilling to expose them in such a state as these are offered to the world4 ,may #i1 #agha4 ,the ingenious ,mr4 ,,crayen of ,leipzig having translated the ,first ,edition of these ,anecdotes1 c4 into the ,german ,language1 dispatched a copy of his work to ,j4 ,n4 attended by the obliging letter here subjoined3 ,,sir1 ,though ,i have not the honour of being acquainted with you1 ,i hope your goodness will excuse the liberty ,i take of sending you a ,german translation of the ,biographical ,anecdotes of ,mr4 ,hogarth you published4 ,being convinced of the merits of your production1 and its usefulness to such collectors of prints and connoisseurs in our country as don't understand the ,english language1 ,i undertook this translation1 and flatter myself you will be pleased to accept of it as a proof of my real esteem for you4 ,you will find1 that ,i did not always adhere literally to the original1 but made some abridgments1 alterations1 notes1 c4 c4 ,but ,i hope you will do me the justice to consider1 that ,i wrote for my countrymen1 and therefore left out such passages1 poems1 anecdotes1 c4 c4 as would have been entirely uninteresting to them1 and have swelled the volume to no purpose4 ,as to the typographical performance1 ,i think you will be tolerably satisfied of it4 ,though the noble art of printing is of ,german origin1 your nation has improved and brought it to the highest pitch of perfection in point of neatness1 elegance1 and correctness4 ,i remain1 with all possible esteem1 ,,sir1 ,your most obedient and most humble servant1 ,a4 ,,crayen4 ,leipzig in ,saxony1 the #bith ,jan4 #aghc4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the following are ,translations1 by a ,friend1 from the ,dedication and ,,preface to ,mr4 ,,crayen',s performance4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dedication4 ,to ,mr4 ,,gottfried ,,winkler1 in ,leipzig2 ,,honoured and ,,worthy ,,friend1 ,pardon my presumption in offering you the slender fruit of a few leisure hours4 ,receive it with your wonted kindness1 and judge of it not by the trifling value of the work1 but by the intention of its ,author1 whose most zealous wish has long been to find an opportunity of publickly offering you1 however small1 a memorial of his respect and friendship4 ,if my labour in adding a mite towards the diffusion of the knowledge of the ,arts1 is honoured with the approbation of so enlightened a ,connoisseur1 ,i shall feel myself completely rewarded4 ,receive at the same time my sincerest thanks for the obliging communication of your ,copy of ,hogarth's prints1 of which1 in my translation1 ,i have more than once availed myself4 ,live1 honoured ,sir1 many days2 happy in the bosom of your worthy family1 in the circle of your friends1 and in the enjoyment of those treasures of the ,arts you have collected with such distinguished taste4 ,remain also a friend of ,yours1 c4 ,,the ,,translator4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,preface4 ,to the ,,german ,,reader4 ,collectors of the ,fine ,arts were already possessed of ,catalogues and ,memoires ,raisonnes of the engravings of many great masters1 for which their acknowledgements are due to the industry of a ,gersaint1 a ,jombert1 a ,hecquet1 a ,vertue1 a de ,winter1 c4 c4 ,but a similar illustration of ,,hogarth',s copper-plates was still wanting2 though it may be asked what works have a juster claim to a distinguished place in a compleat collection1 than those of this instructive moral painter1 this creative genius8 ,on this account1 it is presumed that the ,german ,lover of the ,arts will deem himself indebted to the ,translator1 for giving him1 in his own tongue1 a concise and faithful version of a book that has lately made its appearance in ,london1 under the title of ,biographical ,anecdotes of ,w4 ,hogarth1 and a ,catalogue of his ,works chronologically arranged4 ,the ,compiler as well as ,editor of this work is ,mr4 ,,john ,,nichols1 a ,printer and ,bookseller in ,london1 who1 by much reading1 and an intimate acquaintance with the ,arts and ,literature of his ,country1 has honourably distinguished himself among his professional brethren4 ,how modestly he himself judges of this his useful performance1 appears from his preface to the work4 ,it is true1 ,mr4 ,,horace ,,walpole1 who possesses perhaps the compleatest collection of the prints of this ,master1 some years ago published a ,catalogue of them2 but this is only to be found in his work1 intituled1 ,anecdotes of ,painting in ,england collected by ,g4 ,vertue1 and published by ,h4 ,walpole1 a performance consisting of four volumes in #dto1 too costly for many collectors1 and inconvenient for others4 ,moreover all that is to be found there relative to ,hogarth1 is not only included in ,mr4 ,nichols's publication1 but is also improved by considerable additions1 so that the curious reader has ,walpole's ,catalogue incorporated with the present work4 ,the liberty of abridgement1 as mentioned in the title1 is ventured only in regard to such diffuse illustrations1 repetitions1 anecdotes1 and local stories1 as would be alone interesting to an ,englishman2 in a word1 in such parts as do not immediately contribute to the illustration of ,hogarth's plates1 and would have tired the patience of the ,german reader4 ,of the verses affixed to each copper-plate the first and last words only are given1 as those afford sufficient indication for a collector who wishes to become acquainted with any particular print4 ,how far some remarks of the ,translator are useful1 or otherwise1 is left to the indulgent decision of ,judges in the ,arts4 ,he must not however forget it is his duty to acknowledge the goodness of old ,mr4 ,,hansen of ,leipsig4 ,this gentleman's readiness in permitting him to examine his excellent collection of the engravings of ,british artists1 for the purpose of comparing and illustrating several passages in the original of this work1 claims his warmest thanks1 and a public acknowledgement4 ,leipsig1 ,february #aghc4 ,,the ,,translator4 ,list of ,gentlemen1 ,artists1 c4 who furnished incidental intelligence to the ,author of this ,work4 ,mr4 ,ashby4 ,mr4 ,basire4 ,mr4 ,baynes4 ,mr4 ,belchier--dead4 ,mr4 ,bindley4 ,mr4 ,birch4 ,mr4 ,bowle4 ,mr4 ,braithwaite4 ,mr4 ,browning4 ,lord ,charlemont4 ,mr4 ,charlton4 ,mr4 ,cole--dead4 ,mr4 ,colman4 ,mr4 ,coxe4 ,mr4 ,dodsley4 ,dr4 ,ducarel--dead4 ,mr4 ,duncombe4 ,mr4 ,edwards4 ,mr4 ,forrest--dead4 ,mr4 ,foster--dead4 ,mr ,goodison4 ,mrs4 ,gostling4 ,mr4 ,gough4 ,mr4 ,hall4 ,sir ,john ,hawkins4 ,mr4 ,henderson4 ,mrs4 ,hogarth4 ,dr4 ,hunter--dead4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland4 ,dr4 ,johnson--dead4 ,mr4 ,keate4 ,bishop of ,kilala4 ,mr4 ,lane4 ,mrs4 ,lewis4 ,mr4 ,livesay4 ,dr4 ,lort4 ,mr4 ,lyon4 ,mr4 ,major4 ,mr4 ,malone4 ,dr4 ,monkhouse4 ,dr4 ,morell--dead4 ,mr4 ,morrison4 ,mr4 ,pinkerton4 ,mr4 ,rayner4 ,mr4 ,reed4 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds4 ,mr4 ,richards4 ,mr4 ,rogers--dead4 ,mr4 ,rumsey4 ,mr4 ,steevens4 ,mr4 ,thane4 ,mr4 ,thomas4 ,mr4 ,tyers4 ,mr4 ,waldron4 ,mr4 ,walker4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,c4 ,walker4 ,mr4 ,walpole4 ,dr4 ,warton4 ,mr4 ,way4 ,mr4 ,welch--dead4 ,mr4 ,whately4 ,mr4 ,b4 ,white4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,white4 ,mr4 ,wilkes4 ,mr4 ,williams4 ,dr4 ,wright4 ,,collectors of ,,hogarth4 ,mr4 ,,ayton4#a ,mr4 ,,bedford4 ,mr4 ,,bellamy4 ,mr4 ,,clare4 ,mr4 ,,crickitt4 ,dr4 ,,ducarel4#b ,lord ,,exeter4 ,mr4 ,,foster4#c ,mr4 ,,goodison4 ,mr4 ,,gulston4 ,sir ,,john ,,hawkins1 ,kt4 ,mr4 ,,henderson4#d ,mr4 ,,ireland4 ,dr4 ,,lort4 ,mr4 ,,morrison4 ,mr4 ,,rogers4#e ,mr4 ,,steevens4 ,mr4 ,,walpole4 ,mr4 ,,windham4#f #a ,his collection was cut up1 and sold at ,dickinson's1 ,new ,bond ,street4 #b ,died ,may #bi1 #aghe4 ,his collection devolves to his ,nephew and ,heir1 ,mr4 ,,ducarel1 lately returned from ,the ,east ,indies4 #c ,died ,oct4 #c1 #aghb4 ,his improved collection sold at ,barford's auction rooms1 late ,langford's1 ,march #d1 #aghc1 for 4#aje4 ,mr4 ,,crickitt was the ,purchaser4 #d ,mr4 ,,henderson sold his collection to ,sir ,,john ,,elliot for 4#abf in ,april #aghe4 #e ,died ,january #b1 #aghd4 ,his collection remains with his ,nephew and ,heir1 ,mr4 ,,cotton1 ,f4 ,s4 ,a4 #f ,the ,right ,hon4 ,william ,windham1 ,m4 ,p4 for ,norwich4 ,extract from the ,,daily ,,advertiser1 ,january #bg1 #aghc4 ,,hogarth',s ,,original ,,works4 ,as an opinion generally prevails1 that the genuine impressions of ,hogarth's works are very bad1 and the plates retouched2 ,mrs4 ,hogarth is under the necessity of acquainting the public in general1 and the admirers of her deceased husband's works in particular1 that it has been owing to a want of proper attention in the conducting this work for some years past1 that the impressions in general have not done justice to the condition of the plates2 and she has requested some gentlemen most eminent in the art of engraving1 to inspect the plates1 who have given the following opinion3 ,london1 ,jan4 #ba1 #aghc4 ,we1 whose names are underwritten1 having carefully examined the copper-plates published by the late ,mr4 ,hogarth1 are fully convinced that they have not been retouched since his death4 ,,francis ,,bartolozzi4 ,,wm4 ,,woollet4#a ,,wm4 ,,wynne ,,ryland4#b ,n4 ,b4 ,all#c the original works are now properly and well printed1 and to be had of ,mrs4 ,hogarth1 at her house at ,the ,golden ,head1 in ,leicester-,fields4 ,this is one of the most extraordinary testimonials ever laid before the public4 ,hogarth died in #agfd4 ,since that time his plates have been injudiciously and unmercifully worked1 so as to leave no means of ascertaining1 through any observation or process of art1 the exact period when they were last repaired4 ,notwithstanding this difficulty1 in the year #aghc1 we find several engravers of eminence declaring their full conviction on the subject4 ,all we can do is1 to suppose their confidence was grounded on the veracity of ,mrs4 ,hogarth4 ,i believe the parties as to the fact2 and yet it was impossible for ,messieurs ,b4 ,w4 and ,r4 to be adequate judges of the truth to which they have set their names as witnesses4 #a ,died ,may #bc1 #aghe4 #b ,executed ,aug4 #bi1 #aghc4 #c ,by all the original works1 ,mrs4 ,hogarth means only such plates as are in her possession4 ,see page xx1 where a great number of others1 equally original1 are found4 ,prints published by ,mr4 ,,hogarth3 ,genuine ,impressions#a of which are to be had at ,mrs4 ,,hogarth',s ,house in ,leicester ,fields1 #aghb4 ,size of the plates in inches l4 s4 d4 #af by #ad ,frontispiece #j #c #j #ae by #ab ,harlot's ,progress1 six prints #a #a #j #af by #ad ,rake's ,progress1 eight prints #b #b #j #ah by #ae ,marriage a-la-mode1 six prints #a #aa #f #ai by #ae ,four ,times of the ,day1 four prints #a #a #j #af by #ac ,before and ,after1 two prints #j #e #j #ah by #ac ,midnight ,conversation #j #e #j #af by #ad ,distress'd ,poet #j #c #j #af by #ad ,enraged ,musician #j #c #j #ah by #ad ,southwark ,fair #j #e #j #bj by #af ,garrick in ,king ,richard ,,iii4 #j #g #f #ah by #ab ,calais1 or the ,roast ,beef of ,old ,england #j #e #j #bj by #af ,paul before ,felix #j #g #f ,ditto1 ,ditto1 with ,alterations #j #f #j #bj by #af ,moses brought to ,pharaoh's ,daughter #j #g #f #bb by #ag ,march to ,finchley #j #aj #f ,ditto1 ,strolling ,actresses dressing in a ,barn #j #e #j ,ditto1 ,four ,prints of an ,election #b #b #j #ai by #ab ,bishop of ,winchester #j #c #j #ad by #aj ,idleness and ,industry1 #ab prints #j #ab #j #ad by #i ,lord ,lovat #j #a #j #aj by #h ,sleeping ,congregation #j #a #j #ab by #h ,country-,inn ,yard #j #a #j #ad by #aj ,paul before ,felix1 ,rembrant #j #e #j #i by #h ,various ,characters of ,heads #j #b #f #f by #g ,columbus breaking the ,egg #j #a #j #ab by #h ,the ,bench #j #a #f #ae by #ac ,beer ,street and ,gin ,lane1 two prints #j #c #j ,ditto1 ,four ,stages of ,cruelty1 four prints #j #f #j #ae by #ab ,two ,prints of an ,invasion #j #b #j ,ditto1 ,a ,cock ,match #j #c #j #i by #h ,the ,five ,orders of ,periwigs #j #a #j #ag by #ac ,the ,medley #j #e #j #ab by #i ,the ,times #j #b #j #ab by #i ,wilkes #j #a #j #aj by #aa ,bruiser #j #a #f #i by #g ,finis #j #b #f ,n4 ,b4 ,any person purchasing the whole together may have them delivered bound1 at the ,price of ,thirteen ,guineas2 a sufficient ,margin will be left for framing4--,the ,,analysis of ,,beauty1 in ,quarto1 may also be had1 with two explanatory ,prints1 ,price #ae ,shillings4 #a ,genuine impressions--,query1 the meaning of such an epithet in this place8 ,credite ,posteri6 ,in the years #agha1 #aghb1 c4 the following ,pieces of ,,hogarth are known to have been sold at the prices annexed4 ,lord ,boyne4 #e #e #j ,charmers of the ,age4 #e #e #j ,booth1 ,wilks1c4 #e #e #j ,discovery4 #c #c #j ,altar-piece4 #a #aa #f ,rich's ,glory4 #d #d #j ,beaver's ,military ,pun4 #c #c #j ,blackwell's ,figures4 #a #af #f ,boys peeping1 c4 #a #a #j ,apuleius4 #a #af #f ,cassandra4 #a #aa #f ,beer ,street with ,variat4 #a #a #j ,large ,hudibras4 #e #e #j ,march to ,finchley ,aq4 ,f4 ,proof4 #b #b #j ,do4 finished1 without letters4 #e #e #j ,festoon4 ,rt for ,rich4 ,,iii4 #a #a #j ,power of ,atty4 ,f4 ,hosp4 #a #af #i ,orator ,henley4 #a #a #j ,huggins4 #c #c #j ,witch4 #c #c #j ,jacobite's ,journal4 #b #aa #f ,judith and ,holophernes4 #a #a #j ,sarah ,malcolm4 #b #b #j ,large ,masquerade4 #b #b #j ,small1 first impression4 #a #af #f ,scots ,opera4 #j #ae #j ,woman swearing1 c4 #a #a #j ,lady ,byron4 #a #a #j ,hogarth with ,dog4 #b #b #j ,do4 ,serjeant ,painter4 #b #b #j ,do4 scratched over4 #b #b #j ,perseus and ,andromeda4 #b #b #j ,first ,distrest ,poet4 #a #a #j ,do4 ,enraged ,musician4 #a #a #j ,motraye4 #b #b #j ,bench1 first impression4 #a #a #j ,burlington ,gate4 #a #a #j ,sancho at ,dinner4 #a #a #j ,first ,election4 #c #c #j ,fair4 #a #a #j ,farmer's ,return4 #j #aj #f ,gulliver4 #j #aj #f ,hen4 ,,viii4 and ,a4 ,bullen #a #a #j ,herring1 proof impression4 #a #a #j ,hogarth1 ,engr1 ,shop ,bill4 #a #a #j ,morell4 #j #aj #f ,pine4 #j #aj #f ,coat of ,arms1 ,sir ,g4 ,page1c4 #b #b #j ,times1 first impression4 #a #a #j ,master of the ,vineyard4 #b #b #j ,turk's ,head4 #b #b #j ,harlot's ,progress1 first impression1 red4 #aj #aj #j ,marriage ,alamode4 #c #c #j ,rake's ,progress4 #f #f #j ,four ,times4 #b #b #j ,prentices1 #ast impression4 #d #d #j ,elections1 #ast impression4 #f #f #j ,garrick in ,rich4 ,,iii4 #a #a #j ,gate of ,calais4 #j #ae #j ,paul burlesqued4 #a #a #j ,strolling ,actresses4 #a #ab #f ,three additional ,prints to ,beaver1 c4 #b #b #i ,milward's ,ticket4 #d #d #j ,music introduced to ,apollo4 #a #aa #f ,martin ,folkes1 mezzotinto #j #aj #f ,spiller's ,ticket4 #e #e #j ,two plates to ,milton4 #b #b #j ,frontispiece to ,leveridge's ,songs4 #a #ab #f ,concert4 ,st4 ,mary's ,chapel4 #e #e #j ,,hogarth4 ,this great and original ,genius is said by ,dr4 ,burn to have been the descendant of a family originally from ,kirkby ,thore1#a in ,westmoreland3 and ,i am assured that his grandfather was a plain yeoman1 who possessed a small tenement in the vale of ,bampton1 a village about #ae miles ,north of ,kendal1 in that county4 ,he had three sons4 ,the eldest assisted his father in farming1 and succeeded to his little freehold4 ,the second settled in ,troutbeck1 a village eight miles ,north ,west of ,kendal1 and was remarkable for his talent at provincial poetry4#b ,the third1 educated at ,st4 ,bee's1 who had kept a school in the same county1 and appears to have a man of some learning1 went early to ,london1 where he resumed his original occupation of a school-master in ,ship ,court in ,the ,old ,bailey1 and was occasionally employed as a corrector of the press4 ,a ,latin letter1 from ,mr4 ,richard ,hogarth1 in #afig 7preserved among the ,,mss4 in ,the ,british ,museum1 ,n #dbgg4 #ej47 relates to a book which had been printed with great expedition4 ,but the letter shall speak for itself4#c ,a ,dictionary in ,latin and ,english1 which he composed for the use of schools1#d still exists in ,,ms4 ,he married in ,london2 and our ,hero1 and his sisters ,mary and ,anne1 are believed to have been the only product of the marriage4 ,,william ,,hogarth#e is said 7under the article ,,thornhill in the ,biographia ,britannica7 to have been born in #afih1 in the parish of ,st4 ,bartholomew1#f ,london1 to which parish1 it is added1 he was afterwards a benefactor4 ,the outset of his life1 however1 was unpromising4 ,he was bound1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1 to a mean engraver of arms on plate4 ,hogarth probably chose this occupation1 as it required some skill in drawing1 to which his genius was particularly turned1 and which he contrived assiduously to cultivate4 ,his master1 it since appears1 was ,mr4 ,ellis ,gamble1 a silversmith of eminence1 who resided in ,cranbourn-street1 ,leicester-fields4 ,in this profession it is not unusual to bind apprentices to the single branch of engraving arms and cyphers on every species of metal2 and in that particular department of the business young ,hogarth was placed2#g but1 before his time was expired1 he felt the impulse of genius1 and that it directed him to painting4 ,during his apprenticeship1 he set out one ,sunday1 with two or three companions1 on an excursion to ,highgate4 ,the weather being hot1 they went into a public-house1 where they had not been long1 before a quarrel arose between some persons in the same room4 ,one of the disputants struck the other on the head with a quart pot1 and cut him very much4 ,the blood running down the man's face1 together with the agony of the wound1 which had distorted his features into a most hideous grin1 presented ,hogarth1 who shewed himself thus early apprised of the mode ,nature had intended he should pursue1 with too laughable a subject to be overlooked4 ,he drew out his pencil1 and produced on the spot one of the most ludicrous figures that ever was seen4 ,what rendered this piece the more valuable was1 that it exhibited an exact likeness of the man1 with the portrait of his antagonist1 and the figures in caricature of the principal persons gathered round him4 ,this anecdote was furnished by one of his fellow apprentices then present1 a person of indisputable character1 and who continued his intimacy with ,hogarth long after they both grew up into manhood4 ,his apprenticeship was no sooner expired1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1 than he entered into the academy in ,st4 ,martin's ,lane1 and studied drawing from the life1 in which he never attained to great excellence4 ,it was character1 the passions1 the soul1 that his genius was given him to copy4 ,in colouring he proved no greater a master3 his force lay in expression1 not in tints and chiaro scuro4 ,to a man who by indefatigable industry and uncommon strength of genius has been the artificer of his own fame and fortune1 it can be no reproach to have it said that at one period he was not rich4 ,it has been asserted1 and we believe with good foundation1 that the skill and assiduity of ,hogarth were1 even in his servitude1 a singular assistance to his own family1 and to that of his master4 ,it happened1 however1 that when he was first out of his time1 he certainly was poor4 ,the ambition of indigence is ever productive of distress4 ,so it fared with ,hogarth1 who1 while he was furnishing himself with materials for subsequent perfection1 felt all the contempt which penury could produce4 ,being one day distressed to raise so trifling a sum as twenty shillings1 in order to be revenged of his landlady1 who strove to compel him to payment1 he drew her as ugly as possible1 and in that single portrait gave marks of the dawn of superior genius4#h ,this story ,i had once supposed to be founded on certainty2 but since1 on other authority1 have been assured1 that had such an accident ever happened to him1 he would not have failed to talk of it afterwards1 as he was always fond of contrasting the necessities of his youth with the affluence of his maturer age4 ,he has been heard to say of himself1 ,i remember the time when ,i have gone moping into the city with scarce a shilling in my pocket2 but as soon as ,i had received ten guineas there for a plate1 ,i have returned home1 put on my sword1 and sallied out again1 with all the confidence of a man who had ten thousand pounds in his pocket4 ,let me add1 that my first authority may be to the full as good as my second4 ,how long he continued in obscurity we cannot exactly learn2 but the first piece in which he distinguished himself as a painter1 is supposed to have been a representation of ,wanstead ,assembly4#i ,in this are introduced portraits of the first earl ,tylney1 his lady1 their children1 tenants1 c4 ,the faces were said to be extremely like1 and the colouring is rather better than in some of his late and more highly finished performances4 ,from the date of the earliest plate that can be ascertained to be the work of ,hogarth1 it may be presumed that he began business1 on his own account1 at least as early as the year #agbj4 ,his first employment seems to have been the engraving of arms and shop-bills4 ,the next step was to design and furnish plates for booksellers2 and here we are fortunately supplied with dates4#aj ,thirteen folio prints1 with his name to each1 appeared in ,aubry de la ,motraye's ,travels1 in #agbc2 seven smaller prints for ,apuleius' ,golden ,ass in #agbd2 fifteen head-pieces to ,beaver's ,military ,punishments of the ,ancients1 and five frontispieces for the translation of ,cassandra1 in five volumes1 #ab1 #agbe2 seventeen cuts for a duodecimo edition of ,hudibras 7with ,butler's head7 in #agbf2 two for ,perseus and ,andromeda1 in #agcj2 two for ,milton the date uncertain2 and a variety of others between #agbf and #agcc4 ,no symptom of genius1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1 dawned in those plates4 ,his ,hudibras was the first of his works that marked him as a man above the common2 yet1 what made him then noticed1 now surprises us1 to find so little humour in an undertaking so congenial to his talents4--,it is certain that he often lamented to his friends the having parted with his property in the prints of the large ,hudibras1 without ever having had an opportunity to improve them4 ,they were purchased by ,mr4 ,philip ,overton1#aa at the ,golden ,buck1 near ,st4 ,dunstan's ,church in ,fleet-,street2 and still remain in the possession of his successor ,mr4 ,sayer4 ,mr4 ,bowles at the ,black ,horse in ,cornhill was one of his earliest patrons4 ,i had been told that he bought many a plate from ,hogarth by the weight of the copper2 but am only certain that this occurrence happened in a single instance1 when the elder ,mr4 ,bowles of ,st4 ,paul's ,church-yard offered1 over a bottle1 half a crown a pound for a plate just then completed4 ,this circumstance was within the knowledge of ,dr4 ,ducarel4--,our artist's next friend in that line was ,mr4 ,philip ,overton1 who paid him a somewhat better price for his labour and ingenuity4 ,when ,mr4 ,walpole speaks of ,hogarth's early performances1 he observes1 that they rose not above the labours of the people who are generally employed by booksellers4 ,lest any reader should inadvertently suppose this candid writer designed the minutest reflection on those artists to whom the decoration of modern volumes is confided1 it is necessary to observe1 that his account of ,hogarth1 c4 was printed off above ten years ago1 before the names of ,cipriani1 ,angelica1 ,bartolozzi1 ,sherwin1 and ,mortimer were found at the bottom of any plates designed for the ornament of poems1 or dramatic pieces4 ,on the success1 however1 of those plates1 ,mr4 ,walpole says1 he commenced painter1 a painter of portraits2 the most ill-suited employment imaginable to a man whose turn certainly was not flattery1 nor his talent adapted to look on vanity without a sneer4 ,yet his facility in catching a likeness1 and the method he chose of painting families and conversations in small1 then a novelty1 drew him prodigious business for some time4 ,it did not last1 either from his applying to the real bent of his disposition1 or from his customers apprehending that a satirist was too formidable a confessor for the devotees of self-love4 ,there are still many family pictures by ,mr4 ,hogarth existing1 in the style of serious conversation-pieces4 ,he was not however lucky in all his resemblances1 and has sometimes failed where a crowd of other artists have succeeded4 ,the whole-length of ,mr4 ,garrick sitting at a table1 with his wife behind him taking the pen out of his hand1#ab confers no honour on the painter or the persons represented4#ac ,he has certainly missed the character of our late ,roscius's countenance while undisturbed by passion2 but was more lucky in seizing his features when aggravated by terror1 as in the tent scene of ,king ,richard ,,iii4 ,it is by no means astonishing1 that the elegant symmetry of ,mrs4 ,garrick's form should have evaded the efforts of one to whose ideas la basse nature was more familiar than the grace inseparable from those who have been educated in higher life4 ,his talents1 therefore1 could do little justice to a pupil of ,lady ,burlington4 ,what the prices of his portraits were1 ,i have strove in vain to discover2 but suspect they were originally very low1 as the people who are best acquainted with them chuse to be silent on that subject4 ,in the ,bee1 vol4 ,v4 p4 #eeb4 and also in the ,gentleman's ,magazine1 vol4 ,,iv4 p4 #bfi4 are the following verses to ,mr4 ,hogarth1 on ,miss ,f's picture1 #agcd4 ,to ,chloe's picture you such likeness give1 ,the animated canvas seems to live2 ,the tender breasts with wanton heavings move1 ,and the soft sparkling eyes inspire with love3 ,while ,i survey each feature o'er and o'er1 ,i turn ,idolater1 and paint adore3 ,fondly ,i here can gaze without a fear1 ,that1 ,chloe1 to my love you'd grow severe2 ,that in your ,picture1 as in ,life1 you'd turn ,your eyes away1 and kill me with your scorn3 ,no1 here at least with transport ,i can see ,your eyes with softness languishing on me4 ,while1 ,chloe1 this ,i boast1 with scornful heart ,nor rashly censure ,hogarth1 or his art1 ,who all your ,charms in strongest ,light has laid1 ,and kindly thrown your ,pride and ,scorn in ,shade4 ,at ,rivenhall1 in ,essex1 the seat of ,mr4 ,western1 is a family picture1 by ,hogarth of ,mr4 ,western and his mother 7who was a daughter of ,sir ,anthony ,shirley71 ,chancellor ,hoadly1 ,archdeacon ,charles ,plumptre1 the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,cole of ,milton near ,cambridge1 and ,mr4 ,henry ,taylor the ,curate there1#ad #agcf4 ,in the gallery of the late ,mr4 ,cole of ,milton1 was also a small whole-length picture of ,mr4 ,western1#ae by ,hogarth1 a striking resemblance4 ,he is drawn sitting in his ,fellow-,commoner's habit1 and square cap with a gold tassel1 in his chamber at ,clare ,hall1 over the arch towards the river2 and our artist1 as the chimney could not be expressed1 has drawn a cat sitting near it1 agreeable to his humour1 to shew the situation4 ,when ,i sat to him1 says ,mr4 ,cole1 near fifty years ago1 the custom of giving vails to servants was not discontinued4 ,on my taking leave of our painter at the door1 and his servant's opening it or the coach door1 ,i cannot tell which1 ,i offered him a small gratuity2 but the man very politely refused it1 telling me it would be as much as the loss of his place1 if his master knew it4 ,this was so uncommon1 and so liberal in a man of ,mr4 ,hogarth's profession at that time of day1 that it much struck me1 as nothing of the sort had happened to me before4 ,it was likewise ,mr4 ,hogarth's custom to sketch out on the spot any remarkable face which particularly struck him1 and of which he wished to preserve the remembrance4 ,a gentleman still living informs me1 that being once with our painter at the ,bedford ,coffee-house1 he observed him to draw something with a pencil on his nail4 ,enquiring what had been his employment1 he was shewn the countenance 7a whimsical one7 of a person who was then at a small distance4 ,it happened in the early part of ,hogarth's life1 that a nobleman1 who was uncommonly ugly and deformed1 came to sit to him for his picture4 ,it was executed with a skill that did honour to the artist's abilities2 but the likeness was rigidly observed1 without even the necessary attention to compliment or flattery4 ,the peer1 disgusted at this counterpart of his dear self1 never once thought of paying for a reflector that would only insult him with his deformities4 ,some time was suffered to elapse before the artist applied for his money2 but afterwards many applications were made by him 7who had then no need of a banker7 for payment1 without success4 ,the painter1 however1 at last hit upon an expedient1 which he knew must alarm the nobleman's pride1 and by that means answer his purpose4 ,it was couched in the following card3 ,mr4 ,hogarth's dutiful respects to ,lord ----2 finding that he does not mean to have the picture which was drawn for him1 is informed again of ,mr4 ,h's necessity for the money2 if1 therefore1 his lordship does not send for it in three days1 it will be disposed of1 with the addition of a tail1 and some other little appendages1 to ,mr4 ,hare1 the famous wild-beast man2 ,mr4 ,h4 having given that gentleman a conditional promise of it for an exhibition-picture1 on his lordship's refusal4 ,this intimation had the desired effect4 ,the picture was sent home1 and committed to the flames4 ,to the other anecdotes of this comic ,painter may be added the following4 ,its authenticity must apologize for its want of other merit4 ,a certain old ,nobleman1 not remarkably generous1 having sent for ,hogarth1 desired he would represent1 in one of the compartments on a staircase1 ,pharaoh and his ,host drowned in the ,red ,sea2 but at the same time gave our artist to understand1 that no great price would be given for his performance4 ,hogarth agreed4 ,soon after1 he waited on his employer for payment1 who seeing that the space allotted for the picture had only been daubed over with red1 declared he had no idea of paying a painter when he had proceeded no further than to lay his ground4 ,ground6 said ,hogarth1 there is no ground in the case1 my lord4 ,the red you perceive1 is the ,red ,sea4 ,pharaoh and his ,host are drowned as you desired1 and cannot be made objects of sight1 for the ocean covers them all4 ,mr4 ,walpole has remarked1 that if our artist indulged his spirit of ridicule in personalities1 it never proceeded beyond sketches and drawings1 and wonders that he never1 without intention1 delivered the very features of any identical person4 ,but this elegant writer1 who may be said to have received his education in a ,court1 perhaps had few opportunities of acquaintance among the low popular characters with which ,hogarth occasionally peopled his scenes4#af ,the ,friend to whom ,i owe this remark was assured by an ancient gentleman of unquestionable veracity and acuteness of observation1 that almost all the personages who attend the levee of the ,rake were undoubted portraits2 and that1 in ,southwark ,fair and the ,modern ,midnight ,conversation1 as many more were discoverable4 ,in the former plate he pointed out ,essex the dancing-master2 and in the latter1 as well as in the second plate to the ,rake's ,progress1 ,figg the prize-fighter4#ag ,he mentioned several others by name1 from his immediate knowledge both of the painter's design and the characters represented2 but the rest of the particulars1 by which he supported his assertions1 have escaped the memory of my informant4 ,i am also assured1 that while ,hogarth was painting the ,rake's ,progress1 he had a summer residence at ,isleworth2 and never failed to question the company who came to see these pictures1 if they knew for whom one or another figure was designed4 ,when they guessed wrong1 he set them right4 ,mr4 ,walpole has a sketch in oil1 given to him by ,hogarth1 who intended to engrave it4 ,it was done at the time when the ,house of ,commons appointed a committee to inquire into the cruelties exercised on prisoners in the ,the ,fleet1 to extort money from them4 ,the scene1 he says1 is the committee2 on the table are the instruments of torture4 ,a prisoner in rags1 half-starved1 appears before them2 the poor man has a good countenance1 that adds to the interest4 ,on the other hand is the inhuman gaoler4 ,it is the very figure that ,salvator ,rosa would have drawn for ,iago in the moment of detection4 ,villainy1 fear1 and conscience1 are mixed in yellow and livid on his countenance2 his lips are contracted by tremor1 his face advances as eager to lie1 his legs step back as thinking to make his escape2 one hand is thrust precipitately into his bosom1 the fingers of the other are catching uncertainly at his button-holes4 ,if this was a portrait1 it is the most striking that ever was drawn2 if it was not1 it is still finer4 ,the portrait was that of ,bambridge#ah the warden of ,the ,fleet2 and the sketch was taken in the beginning of the year #agbi1 when ,bambridge and ,huggins 7his predecessor7#ai were under examination4 ,both were declared notoriously guilty of great breaches of trust1 extortions1 cruelties1 and other high crimes and misdemeanors2 both were sent to ,newgate2 and ,bambridge was disqualified by act of parliament4#bj ,the son#ba of ,huggins was possessed of a valuable painting from this sketch1 and also of a scene in the ,beggar's ,opera2 both of them full of real portraits4 ,on the dispersion of his effects1 the latter was purchased by the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,monkhouse of ,queen's ,college1 ,oxford4 ,it is in a gilt frame1 with a bust of ,gay at the top4 ,it's companion1 whose present possessor ,i have not been able to trace out1 had1 in like manner1 that of ,sir ,francis ,page1 one of the judges1 remarkable for his severity2#bb with a halter round his neck4 ,the ,duke of ,leeds has also an original scene in the ,beggar's ,opera1 painted by ,hogarth4 ,it is that in which ,lucy and ,polly are on their knees1 before their respective fathers1 to intercede for the life of the hero of the piece4 ,all the figures are either known or supposed to be portraits4 ,if ,i am not misinformed1 the late ,sir ,thomas ,robinson 7as well known by the name of ,long ,sir ,thomas7 is standing in one of the side-boxes4 ,macheath1 unlike his spruce representative on our present stage1 is a slouching bully2 and ,polly appears happily disencumbered of such a hoop as the daughter of ,peachum within our younger memories has worn4 ,his ,grace gave #ce l4 for this picture at ,mr4 ,rich's auction4 ,another copy of the same scene was bought by the late ,sir ,william ,saunderson2 and is now in the possession of ,sir ,henry ,gough4 ,mr4 ,walpole has a painting of a scene in the same piece1 where ,macheath is going to execution4 ,in this also the likenesses of ,walker1 and ,miss ,fenton afterwards ,dutchess of ,bolton 7the original ,macheath and ,polly71 are preserved4 ,in the year #agbf1 when the affair of ,mary ,tofts1 the rabbit-breeder of ,godalming1 engaged the public attention1 a few of our principal surgeons subscribed their guinea a-piece to ,hogarth1 for an engraving from a ludicrous sketch he had made on that very popular subject4 ,this plate1 amongst other portraits1 contains that of the notorious ,st4 ,andr1 the anatomist to the royal household1 and in high credit as a surgeon4 ,the additional celebrity of this man arose either from fraud or ignorance1 perhaps from a due mixture of both4 ,it was supported1 however1 afterwards1 by the reputation of a dreadful crime4 ,his imaginary wealth1 in spite of these disadvantages1 to the last insured him a circle of flatterers1 even though1 at the age of fourscore1 his conversation was offensive to modest ears1 and his grey hairs were rendered still more irreverend by repeated acts of untimely lewdness4#bc ,a particular description of this plate will be given in the future catalogue of ,hogarth's works4 ,in #agbg1 ,hogarth agreed with ,morris1 an upholsterer1 to furnish him with a design on canvas1 representing the element of ,earth1 as a pattern for tapestry4 ,the work not being performed to the satisfaction of ,morris1 he refused to pay for it2 and our artist sued him for the money4 ,this suit 7which was tried before ,lord ,chief ,justice ,eyre at ,westminster1 ,may #bh1 #agbh7 was determined in favour of ,hogarth4 ,the brief for the defendant in the cause1 is preserved below4#bd ,in #agcj1 ,mr4 ,hogarth married the only daughter of ,sir ,james ,thornhill1#be by whom he had no child4 ,this union1 indeed1 was a stolen one1 and consequently without the approbation of ,sir ,james1 who1 considering the youth of his daughter1 then barely eighteen1 and the slender finances of her husband1 as yet an obscure artist1#bf was not easily reconciled to the match4 ,soon after this period1 however1 he began his ,harlot's ,progress 7the coffin in the last plate is inscribed ,september #b1 #agca72 and was advised by ,lady ,thornhill to have some of the scenes in it placed in the way of his father-in-law4 ,accordingly1 one morning early1 ,mrs4 ,hogarth undertook to convey several of them into his dining-room4 ,when he arose1 he enquired from whence they came2 and being told by whom they were introduced1 he cried out1 ,very well2 the man who can furnish representations like these1 can also maintain a wife without a portion4 ,he designed this remark as an excuse for keeping his purse-strings close2 but1 soon after1 became both reconciled and generous to the young couple4 ,our artist's reputation was so far established in #agca1 that it drew forth a poetical compliment from ,mr4 ,mitchell1 in the epistle already quoted4 ,an allegorical cieling by ,sir ,james ,thornhill is at the house of the late ,mr4 ,huggins1 at ,headley ,park1 ,hants4 ,the subject of it is the story of ,zephyrus and ,flora2 and the figure of a ,satyr and some others were painted by ,hogarth4 ,in #agcb 7the year in which he was one of the party who made ,a ,tour by land and ,water1 which will be duly noticed in the ,catalogue7 he ventured to attack ,mr4 ,pope1 in a plate called ,the ,man of ,taste2 containing a view of the ,gate of ,burlington-house2 with ,pope whitewashing it1 and bespattering the ,duke of ,chandos's coach4#bg ,this plate was intended as a satire on the translator of ,homer1 ,mr4 ,kent the architect1 and the ,earl of ,burlington4 ,it was fortunate for ,hogarth that he escaped the lash of the former4 ,either ,hogarth's obscurity at that time was his protection1 or the bard was too prudent to exasperate a painter who had already given such proof of his abilities for satire4 ,what must he have felt who could complain of the pictured shape prefixed to ,gulliveriana1 ,pope ,alexander's ,supremacy and ,infallibility examined1 c4 by ,ducket1 and other pieces1 had our artist undertaken to express in colours a certain transaction recorded by ,cibber8 ,soon after his marriage1 ,hogarth had summer-lodgings at ,south-,lambeth2 and being intimate with ,mr4 ,tyers1 contributed to the improvement of ,the ,spring ,gardens at ,vauxhall1 by the hint of embellishing them with paintings1 some of which were the suggestions of his own truly comic pencil4 ,among these were the ,four parts of the ,day1 copied by ,hayman from the designs of our artist4 ,the scenes of ,evening and ,night are still there2 and portraits of ,henry ,,viii4 and ,anne ,bullen once adorned the old great room on the right hand of the entry into the gardens4 ,for his assistance1 ,mr4 ,tyers gratefully presented him with a gold ticket of admission for himself and his friends1 inscribed ,,in ,,perpetuam ,,beneficii ,,memoriam4 ,this ticket1 now in the possession of his widow1 is still occasionally made use of4 ,in #agcc his genius became conspicuously known4 ,the third scene of his ,harlot's ,progress introduced him to the notice of the great4 ,at a board of ,treasury which was held a day or two after the appearance of that print1 a copy of it was shewn by one of the lords1 as containing1 among other excellencies1 a striking likeness of ,sir ,john ,gonson4#bh ,it gave universal satisfaction2 from the ,treasury each lord repaired to the print-shop for a copy of it1 and ,hogarth rose completely into fame4 ,this anecdote was related to ,mr4 ,huggins by ,christopher ,tilson1 esq4 one of the four chief clerks in the ,treasury1 and at that period under-secretary of state4 ,he died ,august #be1 #agdb1 after having enjoyed the former of these offices fifty-eight years4 ,i should add1 however1 that ,sir ,john ,gonson is not here introduced to be made ridiculous1 but is only to be considered as the image of an active magistrate identified4 ,the familiarity of the subject1 and the propriety of it's execution1 made the ,harlot's ,progress tasted by all ranks of people4 ,above twelve hundred names were entered in our artist's subscription-book4 ,it was made into a pantomime by ,theophilus ,cibber2 and again represented on the stage1 under the title of ,the ,jew decoyed1 or a ,harlot's ,progress1 in a ,ballad ,opera4 ,fan-mounts were likewise engraved1 containing miniature representations of all the six plates4 ,these were usually printed off with red ink1 three compartments on one side1 and three on the other4#bi ,the ingenious ,abb ,du ,bos has often complained1 that no history-painter of his time went through a series of actions1 and thus1 like an historian1 painted the successive fortune of an hero1 from the cradle to the grave4 ,what ,du ,bos wished to see done1 ,hogarth performed4 ,he launches out his young adventurer a simple girl upon the town1 and conducts her through all the vicissitudes of wretchedness to a premature death4 ,this was painting to the understanding and to the heart2 none had ever before made the pencil subservient to the purposes of morality and instruction2 a book like this is fitted to every soil and every observer1 and he that runs may read4 ,nor was the success of ,hogarth confined to his persons4 ,one of his excellencies consisted in what may be termed the furniture#cj of his pieces2 for as in sublime and historical representations the fewer trivial circumstances are permitted to divide the spectator's attention from the principal figures1 the greater is their force2 so in scenes copied from familiar life1 a proper variety of little domestic images contributes to throw a degree of verisimilitude on the whole4 ,the ,rake's levee-room1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1 the nobleman's dining-room1 the apartments of the husband and wife in ,marriage ,alamode1 the ,alderman's parlour1 the bed-chamber1 and many others1 are the history of the manners of the age4 ,it may also be observed1 that ,hogarth1 both in the third and last plate of the ,harlot's ,progress1 has appropriated a name to his heroine which belonged to a well-known wanton then upon the town4 ,the ,grub-street ,journal for ,august #f1 #agcj1 giving an account of several prostitutes who were taken up1 informs us that the fourth was ,kate ,hackabout 7whose brother was lately hanged at ,tyburn71 a woman noted in and about the hundreds of ,drury1 c4 ,in #agce our artist lost his mother1 as appears by the following extract from an old ,magazine3 ,june #aa1 #agce4 ,died ,mrs4 ,hogarth1 mother to the celebrated painter1 of a fright from the fire which happened on the #ith1 in ,cecil ,court1 ,st4 ,martin's ,lane1 and burnt thirteen houses2#ca amongst others1 one belonging to ,john ,huggins1 esq4 late ,warden of ,the ,fleet1 was greatly damaged4 ,the ,rake's ,progress 7published in the same year1 and sold at ,hogarth's house1 the ,golden ,head in ,leicester ,fields71 though perhaps superior1 had not1 as ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 so much success1 from want of novelty2 nor is the print of the arrest equal in merit to the others4#cb ,the curtain1 however1 says he1 was now drawn aside1 and his genius stood displayed in its full lustre4 ,from time to time our artist continued to give those works that would be immortal1 if the nature of his art will allow it4 ,even the receipts for his subscriptions had wit in them4 ,many of his plates he engraved himself1 and often expunged faces etched by his assistants1 when they had not done justice to his ideas4 ,not content with shining in a path untrodden before1 he was ambitious of distinguishing himself as a painter of history2 and in #agcf presented to the hospital of ,st4 ,bartholomew1 of which he had been appointed a governor1#cc a painting of the ,pool of ,bethesda1 and another of the ,good ,samaritan4 ,but the genius that had entered so feelingly into the calamities and crimes of familiar life1 deserted him in a walk that called for dignity and grace4 ,the burlesque turn of his mind mixed itself with the most serious subjects4 ,in the ,pool of ,bethesda1 a servant of a rich ulcerated lady beats back a poor man that sought the same celestial remedy2 and in his ,danae for which the ,duke of ,ancaster paid #fj guineas the old nurse tries a coin of the golden shower with her teeth1 to see if it is true gold4 ,both circumstances are justly thought1 but rather too ludicrous4 ,it is a much more capital fault that ,danae herself is a mere nymph of ,drury4 ,he seems to have conceived no higher degree of beauty4 ,dr4 ,parsons also1 in his ,lectures on ,physiognomy1 #daj4 p4 #eh1 says1 ,thus yielded ,danae to the ,golden ,shower1 and thus was her passion painted by the ingenious ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,the novelty and excellence of ,hogarth's performances soon tempted the needy artist and print-dealer to avail themselves of his designs1#cd and rob him of the advantages which he was entitled to derive from them4 ,this was particularly the case with the ,midnight ,conversation1 the ,harlot's and ,rake's ,progresses1#ce and the rest of his early works4 ,to put a stop to depredations like these on the property of himself and others1 and to secure the emoluments resulting from his own labours1 as ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 he applied to the legislature1 and obtained an act of parliament1 #h ,george ,,ii4 chap4 #c1 to vest an exclusive right in designers and engravers1 and to restrain the multiplying of copies of their works without the consent of the artist4#cf ,this statute was drawn by his friend ,mr4 ,huggins1#cg who took for his model the eighth of ,queen ,anne1 in favour of literary property2 but it was not so accurately executed as entirely to remedy the evil2 for1 in a cause founded on it1 which came before ,lord ,hardwicke in ,chancery1 that excellent ,lawyer determined that no assignee1 claiming under an assignment from the original inventor1 could take any benefit by it4 ,hogarth1 immediately after the passing the act1 published a small print1 with emblematical devices1 and the following inscription expressing his gratitude to the three branches of the legislature3 ,in humble and grateful acknowledgment ,of the grace and goodness of the ,,legislature1 ,manifested ,in the ,,act of ,,parliament for the ,encouragement ,of the ,arts of ,designing1 ,engraving1 c4 ,obtained ,by the ,endeavours1 and almost at the sole ,expence1 ,of the ,designer of this ,print in the ,year #agce2 ,by which ,not only the ,professors of those ,arts were rescued ,from the ,tyranny1 ,frauds1 and ,piracies ,of ,monopolizing ,dealers1 ,and legally entitled to the ,fruits of their own ,labours2 ,but ,genius and ,industry were also prompted ,by the most noble and generous ,inducements to exert themselves2 ,emulation was excited1 ,ornamental ,compositions were better understood2 ,and every ,manufacture1 where ,fancy has any concern1 ,was gradually raised to a ,pitch of ,perfection before unknown2 ,insomuch1 that those of ,,great-,,britain ,are at present the most ,elegant ,and the most in ,esteem of any in ,,europe4 ,this plate he afterwards made to serve for a receipt for subscriptions1 first to a print of an ,election ,entertainment2 and afterwards for three prints more1 representing the polling for members for parliament1 canvassing for votes1 and chairing the members4 ,the royal crown at the top of this receipt is darting its rays on mitres1 coronets1 the ,chancellor's great seal1 the ,speaker's hat1 c4 c4 and on a scroll is written1 ,an ,act for the ,encouragement of the ,arts of ,designing1 ,engraving1 and ,etching1 by vesting the ,properties thereof in the ,inventors and ,engravers1 during the ,time therein mentioned4 ,it was ,designed1 etched1 and published as the ,act directs1 by ,w4 ,hogarth1 ,march #bj1 #aged4 ,after ,hogarth's death1 the legislature1 by ,stat4 #g ,geo4 ,,iii4 chap4 #ch4 granted to his widow a further exclusive term of twenty years in the property of her husband's works4 ,in #agcf he had the honour of being distinguished in a masterly poem of a congenial ,humourist4 ,the ,dean of ,st4 ,patrick's1 in his ,description of the ,legion ,club1 after pourtraying many characters with all the severity of the most pointed satire1 exclaims1 ,how ,i want thee1 humorous ,hogarth6 ,thou1 ,i hear1 a pleasant rogue art6 ,were but you and ,i acquainted1 ,every monster should be painted3 ,you should try your graving tools ,on this odious group of fools2 ,draw the beasts as ,i describe them2 ,form their features1 while ,i gibe them2 ,draw them like1 for ,i assure ye1 ,you will need no caricatura4 ,draw them so1 that we may trace ,all the soul in every face4 ,an elegant compliment was soon after paid to ,hogarth by ,somervile1 the author of ,the ,chace1 who dedicates his ,hobbinol to him as to the greatest master in the burlesque way4 ,yet ,fielding1 in the ,preface to ,joseph ,andrews1 says1 ,he who should call the ingenious ,hogarth a burlesque painter1 would1 in my opinion1 do him very little honour1 for sure it is much easier1 much less the subject of admiration1 to paint a man with a nose1 or any other feature of a preposterous size1 or to expose him in some absurd or monstrous attitude1 than to express the affections of men on canvas4 ,it hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter1 to say his figures seem to breathe2 but surely it is a much greater and nobler applause1 that they appear to think4#ch ,vincent ,bourne1 that classical ornament of ,westminster ,school1 addressed the following copy of hendecasyllables ,ad ,,gulielmum ,,hogarth1 ,greek3 ,parounetikon ,qui mores hominum improbos1 ineptos1 ,incidis1 nec ineleganter1 ri1 ,derisor lepidus1 sed severus1 ,corrector gravis1 at nec invenustus2 ,seu pingis meretricios amores1 ,et scenas miser vicesque vit2 ,ut tentat pretio rudem puellam ,corruptrix anus1 impudens1 obesa2 ,ut se vix reprimit libidinosus ,scortator1 veneri paratus omni3 ,seu describere vis1 facete censor1 ,bacchanalia sera protrahentes ,ad confinia crastin diei1 ,fractos cum cyathis tubos1 matellam ,non plenam mod sed superfluentem1 ,et fortem validumque combibonem ,ltantem super amphor replet2 ,jucundissimus omnium ferris1 ,nullique artificum secundus1 tas ,quos prsens dedit1 aut dabit futura4 ,macte 1 eja age1 macte sis amicus ,virtuti3 vitiique quod notris1 ,pergas pingere1 exhibere corm1 ,censura utilior tua quiorque ,omni vel satirarum acerbitate1 ,omni vel rigidissimo cachinno4 ,by printed proposals1 dated ,jan4 #be1 #agdd-e1 ,hogarth offered to the highest bidder the six pictures called ,the ,harlot's ,progress1 the eight pictures called ,the ,rake's ,progress1 the four pictures representing ,morning1 ,noon1 ,evening1 and ,night1 and that of ,a ,company of ,strolling ,actresses dressing in a ,barn2 all of them his own original paintings1 from which no other copies than the prints have ever been taken4 ,the biddings were to remain open from the first to the last day of ,february1 on these conditions3 #a4 ,that every bidder shall have an entire leaf numbered in the book of sale1 on the top of which will be entered the name and place of abode1 the sum paid by him1 the time when1 and for which picture4--,that1 on the last day of sale1 a clock 7striking every five minutes7 shall be placed in the room2 and when it hath struck five minutes after twelve1 the first picture mentioned in the sale-book will be deemed as sold2 the second picture when the clock hath struck the next five minutes after twelve2 and so on successively till the whole nineteen pictures are sold4 #c4 ,that none advance less than gold at each bidding4 #d4 ,no person to bid on the last day1 except those whose names were before entered in the book4--,as ,mr4 ,hogarth's room is but small1 he begs the favour that no persons1 except those whose names are entered in the book1 will come to view his paintings on the last day of sale4 ,the pictures were sold for the following prices3 ,six ,harlot's ,progress1 at #ad guineas each 4#hh #d #j ,eight ,rake's ,progress1 at #bb guineas each #ahd #af #j ,morning1 #bj guineas #ba #j #j ,noon1 #cg guineas #ch #ag #j ,evening1 #ch guineas #ci #ah #j ,night1 #bf guineas #bg #f #j ,strolling ,players1 #bf guineas #bg #f #j -------- #dbg #g #j ,at the same time the six pictures of ,marriage -la-mode were announced as intended for sale as soon as the plates then taking from them should be completed4 ,this set of ,prints may be regarded as the ground-work of a novel called ,the ,marriage ,act1 by ,dr4 ,shebbeare1 and of ,the ,clandestine ,marriage4 ,in the prologue to that excellent comedy1 ,mr4 ,garrick thus handsomely expressed his regard for the memory of his friend3 ,poets and painters1 who from nature draw ,their best and richest stores1 have made this law3 ,that each should neighbourly assist his brother1 ,and steal with decency from one another4 ,to-night1 your matchless ,hogarth gives the thought1 ,which from his canvas to the stage is brought4 ,and who so fit to warm the poet's mind1 ,as he who pictur'd morals and mankind8 ,but not the same their characters and scenes2 ,both labour for one end1 by different means3 ,each1 as it suits him1 takes a separate road1 ,their one great object1 ,marriage la ,mode6 ,where titles deign with cits to have and hold1 ,and change rich blood for more substantial gold6 ,and honour'd trade from interest turns aside1 ,to hazard happiness for titled pride4 ,the painter dead1 yet still he charms the eye2 ,while ,england lives1 his fame can never die3 ,but he1 'who struts his hour upon the stage1' ,can scarce extend his fame for half an age2 ,nor pen nor pencil can the actor save1 ,the art1 and artist1 share one common grave4#ci ,hogarth had projected a ,happy ,marriage1 by way of counterpart to his ,marriage la ,mode4 ,a design for the first of his intended six plates he had sketched out in colours2 and the following is as accurate an account of it as could be furnished by a gentleman who1 long ago enjoyed only a few minutes' sight of so imperfect a curiosity4 ,the time supposed was immediately after the return of the parties from church4 ,the scene lay in the hall of an antiquated country mansion4 ,on one side1 the married couple were represented sitting4 ,behind them was a group of their young friends of both sexes1 in the act of breaking bride-cake over their heads4 ,in front appeared the father of the young lady1 grasping a bumper1 and drinking1 with a seeming roar of exultation1 to the future happiness of her and her husband4 ,by his side was a table covered with refreshments4 ,jollity rather than politeness was the designation of his character4 ,under the screen of the hall1 several rustic musicians in grotesque attitudes1 together with servants1 tenants1 c4 were arranged4 ,through the arch by which the room was entered1 the eye was led along a passage into the kitchen1 which afforded a glimpse of sacerdotal luxury4 ,before the dripping-pan stood a well-fed divine1 in his gown and cassock1 with his watch in his hand1 giving directions to a cook1 drest all in white1 who was employed in basting a haunch of venison4 ,among the faces of the principal figures1 none but that of the young lady was completely finished4 ,hogarth had been often reproached for his inability to impart grace and dignity to his heroines4 ,the bride was therefore meant to vindicate his pencil from so degrading an imputation4 ,the effort1 however1 was unsuccessful4 ,the girl was certainly pretty2 but her features1 if ,i may use the term1 were uneducated4 ,she might have attracted notice as a chambermaid1 but would have failed to extort applause as a woman of fashion4 ,the parson1 and his culinary associate1 were more laboured than any other parts of the picture4 ,it is natural for us to dwell longest on that division of a subject which is most congenial to our private feelings4 ,the painter sat down with a resolution to delineate beauty improved by art2 but seems1 as usual1 to have deviated into meanness2 or could not help neglecting his original purpose1 to luxuriate in such ideas as his situation in early life had fitted him to express4 ,he found himself1 in short1 out of his element in the parlour1 and therefore hastened1 in quest of ease and amusement1 to the kitchen fire4 ,churchill1 with more force than delicacy1 once observed of him1 that he only painted the backside of nature4 ,it must be allowed1 that such an artist1 however excellent in his walk1 was better qualified to represent the low-born parent1 than the royal preserver of a foundling4 ,the sketch already described 7which ,i believe is in ,mrs4 ,garrick's possession7 was made after the appearance of ,marriage la ,mode1 and many years before the artist's death4 ,why he did not persevere in his plan1 during such an interval of time1 we can only guess4 ,it is probable that his undertaking required a longer succession of images relative to domestic happiness1 than had fallen within his notice1 or courted his participation4 ,hogarth had no children2 and though the nuptial union may be happy without them1 yet such happiness will have nothing picturesque in it2 and we may observe of this truly natural and faithful painter1 that he rarely ventured to exhibit scenes with which he was not perfectly well acquainted4 ,let us1 however1 more completely obviate an objection that may be raised against the propriety of the foregoing criticism4 ,some reader may urge1 that perhaps1 all circumstances considered1 a wedding celebrated at an old mansion-house did not require the appearance of consummate beauty1 refined by the powers of education4 ,the remark has seeming justice on its side2 but ,hogarth had previously avowed his intent to exhibit a perfect face1 divested of vulgarity2 and succeeded so well1 at least in his own opinion1 that he carried the canvas1 of which we are now speaking1 in triumph to ,mr4 ,garrick1 whose private strictures on it coincided with those of the person who furnishes this additional confirmation of our painter's notorious ignorance in what is styled--,,the ,,graceful4 ,from the account ,i have received concerning a design for a previous compartment belonging to the same story1 there is little reason to lament the loss of it4 ,it contained no appeal either to the fancy or to the heart4 ,an artist1 who1 representing the marriage ceremony in a chapel1 renders the clerk1 who lays the hassocks1 the principal figure in it1 may at least be taxed with want of judgement4 ,soon after the peace of ,aix la ,chapelle1 he went over to ,france1 and was taken into custody at ,calais1 while he was drawing the gate of that town1 a circumstance which he has recorded in his picture1 intituled1 ,o the ,roast ,beef of ,old ,england6 published ,march #bf1 #agdi4 ,he was actually carried before the governor as a spy1 and1 after a very strict examination1 committed a prisoner to ,grandsire1 his landlord1 on his promising that ,hogarth should not go out of his house till it was to embark for ,england4 ,this account1 ,i have good authority for saying1 he himself gave to his friend ,mr4 ,gostling at ,canterbury1 at whose house he lay the night after his arrival4 ,the same accident1 however1 has been more circumstantially related by an eminent ,english engraver1 who was abroad when it happened4 ,hayman1 and ,cheere the statuary1 were of the same party4 ,while ,hogarth was in ,france1 wherever he went1 he was sure to be dissatisfied with all he saw4 ,if an elegant circumstance either in furniture1 or the ornaments of a room1 was pointed out as deserving approbation1 his narrow and constant reply was1 ,what then8 but it is ,french6 ,their houses are all gilt and b--t4 ,in the streets he was often clamourously rude4 ,a tatter'd bag1 or a pair of silk stockings with holes in them1 drew a torrent of imprudent language from him4 ,in vain did my informant 7who knew that many ,scotch and ,irish were often within hearing of these reproaches1 and would rejoice at least in an opportunity of getting our painter mobbed7 advise him to be more cautious in his public remarks4 ,he laughed at all such admonition1 and treated the offerer of it as a pusillanimous wretch1 unworthy of a residence in a free country1 making him the butt of his ridicule for several evenings afterwards4 ,this unreasonable pleasantry was at length completely extinguished by what happened while he was drawing the ,gate at ,calais2 for though the innocence of his design was rendered perfectly apparent on the testimony of other sketches he had about him1 which were by no means such as could serve the purpose of an engineer1 he was told by the ,commandant1 that1 had not the peace been actually signed1 he should have been obliged to have hung him up immediately on the ramparts4 ,two guards were then provided to convey him on shipboard2 nor did they quit him till he was three miles from the shore4 ,they then spun him round like a top1 on the deck2 and told him he was at liberty to proceed on his voyage without farther attendance or molestation4 ,with the slightest allusion to the ludicrous particulars of this affair1 poor ,hogarth was by no means pleased4 ,the leading circumstance in it his own pencil has recorded4 ,soon after this period he purchased a little house at ,chiswick2 where he usually passed the greatest part of the summer season1 yet not without occasional visits to his dwelling in ,leicester ,fields4 ,in #agec1 he appeared to the world in the character of art author1 and published a quarto volume1 intituled1 ,the ,analysis of ,beauty1 written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ,ideas of ,taste4 ,in this performance he shews1 by a variety of examples1 that a curve is the line of beauty1 and that round swelling figures are most pleasing to the eye2 and the truth of his opinion has been countenanced by subsequent writers on the subject4 ,among the letters of ,dr4 ,birch is the following short one1 sent with the ,analysis of ,beauty1 and dated ,nov4 #be1 #agec2 ,sir1 ,i beg the favour of you to present to the ,royal ,society the enclosed work1 which will receive great honour by their acceptance of it4 ,i am1 ,sir1 your most obedient humble servant1 ,,wm4 ,,hogarth4 ,in this book1 the leading idea of which was hieroglyphically thrown out in a frontispiece to his works in #agde1 he acknowledges himself indebted to his friends for assistance1 and particularly to one gentleman for his corrections and amendments of at least a third part of the wording4 ,this friend1 ,i am assured1 was ,dr4 ,benjamin ,hoadly the physician1 who carried on the work to about a third part1 ,chap4 ,,ix4 and then1 through indisposition1 declined the friendly office with regret4 ,mr4 ,hogarth applied to his neighbour1 ,mr4 ,ralph2 but it was impossible for two such persons to agree1 both alike vain and positive4 ,he proceeded no farther than about a sheet1 and they then parted friends1 and seem to have continued such4 ,in the ,estimate of the ,manners and ,principles of the ,times1 vol4 ,i4 p4 #dg1 published in #ageg by ,dr4 ,brown1 that author pays a compliment to ,mr4 ,hogarth's genius4 ,mr4 ,ralph1 animadverting on the work1 amongst other things1 says1 ,it is happy for ,mr4 ,hogarth1 in my humble opinion1 that he is brought upon the stage in such company1 rather for the sake of fastening some additional abuse upon the public1 than of bestowing any special grace upon him4 ',neither the comic pencil1 nor the serious pen of our ingenious countrymen 7so the ,estimator or ,appraiser's ,patent of ,allowance runs7 have been able to keep alive the taste of ,nature or of ,beauty4' ,for where he has chosen to be a niggard of his acknowledgements1 every other man would chuse to be a prodigal3 ,nature had played the ,proteus with us1 had invited us to pursue her in every shape1 but had never suffered us to overtake her3 ,beauty all had been smitten with1 but nobody had been able to assign us a rule by which it might be defined3 ,this was ,mr4 ,hogarth's task2 this is what he has succeeded in2 composition is at last become a science2 the student knows what he is in search of2 the connoisseur what to praise2 and fancy or fashion1 or prescription1 will usurp the hacknied name of taste no more4 ,so that1 whatever may be said in disparagement of the age on other accounts1 it has more merit and honour to claim on this1 than any which preceded it4 ,and ,i will venture for once to prophesy1 from the improvements already manifested1 that we shall have the arts of designing to value ourselves upon1 when all our ancient virtues are worn out4 ,the office of finishing the work1 and superintending the publication1 was lastly taken up by ,dr4 ,morell1 who went through the remainder of the book4#dj ,the preface was in like manner corrected by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,townley4 ,the family of ,hogarth rejoiced when the last sheet of the ,analysis was printed off2 as the frequent disputes he had with his coadjutors1 in the progress of the work1 did not much harmonize his disposition4 ,this work was translated into ,german by ,mr4 ,mylins1 when in ,england1 under the author's inspection2 and the translation1 containing twenty-two sheets in quarto1 and two large plates1 was printed in ,london1 price five dollars4 ,of the same performance a new and correct edition was 7,july #a1 #aged7 proposed for publication at ,berlin1 by ,ch4 ,fr4 ,vok1 with an explanation of ,mr4 ,hogarth's satirical prints1 translated from the ,french2 the whole to subscribers for one dollar1 but after six weeks to be raised to two dollars4 ,an ,italian translation was also published at ,leghorn in #agfa1 #hvo1 dedicated ,all' illustrissime ,signora ,diana ,molineux1 ,dama ,inglese4 ,this book1 ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 had many sensible hints and observations2 but it did not carry the conviction1 nor meet the universal acquiescence he expected4 ,as he treated his contemporaries with scorn1 they triumphed over this publication1#da and irritated him to expose him4 ,many wretched burlesque prints came out to ridicule his system4 ,there was a better answer to it in one of the two prints that he gave to illustrate his hypothesis4 ,in the ball1 had he confined himself to such outlines as compose awkwardness and deformity1 he would have proved half his assertion2 but he has added two samples of grace in a young lord and lady1 that are strikingly stiff and affected4 ,they are a ,bath beau and a county ,beauty4 ,hogarth had one failing in common with most people who attain wealth and eminence without the aid of liberal education4 ,he affected to despise every kind of knowledge which he did not possess4 ,having established his fame with little or no obligation to literature1 he either conceived it to be needless1 or decried it because it lay out of his reach4 ,his sentiments1 in short1 resembled those of ,jack ,cade1 who pronounced sentence on the clerk of ,chatham1 because he could write and read4 ,till1 in evil hour1 this celebrated artist commenced an author1 and was obliged to employ the friends already mentioned to correct his ,analysis of ,beauty1#db he did not seem to have discovered that even spelling was a necessary qualification2 and yet he had ventured to ridicule#dc the late ,mr4 ,rich's deficiency as to this particular1 in a note which lies before the ,rake whose play is refused while he remains in confinement for debt4 ,previous to the time of which we are now speaking1 one of our artist's common topicks of declamation was the uselessness of books to a man of his profession4 ,in ,beer-street1 among other volumes consigned by him to the pastry cook1 we find ,turnbull on ancient ,painting1 a treatise which ,hogarth should have been able to understand1 before he ventured to condemn4 ,garrick himself1 however1 was not more ductile to flattery4 ,a word in favour of ,sigismunda1 might have commanded a proof print1 or forced an original sketch out of our artist's hands4 ,the furnisher of this remark owes one of his scarcest performances to the success of a compliment1 which might have stuck even in ,sir ,godfrey ,kneller's throat4 ,the following authenticated story of our artist will also serve to shew how much more easy it is to detect ill-placed or hyperbolical adulation respecting others1 than when applied to ourselves4 ,hogarth being at dinner with the great ,cheselden1 and some other company1 was told that ,mr4 ,john ,freke1 surgeon of ,st4 ,bartholomew's ,hospital1 a few evenings before at ,dick's ,coffee-house1 had asserted1 that ,greene was as eminent in composition as ,handel4 ,that fellow ,freke1 replied ,hogarth1 is always shooting his bolt absurdly one way or another6 ,handel is a giant in music2 ,greene only a light ,florimel kind of a composer4--,ay1 says our artist's informant1 but at the same time ,mr4 ,freke declared you were as good a portrait-painter as ,vandyck4--,there he was in the right1 adds ,hogarth2 and so by ,g-- ,i am1 give me my time1 and let me choose my subject6 ,with ,dr4 ,hoadly1 the late ,chancellor of ,winchester1 ,mr4 ,hogarth was always on terms of the strictest friendship1 and frequently visited him at ,winchester1 ,st4 ,cross1 and ,alresford4 ,it is well known1 that ,dr4 ,hoadly's fondness for theatrical exhibitions was so great1 that few visitors were ever long in his house before they were solicited to accept a part in some interlude or other4 ,he himself1 with ,garrick and ,hogarth1 once performed a laughable parody on the scene in ,julius ,csar1 where the ,ghost appears to ,brutus4 ,hogarth personated the spectre2 but so unretentive was his memory1 that1 although his speech consisted only of two lines1 he was unable to get them by heart4 ,at last they hit on the following expedient in his favour4 ,the verses he was to deliver were written in such large letters1 on the outside of an illuminated paper-lanthorn1 that he could read them when he entered with it in his hand on the stage4 ,hogarth painted a scene on this occasion1 representing a sutling booth1 with the ,duck of ,cumberland's head by way of sign4 ,he also prepared the play-bill1 with characteristic ornaments4 ,the original drawing is still preserved1 and we could wish it were engraved2 as the slightest sketch from the design of so grotesque a painter would be welcome to the numerous collectors of his works4 ,hogarth was also the most absent of men4 ,at table he would sometimes turn round his chair as if he had finished eating1 and as suddenly would return it1 and fall to his meal again4 ,i may add1 that he once directed a letter to ,dr4 ,hoadly1 thus1--,to the ,doctor at ,chelsea4 ,this epistle1 however1 by good luck1 did not miscarry2 and was preserved by the late ,chancellor of ,winchester1 as a pleasant memorial of his friend's extraordinary inattention4 ,another remarkable instance of ,hogarth's absence was told me1 after the first edition of this work1 by one of his intimate friends4 ,soon after he set up his carriage1 he had occasion to pay a visit to the lord-mayor 7,i believe it was ,mr4 ,beckford74 ,when he went1 the weather was fine2 but business detained him till a violent shower of rain came on4 ,he was let out of the ,mansion-house by a different door from that at which he entered2 and1 seeing the rain1 began immediately to call for a hackney-coach4 ,not one was to be met with on any of the neighbouring stands2 and our artist sallied forth to brave the storm1 and actually reached ,leicester-fields without bestowing a thought on his own carriage1 till ,mrs4 ,hogarth 7surprized to see him so wet and splashed7 asked where he had left it4 ,mr4 ,walpole1 in the following note1 p4 #fi1 is willing to expose the indelicacy of the ,flemish painters1 by comparing it with the purity of ,hogarth4 ,when they attempt humour1 says our author1 it is by making a drunkard vomit2 they take evacuations for jokes2 and when they make us sick1 think they make us laugh4 ,a boor hugging a frightful frow is a frequent incident1 even in the works of ,teniers4 ,shall we proceed to examine whether the scenes painted by our countryman are wholly free from the same indelicacies8 ,in one plate of ,hudibras1 where he encounters a ,skimmington1 a man is making water against the end of a house1 while a taylor's wife is most significantly attending to the dirty process4 ,in another plate to the same work1 a boy is pissing into the shoe of ,ralpho1 while the widow is standing by4 ,another boy in the ,enraged ,musician is easing nature by the same mode2 and a little miss is looking earnestly on the operation4 ,in the ,march to ,finchley1 a diseased soldier has no better employment2 and a woman is likewise staring at him out of a window4 ,this circumstance did not escape the observation of ,rouquet the enameller1 whose remarks#dd on the plates of our artist ,i shall have more than once occasion to introduce4 ,il y a1 says he1 dans quelques endroits de cet excellent tableau1 des objets peut tre plus propres peindre qu' dcrire4 ,d'ou vient que les oreilles sont plus chaste que les yeux8 ,ne seroit ce pas parce qu'on peut regarder certains objets dans un tableau1 et feindre de ne pas les voir2 et qu'il n'est pas si ais d'entendre une obscnit1 et de feindre de ne l'entendre pas6 ,l'objet1 dont je veux parler1 est toutefois peu considrable2 il s'agit seulement d'un soldat qui le voyage de ,montpelier conviendroit mieux que celui d',ecosse4 ,l'amour lui a fait une blessure1 c4 ,was this occurrence delicate or precious enough to deserve such frequency of repetition8 ,in the burlesque ,paul before ,felix1 when the ,high ,priest applies his fingers to his nose1 we have reason to imagine that his manuvre was in consequence of some offensive escape during the terrors of the pro-consul of ,judea1 who1 as he is here represented1 conveys no imperfect image of a late ,lord ,mayor1 at the time of the riots in ,london4 ,in this last instance1 indeed1 ,i ought to have observed that ,hogarth meant to satirize1 not to imitate1 the painters of ,holland and ,flanders4 ,but ,i forbear to dwell any longer on such disgusting circumstances2 begging leave only to ask1 whether the canvas of ,teniers exhibits nastier objects than those of the woman cracking a louse between her nails in the fourth plate of the ,harlot's ,progress2 a ,scotch bag-piper catching another in his neck while he is performing at the ,election feast2 ,aurora doing the same kind office for a ,syren or ,nereid1 in the ,strollers1 c42 the old toothless ,french beldams1 slobbering 7,venus forbid we should call it kissing7 each other in the comic print entitled ,noon2 the chamber-pot emptied on the ,free ,mason's head1 in the ,rejoicing ,night2 or the ,lilliputians giving a clyster to ,gulliver8 ,in some of these instances1 however1 the humour may compensate for the indelicacy1 which is rarely the case with such ,dutch pictures as have justly incurred the censure of ,mr4 ,walpole4 ,let us now try how far some of the compositions of ,hogarth have befriended the cause of modesty4 ,in the ,harlot's ,progress1 ,plate ,,vi4 we meet with a hand by no means busied in manner suitable to the purity of its owner's function4 ,hogarth indeed1 in three different works1 has delineated three clergymen2 the one as a drunkard2 the second as a glutton2 and the third as a whoremaster1 who 7,i borrow ,rouquet's words7 est plus occup de sa voisine que de son vin1 qu'il repand par une distraction qu'elle lui cause4 ,he who1 in the eyes of the vulgar1 would degrade our professors of religion1 deserves few thanks from society4 ,in the ,rake's ,progress1 ,plate the last1 how is the hand of the ideal potentate employed1 while he is gazing with no very modest aspect on a couple of young women who pass before his cell numbered #ee8 and to what particular object are the eyes of the said females supposed to be directed8#de ,nay1 in what pursuit is the grenadier engaged who stands with his face toward the wall in ,plate #i4 of ,industry and ,idleness8 ,may we address another question to the reader8 ,is the smile of ,socrates1 or the benevolence of the designer1 very distinguishable in the half dozen last instances8 ,it has been observed indeed by physiognomists1 that the smile of the real ,socrates resembled the grin of a satyr2 and perhaps a few of the particulars here alluded to1 as well as the prints entitled ,,before and ,,after1 ought to be considered as a benevolence to speculative old maids1 or misses not yet enfranchised from a boarding school4 ,had this truly sensible critic1 and elegant writer1 been content to observe1 that such gross circumstances as form the chief subject of ,flemish pictures1 are only incidental and subordinate in those of our artist1 the remark might have escaped reprehension4 ,but perhaps he who has told us that ,st4 ,paul's hand was once improperly placed before the wife of ,felix should not have suffered more glaring insults on decency to pass without a censure4 ,on this occasion1 though ,i may be found to differ from ,mr4 ,walpole1 ,i am ready to confess how much regard is due to the opinions of a gentleman whose mind has been long exercised on a subject which is almost new to me2 especially when ,i recollect that my present researches would have had no guide1 but for the lights held out in the last volume of the ,anecdotes of ,painting in ,england4 ,hogarth boasted that he could draw a ,serjeant with his pike1 going into an alehouse1 and his ,dog following him1 with only three strokes2--which he executed thus3 ,illustration3 see below ,a ,b ,c ,a4 ,the perspective line of the door4 ,b4 ,the end of the ,serjeant's pike1 who is gone in4 ,c4 ,the end of the ,dog's tail1 who is following him4 ,there are similar whims of the ,caracci4 ,a specimen of ,hogarth's propensity to merriment1 on the most trivial occasions1 is observable in one of his cards requesting the company of ,dr4 ,arnold ,king to dine with him at the ,mitre4#df ,within a circle1 to which a knife and fork are the supporters1 the written part is contained4 ,in the center is drawn a pye1 with a mitre on the top of it2 and the invitation of our artist concludes with the following sport on three of the ,greek letters--to ,eta ,beta ,pi4#dg ,the rest of the inscription is not very accurately spelt4 ,a quibble by ,hogarth is surely as respectable as a conundrum by ,swift4 ,some nicer virtuosi have remarked1 that in the serious pieces1 into which ,hogarth has deviated from the natural biass of his genius1 there are some strokes of the ridiculous discernible1 which suit not with the dignity of his subject4 ,in his ,,preaching ,,of ,,st4 ,,paul1 a dog snarling at a cat2#dh and in his ,,pharaoh',s ,,daughter1 the figure of the infant ,moses1 who expresses rather archness than timidity2 are alledged as instances1 that this artist1 unrivalled in his own walk1 could not resist the impulse of his imagination towards drollery4 ,his picture1 however1 of ,richard ,,iii4 is pure and unmixed1 without any ridiculous circumstances1 and strongly impresses terror and amazement4 ,as these observations are extracted from the first edition of ,dr4 ,warton's ,essay on the ,genius and ,writings of ,pope1 it would be uncandid if we did not accompany them with the following note from a subsequent edition of that valuable performance3 ,the author gladly lays hold of the opportunity of this third edition of his work to confess a mistake he had committed with respect to two admirable paintings of ,mr4 ,hogarth1 his ,,paul ,,preaching1 and his ,,infant ,,moses2 which1 on a closer examination1 are not chargeable with the blemishes imputed to them4 ,justice obliges him to declare the high opinion he entertains of the abilities of this inimitable artist1 who shines in so many different lights1 and on such very dissimilar subjects2 and whose works have more of what the ancients called the ,greek3 ,ethos in them1 than the compositions of any other ,modern4 ,for the rest1 the author begs leave to add1 that he is so far from being ashamed of retracting his error1 that he had rather appear a ,,man ,,of ,,candour1 than the best ,,critic that ever lived4#di ,in one of the early exhibitions at ,spring ,gardens1 a very pleasing small picture by ,hogarth made its first appearance4 ,it was painted for the earl of ,charlemont1 in whose collection it remains4#ej ,it was intituled1 ,picquet1 or ,virtue in ,danger1 and shews us a young lady1 who1 during a tte--tte1 had just lost all her money to a handsome officer of her own age4 ,he is represented in the act of returning her a handful of bank bills1 with the hope of exchanging them for a softer acquisition1 and more delicate plunder4 ,on the chimney piece is a watch-case and a figure of ,time over it1 with this motto--,,nunc4 ,hogarth has caught his heroine during this moment of hesitation1 this struggle with herself1 and has marked her feelings with uncommon success4 ,wavering chastity1 as in this instance1 he was qualified to display2 but the graceful reserve of steady and exalted virtue he would certainly have failed to express4 ,he might have conveyed a perfect idea of such an ,iphigenia as is described by ,mr4 ,hayley1 in one of the cantoes of his beautiful poem on the ,triumphs of ,temper2 but the dignity of the same female at the ,tauric altar would have baffled the most vigorous efforts of his pencil4 ,hogarth's ,picquet1 or ,virtue in ,danger1 when exhibited at ,spring ,gardens1 in ,may1 #agfa1 produced the following explanation3 ,ye fair1 be warn'd1 and shun those arts1 ,that faithless men do use for hearts3 ,weigh o'er and o'er the destin'd man1 ,and oft this little lesson scan2 ,if he his character don't fear1 ,for yours he'll very little care3 ,with scorn repulse the wretch so bold1 ,nor pawn your virtue for his gold6 ,of gaming 7cards or not7 beware1 ',tis very often found a snare2 ,but1 lest my precept still should fail1 ,indulge me--whilst ,i tell a tale3 ,dorinda1 chearful1 young1 and gay1 ,oft shone at ,balls1 at ,park1 and ,play2 ,blest with a free1 engaging air1 ,in short1 throughout quite debonnair2 7,excuse me--shall ,i tell the truth87 ,that bane of misled1 heedless youth1 ,gaming--had quite possess'd her mind1 ,to this 7no other vice7 inclin'd3 ,she oft would melancholy sit1 ,no partner near for dear ,picquet6 ,at last a cruel spoiler came1 ,and deeply learn'd in all the game2 ,a son of ,mars1 with iron face1 ,adorn'd with impudence and lace6 ,acquaintance with her soon he gains1 ,he thinks her virtue worth his pains3 ,cards 7after nonsense7 came in course1 ,by sap advances1 not by force4 ,the table set1 the cards are laid1 ,dorinda dreams not she's betray'd2 ,the cards run cross1 she fumes and frets1 ,her brilliant necklace soon she betts1 ,she fears her watch1 but can't resist1 ,a miniature can scarce be mist6 ,at last both watch and trinkets go1 ,a prey to the devouring foe3 ,nay more 7if fame but tells us true71 ,she lost her di'mond buckles too6 ,her bracelets next became his prize1 ,and in his hat the treasure lies4 ,upon her ,virtue next he treats1 ,and ,honour's sacred name repeats3 ,tenders the trinkets1 swears and lies1 ,and vows her person is a prize6 ,then swears 7with hand upon his breast7 ,that he without her can't be blest6 ,then plies her with redoubled pains1 ,t' exchange her virtue for his gains3 ,shame's purple wings o'ershade her face1 ,he triumphs over her disgrace2 ,soon turns to jest her scruples nice1 ,in short1 she falls6--a sacrifice6 ,spoil'd of her virtue in her prime1 ,and1 knowing ,heaven detests the crime1 ,is urg'd1 perhaps1 to dare his rod1 ,and rush unsummon'd to her ,god6 ,ye fair1 if happiness ye prize1 ,regard this rule1 ,be timely wise4 ,in the ,miser's ,feast1 ,mr4 ,hogarth thought proper to pillory ,sir ,isaac ,shard1 a gentleman proverbially avaricious4 ,hearing this1 the son of ,sir ,isaac1 the late ,isaac ,pacatus ,shard1#ea esq4 a young man of spirit1 just returned from his travels1 called at the painter's to see the picture2 and1 among the rest1 asking the ,cicerone whether that odd figure was intended for any particular person2 on his replying1 that it was thought to be very like one ,sir ,isaac ,shard2 he immediately drew his sword1 and slashed the canvas4 ,hogarth appeared instantly in great wrath2 to whom ,mr4 ,shard calmly justified what he had done1 saying1 that this was a very unwarrantable licence2 that he was the injured party's son1 and that he was ready to defend any suit at law2 which1 however1 was never instituted4 ,about #ageg1 his brother-in-law1 ,mr4 ,thornhill1 resigned the place of king's serjeant-painter in favour of ,mr4 ,hogarth2 who soon after made an experiment in painting1 which involved him in some disgrace4 ,the celebrated collection of pictures belonging to ,sir ,luke ,schaub was in #ageh sold by public auction2#eb and the admired picture of ,sigismunda 7purchased by ,sir ,thomas ,sebright for #djd4 l4 #e s47 excited ,mr4 ,hogarth's emulation4 ,from a contempt of the ignorant virtuosi of the age1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1 and from indignation at the impudent tricks of picture-dealers1 whom he saw continually recommending and vending vile copies to bubble collectors1 and from having never studied1 indeed having seen1 few good pictures of the great ,italian masters1 he persuaded himself that the praises bestowed on those glorious works were nothing but the effects of prejudice4 ,he talked this language till he believed it2 and having heard it often asserted1 as is true1 that time gives a mellowness to colours and improves them1 he not only denied the proposition1 but maintained that pictures only grew black and worse by age1 not distinguishing between the degrees in which the proportion might be true or false4 ,he went farther3 he determined to rival the ancients--and unfortunately chose one of the finest pictures in ,england as the object of his competition4 ,this was the celebrated ,sigismunda of ,sir ,luke ,schaub1 now in the possession of the ,duke of ,newcastle1 said to be painted by ,correggio1 probably by ,furino1 but no matter by whom4 ,it is impossible to see the picture1 or read ,dryden's inimitable tale1 and not feel that the same soul animated both4 ,after many essays1 ,hogarth at last produced ,,his ,sigismunda--but no more like ,sigismunda1 than ,i to ,hercules4 ,not to mention the wretchedness of the colouring1 it was the representation of a maudlin strumpet just turned out of keeping1 and1 with eyes red with rage and usquebaugh1 tearing off the ornaments her keeper had given her4 ,to add to the disgust raised by such vulgar expression1 her fingers were bloodied by her lover's heart1#ec that lay before her1 like that of a sheep1 for her dinner4#ed ,none of the sober grief1 no dignity of suppressed anguish1 no involuntary tear1 no settled meditation on the fate she meant to meet1 no amorous warmth turned holy by despair2 in short1 all was wanting that should have been there1 all was there that such a story would have banished from a mind capable of conceiving such complicated woe2 woe so sternly felt1 and yet so tenderly4 ,hogarth's performance was more ridiculous than any thing he had ever ridiculed4 ,he set the price of #djj l4 on it1 and had it returned on his hands by the person for whom it was painted4 ,he took subscriptions for a plate of it2 but had the sense1 at last1 to suppress it4 ,i make no more apology for this account than for the encomiums ,i have bestowed on him4 ,both are dictated by truth1 and are the history of a great man's excellencies and errors4 ,milton1 it is said1 preferred his ,paradise ,regained to his immortal poem4#ee ,hogarth1 however1 gave directions before his death that the ,sigismunda should not be sold under #ejj l4 and1 greatly as he might have been mortified by ,churchill's invective1 and the coldness with which the picture was received by the rest of the world1#ef he never wholly abandoned his design of having a plate prepared from it4 ,finding abundant consolation in the flattery of self-love1 he appealed from the public judgement to his own1 and had actually talked with the celebrated ,mr4 ,hall about the price of the engraving1 which was to have been executed from a smaller painting1#eg copied by himself from the large one4 ,death alone secured him from the contempt such obstinacy would have riveted on his name4 ,to express a sorrow like that of ,tancred's daughter1 few modern artists are fully qualified4 ,we must except indeed ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds1 with whose pencil ,beauty in all her forms1 and the passions in all their varieties1 are equally familiar4 ,since the preceding paragraph was written1 the compiler of this volume has seen an unfinished plate of ,sigismunda1 attempted after the manner of ,edelinck1 etched by ,mr4 ,basire1 but not bit-in1 and from which consequently no proof can have been taken4 ,the size of the plate is #ah inches by #af4 ,the outlines in general1 and particularly of the face1 were completed under the immediate direction of ,mr4 ,hogarth4#eh ,it was intended to be published by subscription4#ei ,the plate itself is still in the hands of ,mr4 ,basire4 ,this unfortunate picture1 which was the source of so much vexation to ,mr4 ,hogarth1 at least made a versifier of him1 and furnished vent to his anger in the following lines2 which1 as ,i know of no other specimen of his poetry1#fj may serve to gratify the curiosity of the reader4 ,the old adage facit indignatio versum1 seems scarcely to have been realised in this splenetic effusion1 which is intituled ,an ,epistle to a ,friend1 occasioned by ,sir ,richard ,grosvenor 7now lord7 returning the picture of ,sigismunda on our artist's hands3 ,to your charge1 the other day ,about my picture and my pay1 ,in metre ,i've a mind to try1 ,one word by way of a reply4 ,to risque1 you'll own1 'twas most absurd1 ,such labour on a rich man's word2 ,to lose at least an hundred days ,of certain gain1 for doubtful praise2 ,since living artists ne'er were paid2 ,but then1 you know1 it was agreed1 ,i should be deem'd an artist dead4 ,like ,raphael1 ,rubens1 ,guido ,rene1 ,this promise fairly drew me in2 ,and having laid my pencil by1#fa ,what painter was more dead than ,i8 ,but dead as ,guido let me be1 ,then judge1 my friend1 'twixt him and me ,if merit crowns alike the piece1 ,what treason to be like in price2 ,because no copied line you trace1 ,the picture can't be right1 you're sure2 ,but say1 my critic connoisseur1 ,moves it the heart as much or more ,than picture ever did before8 ,this is the painter's truest test1 ,and this ,sir ,richard's self confess'd4 ,nay1 'tis so moving1 that the knight ,can't even bear it in his sight2 ,then who would tears so dearly buy1 ,as give four hundred pounds to cry8 ,i own1 he chose the prudent part1 ,rather to break his word than heart2 ,and yet1 methinks1 'tis ticklish dealing1 ,with one so delicate--in feeling4 ,however1 let the picture rust1 ,perhaps time's price-enhancing dust1 ,as statues moulder into earth1 ,when ,i'm no more1 may mark its worth2 ,and future connoisseurs may rise1 ,honest as ours1 and full as wise1 ,to puff the piece and painter too1 ,and make me then what ,guido's now4 ,the last memorable event in our artist's life1 as ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 was his quarrel with ,mr4 ,wilkes1 in which1 if ,mr4 ,hogarth did not commence direct hostilities on the latter1 he at least obliquely gave the first offence1 by an attack on the friends and party of that gentleman4 ,this conduct was the more surprizing1 as he had all his life avoided dipping his pencil in political contests1 and had early refused a very lucrative offer that was made to engage him in a set of prints against the head of a court-party4 ,without entering into the merits of the cause1 ,i shall only state the fact4 ,in ,september #agfb1 ,mr4 ,hogarth published his print of ,the ,times4 ,it was answered by ,mr4 ,wilkes in a severe ,north ,briton4#fb ,on this the painter exhibited the caricatura of the writer4 ,mr4 ,churchill1 the poet1 then engaged in the war1 and wrote his epistle to ,hogarth1 not the brightest of his works1#fc in which the severest strokes fell on a defect that the painter had neither caused nor could amend--his age2#fd and which1 however1 was neither remarkable nor decrepit2 much less had it impaired his talents1 as appeared by his having composed but six months before one of his most capital works1 the satire on the ,methodists4 ,in revenge for this epistle1 ,hogarth caricatured ,churchill1 under the form of a canonical bear1 with a club and a pot of porter--et vitul tu dignus hic--never did two angry men of their abilities throw mud with less dexterity4 ,the concluding observation of ,mr4 ,walpole is mortifyingly true4 ,it may be amusing to compare the account given of this squabble1 which long engrossed the attention of the town1 with the narrative of it printed by ,mr4 ,wilkes2 who states the circumstances of it in the following manner3 ,mr4 ,hogarth was one of the first who1 in the paper war begun by lord ,bute on his accession to the ,treasury1 sacrificed private friendship at the altar of party madness4 ,in #agfb1 the ,scotch minister took a variety of hirelings into his pay1 some of whom were gratified with pensions1 others with places and pensions4 ,mr4 ,hogarth was only made serjeant-painter to his majesty1 as if it was meant to insinuate to him1 that he was not allowed to paint any thing but the wainscot of the royal apartments4 ,the term means no more than house-painter1 and the nature of the post confined him to that business4 ,he was not employed in any other way4 ,a circumstance can scarcely be imagined more humiliating to a man of spirit and genius1 who really thought that he more particularly excelled in portrait-painting4 ,the new minister had been attacked in a variety of political papers4 ,the ,north ,briton in particular1 which commenced the week after ,the ,briton1 waged open war with him4 ,some of the numbers had been ascribed to ,mr4 ,wilkes1 others to ,mr4 ,churchill1 and ,mr4 ,lloyd4 ,mr4 ,hogarth had for several years lived on terms of friendship and intimacy with ,mr4 ,churchill and ,mr4 ,wilkes4 ,as the ,buckinghamshire militia1 which this gentleman had the honour of commanding1 had been for some months at ,winchester guarding the ,french prisoners1 the ,colonel was there on that duty4 ,a friend wrote to him1 that ,mr4 ,hogarth intended soon to publish a political print of ,the ,times1 in which ,mr4 ,pitt1 ,lord ,temple1 ,mr4 ,churchill1 and himself1 were held out to the public as objects of ridicule4 ,mr4 ,wilkes1 on this notice1 remonstrated by two of their common friends to ,mr4 ,hogarth1 that such a proceeding would not only be unfriendly in the highest degree1 but extremely injudicious2 for such a pencil ought to be universal and moral1 to speak to all ages1 and to all nations1 not to be dipt in the dirt of the faction of a day1 of an insignificant part of the country1 when it might command the admiration of the whole4 ,an answer was sent1 that neither ,mr4 ,wilkes nor ,mr4 ,churchill were attacked in ,the ,times1 though ,lord ,temple and ,mr4 ,pitt were1 and that the print should soon appear4 ,a second message soon after told ,mr4 ,hogarth1 that ,mr4 ,wilkes should never believe it worth his while to take notice of any reflections on himself2 but if his friends were attacked1 he should then think he was wounded in the most sensible part1 and would1 as well as he was able1 revenge their cause2 adding1 that if he thought the ,north ,briton would insert what he sent1 he would make an appeal to the public on the very ,saturday following the publication of the print4 ,the ,times soon after appeared1 and on the ,saturday following ,sept4 #be1 #agfb1 ,n #ag1 of the ,north ,briton1 which is a direct attack on the king's serjeant-painter4#fe ,if ,mr4 ,wilkes did write that paper1 he kept his word better with ,mr4 ,hogarth1 than the painter had done with him4 ,it is perhaps worth remarking1 that the painter proposed to give a series of political prints1 and that ,the ,times were marked ,plate ,i4 ,no farther progress was however made in that design4 ,the public beheld the first feeble efforts with execrations1 and it is said that the caricaturist was too much hurt by the general opinion of mankind1 to possess himself afterwards sufficiently for the execution of such a work4 ,when ,mr4 ,wilkes was the second time brought from the ,tower to ,westminster-hall1 ,mr4 ,hogarth skulked behind in a corner of the gallery of the ,court of ,common ,pleas2 and while the ,chief ,justice ,pratt1#ff with the eloquence and courage of old ,rome1 was enforcing the great principles of ,magna ,charta1 and the ,english constitution1 while every breast from him caught the holy flame of liberty1 the painter was wholly employed in caricaturing the person of the man2 while all the rest of his fellow citizens were animated in his cause1 for they knew it to be their own cause1 that of their country1 and of its laws4 ,it was declared to be so a few hours after by the unanimous sentence of the judges of that court1 and they were all present4 ,the print of ,mr4 ,wilkes was soon after published1 drawn from the life by ,william ,hogarth4 ,it must be allowed to be an excellent compound caricatura1 or a caricatura of what nature had already caricatured4 ,i know but one short apology can be made for this gentleman1 or1 to speak more properly1 for the person of ,mr4 ,wilkes4 ,it is1 that he did not make himself1 and that he never was solicitous about the case of his soul1 as ,shakspeare calls it1 only so far as to keep it clean and in health4 ,i never heard that he once hung over the glassy stream1 like another ,narcissus1 admiring the image in it1 nor that he ever stole an amorous look at his counterfeit in a side mirrour4 ,his form1 such as it is1 ought to give him no pain1 because it is capable of giving pleasure to others4 ,i fancy he finds himself tolerably happy in the clay-cottage1 to which he is tenant for life1 because he has learnt to keep it in good order4 ,while the share of health and animal spirits1 which heaven has given him1 shall hold out1 ,i can scarcely imagine he will be one moment peevish about the outside of so precarious1 so temporary a habitation1 or will even be brought to own1 ingenium ,galb male habitat4 ,monsieur est mal log4 ,mr4 ,churchill was exasperated at this personal attack on his friend4 ,he soon after published the ,epistle to ,william ,hogarth1#fg and took for the motto1 ut pictura poesis4 ,mr4 ,hogarth's revenge against the poet terminated in vamping up an old print of a pug-dog and a bear1 which he published under the title of ,the ,bruiser ,c4 ,churchill 7once the ,revd467 in the character of a ,russian ,hercules1 c4 ,the ,editor of the ,monthly ,review for ,november1 #agfi1 in an account of ,mr4 ,wilkes's correspondence1 remarks1 ,the writer of this article had in substance the same relation from the mouth of ,mr4 ,hogarth himself1 but a very little while before his death2#fh and the leading facts appeared1 from his candid representation1 in nearly the same light as in this account which our readers have been just perusing4 ,i have been assured by the friend#fi who first carried and read the invective of ,churchill to ,hogarth1 that he seemed quite insensible to the most sarcastical parts of it4 ,he was so thoroughly wounded before by the ,north ,briton1 especially with regard to what related to domestic happiness1 that he lay no where open to a fresh stroke4 ,some readers1 however1 may entertain a doubt on this subject4 ,a man feels most exquisitely when the merit of which he is proudest is denied him2 and it might be urged1 that ,hogarth was more solicitous to maintain the character of a good painter1 than of a tender husband4 ,one quotation1 however1 from ,churchill's ,epistle the warmest admirers of our matchless artist must be pleased with3 ,in walks of humour1 in that cast of style1 ,which1 probing to the quick1 yet makes us smile2 ,in ,comedy1 his natural road to fame1 ,nor let me call it by a meaner name1 ,where a beginning1 middle1 and an end1 ,are aptly join'd2 where parts on parts depend1 ,each made for each1 as bodies for their soul1 ,so as to form one true and perfect whole1 ,where a plain story to the eye is told1 ,which we conceive the moment we behold2#gj ,hogarth unrival'd stands1 and shall engage ,unrival'd praise to the most distant age4 ,hogarth having been said to be in his dotage when1 he produced his print of the ,bear1 it should seem as if he had been provoked to make the following additions to this print1 in order to give a further specimen of his still existing genius4 ,in the form of a framed picture on the painter's palette1 he has represented an ,egyptian pyramid1 on the side of which is a ,cheshire cheese1#ga and round it #cjjj l4 per annum2 and at the foot a ,roman ,veteran in a reclining posture1 designed as an allusion to ,mr4 ,pitt's resignation4 ,the cheese is meant to allude to a former speech of his1 wherein he said that he would rather subsist a week on a ,cheshire cheese and a shoulder of mutton1 than submit to the implacable enemies of his country4 ,but to ridicule this character still more1 he is1 as he lies down1 firing a piece of ordnance at the standard of ,britain1 on which is a dove with an olive-branch1 the emblem of peace4 ,on one side of the pyramid is the ,city of ,london1 represented by the figure of one of the ,guildhall giants1 going to crown the reclining hero4 ,on the other side is the king of ,prussia1 in the character of one of the ,csars1 but smoking his pipe4 ,in the center stands ,hogarth himself1 whipping a ,dancing ,bear 7,churchill7 which he holds in a string4 ,at the side of the ,bear is a ,monkey1 designed for ,mr4 ,wilkes4 ,between the legs of the little animal is a mop-stick1 on which he seems to ride1 as children do on a hobby-horse3 at the top of the mop-stick is the cap of liberty4 ,the ,monkey is undergoing the same discipline as the ,bear4 ,behind the ,monkey is the figure of a man1 but with no lineaments of face1 and playing on a fiddle4 ,this was designed for ,earl ,temple4 ,at the time these hostilities were carrying on in a manner so virulent and disgraceful to all the parties1 ,hogarth was visibly declining in his health4 ,in #agfb1 he complained of an inward pain1 which1 continuing1 brought on a general decay that proved incurable4#gb ,this last year of his life he employed in retouching his plates with the assistance of several engravers whom he took with him to ,chiswick4 ,on the #beth of ,october1 #agfd1 he was conveyed from thence to ,leicester-fields1 in a very weak condition1 yet remarkably chearful2 and1 receiving an agreeable letter from the ,american ,dr4 ,franklin1 drew up a rough draught of an answer to it2 but going to bed1 he was seized with a vomiting1 upon which he rung his bell with such violence that he broke it1 and expired about two hours afterwards in the arms of ,mrs4 ,mary ,lewis1 who was called up on his being taken suddenly ill4 ,to this lady1 for her faithful services1 he bequeathed #ajj l4 ,after the death of ,hogarth's sister1 ,mrs4 ,lewis succeeded to the care of his prints2 and1 without violation of truth1 it may be observed1 that her good nature and affability recommend these performances which she continues to dispose of at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's house in ,leicester-square4 ,before our artist went to bed1 he boasted of having eaten a pound of beef-steaks for his dinner1#gc and was to all appearance heartier than he had been for a long time before4 ,his disorder was an aneurism2 and his corpse was interred in the church-yard at ,chiswick1 where a monument is erected to his memory1 with this inscription1 under his family arms3 ,here lieth the body ,of ,william ,hogarth1 ,esq4 ,who died ,october the #bfth1 #agfd2 ,aged #fg years4 ,on another side1 which is ornamented with a masque1 a laurel wreath1 a palette1 pencils1 and a book1 inscribed ,analysis of ,beauty1 are the following verses by his friend ,mr4 ,garrick3 ,farewell1 great painter of mankind1 ,who reach'd the noblest point of art2 ,whose pictur'd morals charm the mind1 ,and through the eye correct the heart4 ,if genius fire thee1 reader1 stay1 ,if nature touch thee1 drop a tear2 ,if neither move thee1 turn away1 ,for ,hogarth's honoured dust lies here4 ,on a third side is this inscription3 ,here lieth the body ,of ,dame ,judith ,thornhill1 ,relict of ,sir ,james ,thornhill1 knight1 ,of ,thornhill in the county of ,dorset4 ,she died ,november the #abth1 #ageg1 ,aged #hd years4 ,and on the fourth side3 ,here lieth the body ,of ,mrs4 ,anne ,hogarth1 sister to ,william ,hogarth1 ,esq4 ,she died ,august the #acth1 #agga1 ,aged #gj years4 ,mr4 ,hayley1 in his justly admired ,epistle to an ,eminent ,painter 7,mr4 ,romney71 has since expressed himself concerning our artist in terms that confer yet higher honours on his comic excellence3 ,nor1 if her favour'd hand may hope to shed ,the flowers of glory o'er the skilful dead1 ,thy talents1 ,hogarth6 will she leave unsung2 ,charm of all eyes1 and ,theme of every tongue6 ,a separate province 'twas thy praise to rule2 ,self-form'd thy ,pencil6 yet thy works a ,school1 ,where strongly painted1 in gradations nice1 ,the ,pomp of ,folly1 and the ,shame of ,vice1 ,reach'd thro' the laughing ,eye the mended ,mind1 ,and moral ,humour sportive ,art refin'd4 ,while fleeting ,manners1 as minutely shown ,as the clear prospect on the mirror thrown2 ,while ,truth of ,character1 exactly hit1 ,and drest in all the dyes of comic wit2 ,while these1 in ,fielding's page1 delights supply1 ,so long thy ,pencil with his ,pen shall vie4 ,science with grief beheld thy drooping age ,fall the sad victim of a ,poet's rage3 ,but ,wit's vindictive spleen1 that mocks controul1 ,nature's high tax on luxury of soul6 ,this1 both in ,bards and ,painters1 ,fame forgives ,their ,frailty's buried1 but their ,genius lives4 ,thus far the encomiast1 who seeks only for opportunities of bestowing praise4 ,a more impartial narrative will be expected from the biographer4 ,it may be truly observed of ,hogarth1 that all his powers of delighting were restrained to his pencil4#gd ,having rarely been admitted into polite circles1 none of his sharp corners had been rubbed off1 so that he continued to the last a gross uncultivated man4 ,the slightest contradiction transported him into rage4 ,to be member of a ,club consisting of mechanics1 or those not many removes above them1 seems to have been the utmost of his social ambition2 but even in these assemblies he was oftener sent to ,coventry for misbehaviour1 than any other person who frequented them4 ,to some confidence in himself he was certainly entitled2 for1 as a comic painter1 he could have claimed no honour that would not most readily have been allowed him2#ge but he was at once unprincipled and variable in his political conduct and attachments4 ,he is also said to have beheld the rising eminence and popularity of ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds with a degree of envy2 and1 if ,i am not misinformed1 frequently spoke with asperity both of him and his performances4 ,justice1 however1 obliges me to add1 that our artist was liberal1 hospitable1 and the most punctual of pay-masters2 so that1 in spite of the emoluments his works had procured to him1 he left but an inconsiderable fortune to his widow4 ,his plates indeed are such resources as may not speedily be exhausted4 ,some of his domestics had lived many years in his service1 a circumstance that always reflects credit on a master4 ,of most of these he painted strong likenesses on a canvas still in ,mrs4 ,hogarth's possession4 ,his widow has also a portrait of her husband1 and an excellent bust of him by ,roubilliac1 a strong resemblance2 and one of his brother-in-law ,mr4 ,thornhill1 much resembling the countenance of ,mrs4 ,hogarth4 ,several of his portraits also remain in her possession3 viz4 a finished portrait of ,mrs4 ,mary ,lewis2 ,thomas ,coombes of ,dorsetshire1 aged #ajh2 ,lady ,thornhill2 ,mrs4 ,hogarth herself1 c4 c4 ,a portrait of ,hogarth with his hat on1 painted for the late ,rev4 ,mr4 ,townley by ,weltdon1 and said to be finished by himself1 is in the possession of ,mr4 ,james ,townley1 proctor in ,doctors ,commons4 ,a mezzotinto print from it will be mentioned under the year #agha in the ,catalogue4 ,mr4 ,edwards1 of ,beaufort ,buildings1 has the portrait of ,sir ,george ,hay1 ,the ,savoyard ,girl1 ,the ,bench1 and ,mary ,queen of ,scots1#gf by ,hogarth4 ,a conversation-piece by him is likewise at ,wanstead in ,essex1 the seat of ,earl ,tylney4#gg ,and ,mrs4 ,hoadly has a scene of ,ranger and ,clarinda in ,the ,suspicious ,husband2 and the late ,chancellor ,hoadly repeating a song to ,dr4 ,greene1 for him to compose2 both by ,hogarth4 ,the first of these is an indifferent picture1 and contains very inadequate likenesses of the persons represented4 ,one of the best portraits ,hogarth ever painted1 is at ,lichfield4 ,it is of a gentleman with whom he was very intimate1 and at whose houses at ,mortlake and in ,ironmongers-,lane he spent much of his time--,mr4 ,joseph ,porter1 of ,london1 merchant1 who died ,april #g1 #agdi4 ,mrs4 ,porter the sister of this gentleman 7who was daughter of ,dr4 ,johnson's wife by a former husband7 is in possession of the picture4--,john ,steers1 esq4 7of ,the ,paper ,buildings in ,the ,temple7 has an auction by ,hogarth1 in which ,dr4 ,chauncey1 ,dr4 ,snagg1 and others1 are introduced2 and the ,earl of ,exeter has a butcher's shop1 with ,slack fighting1 c4 ,of ,hogarth's lesser plates many were destroyed4 ,when he wanted a piece of copper on a sudden1 he would take any from which he had already worked off such a number of impressions as he supposed he should sell4 ,he then sent it to be effaced1 beat out1 or otherwise altered to his present purpose4 ,the plates which remained in his possession were secured to ,mrs4 ,hogarth by his will1 dated ,august #ab1 #agfd1 chargeable with an annuity of #hj l4 to his sister ,anne1#gh who survived him4 ,when1 on the death of his other sister1 she left off the business in which she was engaged 7see1 in the ,catalogue1 the first article among the ,prints of uncertain date17 he kindly took her home1 and generously supported her1 making her1 at the same time1 useful in the disposal of his prints4 ,want of tenderness and liberality to his relations was not among the failings of ,hogarth4 ,of ,hogarth's drawings and contributions towards the works of others1 perhaps a number1 on enquiry1 might be found4 ,an acquaintance of his1 the late worthy ,mr4 ,john ,sanderson1 architect1 who repaired ,woburn ,abbey1 as well as ,bedford ,house in ,bloomsbury-square1 possessed several of his curiosities4 ,one was a sketch in black-lead of a celebrated young engraver 7long since dead7 in a salivation4 ,the best that can be said of it is1 that it was most disgustingly natural4 ,even the coarse ornaments on the corners of the blankets which enwrapped him1 were characteristically expressed4 ,our artist seems to have repeated the same idea1 though with less force1 and fewer adjuncts1 in the third of his ,election prints1 where a figure swaddled up in flannel is conveyed to the hustings4 ,two other works1 viz4 a drawing in ,indian ink1 and a painting in oil colours1 exhibited ,bedford ,house in different points of view2 the figures only by ,hogarth4 ,another represented the corner of a street1 with a man drinking under the spout of a pump1 and heartily angry with the water1 which1 by issuing out too fast1 and in too great quantities1 had deluged his face4 ,our great painter had obliged ,mr4 ,sanderson with several other comic sketches1 c4 but most of them had been either begged or stolen1 before the communicator of these particulars became acquainted with him4 ,in the year #agde1 ,launcelot ,burton was appointed naval officer at ,deal4 ,hogarth had seen him by accident2 and on a piece of paper1 previously impressed by a plain copper-plate1 drew his figure with a pen1 in imitation of a coarse etching4 ,he was represented on a lean ,canterbury hack1 with a bottle sticking out of his pocket2 and underneath was an inscription1 intimating that he was going down to take possession of his place4 ,this was inclosed to him in a letter2 and some of his friends1 who were in the secret1 protested the drawing to be a print which they had seen exposed to sale at the shops in ,london2 a circumstance that put him in a violent passion1 during which he wrote an abusive letter to ,hogarth1 whose name was subscribed to the work4 ,but1 after poor ,burton's tormentors had kept him in suspence throughout an uneasy three weeks1 they proved to him that it was no engraving1 but a sketch with a pen and ink4 ,he then became so perfectly reconciled to his resemblance1 that he shewed it with exultation to ,admiral ,vernon1 and all the rest of his friends4 ,in #agec1 ,hogarth returning with ,dr4 ,morell from a visit to ,mr4 ,rich at ,cowley1 stopped his chariot1 and got out1 being struck by a large drawing 7with a coal7 on the wall of an alehouse4 ,he immediately made a sketch of it with triumph2 it was a ,st4 ,george and the ,dragon1 all in strait lines4 ,hogarth made one essay in sculpture4 ,he wanted a sign to distinguish his house in ,leicester-fields2 and thinking none more proper than the ,golden ,head1 he1 out of a mass of cork made up of several thicknesses compacted together1 carved a bust of ,vandyck1 which he gilt and placed over his door4 ,it is long since decayed1 and was succeeded by a head in plaster1 which has also perished2 and is supplied by a head of ,sir ,isaac ,newton4 ,hogarth modelled another resemblance of ,vandyck in clay2 which is likewise destroyed4 ,it is very properly observed by ,mr4 ,walpole1 that ,if ever an author wanted a commentary1 that none of his beauties might be lost1 it is ,hogarth2 not from being obscure 7for he never was that but in two or three of his first prints1 where transient national follies1 as ,lotteries1 ,free-masonry1 and the ,south ,sea1 were his topics7 but for the use of foreigners1 and from a multiplicity of little incidents1 not essential to1 but always heightening the principal action4 ,such is the spider's web extended over the poor's box in a parish church2 the blunders in architecture in the nobleman's seat1 seen through the window1 in the first print of ,marriage la ,mode2 and a thousand in the ,strollers dressing in a barn1 which1 for wit and imagination1 without any other aid1 is perhaps the best of all his works2 as1 for useful and deep satire1 that on the ,methodists is the most sublime4 ,rouquet1 the enameller1 published a ,french explanation1 though a superficial one1 of many of his prints1 which1 it was said1 he had drawn up for the use of ,marshal ,belleisle1 then a prisoner in ,england4 ,however great the deficiencies in this work may be1 it was certainly suggested by ,hogarth1 and drawn up at his immediate request4 ,i receive this information from undoubted authority4 ,some of the circumstances explanatory of the plates1 he communicated2 the rest he left to be supplied by ,rouquet his near neighbour1 who lived in the house at which ,gardelle the enameller afterwards lodged1 and murdered his landlady ,mrs4 ,king4 ,rouquet1 who 7as ,i learn from ,mr4 ,walpole7 was a ,swiss of ,french extraction1 had formerly published a small tract on the state of the ,arts in ,england1 and another1 intituled ,l',art de peinture en fromage ou en ramequin1 #agee2 #abmo4 7,v4 ,la ,france litteraire1 ou ,dictionaire des ,auteurs ,franois vivans1 par ,m4 ,formey1 #ageg47 ,on the present occasion he was liberally paid by ,hogarth1 for having cloathed his sentiments and illustrations in a foreign dress4 ,this pamphlet was designed1 and continues to be employed1 as a constant companion to all such sets of his prints as go abroad4 ,only the letter descriptive of the ,march to ,finchley was particularly meant for the instruction of ,marshal ,belleisle4#gi ,it was added after the three former epistles had been printed off1 and before the plate was published4 ,the entire performance1 however1 in my opinion1 exhibits very strong marks of the vivacious compiler's taste1 country1 and prejudices4 ,indeed many passages must have been inserted without the privity of his employer1 who had no skill in the ,french language4 ,that our clergy always affect to ride on white horses1 and other remarks of a similar turn1 c4 c4 could never have fallen from the pen of ,hogarth1 or any other ,englishman4 ,this epistle bears also internal evidence to the suggestions ,rouquet received from ,hogarth4 ,are not the self-congratulations and prejudices of our artist sufficiently visible in the following passage8 ,ce ,tableau dis-je a le defaut d'etre encore tout brillant de cette ignoble fracheur qu'on decouvre dans la nature1 et qu'on ne voit jamais dans les cabinets bien clbres4 ,le tems ne l'a point encore obscurci de cette decte fume1 de ce usage sacr1 qui le cachera quelque jour aux yeux profanes du vulgaire1 pour ne laisser voir ses beauts qu'aux initis4 ,the title of this performance1 is1 ,lettres de ,monsieur 99 99 un de ses ,amis ,paris1 pour lui expliquer les ,estampes de ,monsieur ,hogarth4--,imprim ,londres3 et se vend chez ,r4 ,dodsley1 dans ,pall ,mall2 et chez ,m4 ,cooper1 dans ,paternoster ,row1 #agdf4 7,le prix est de douze sols47 ,i should here observe1 that this pamphlet affords only descriptions of the ,harlot's and ,rake's ,progress1 ,marriage la ,mode1 and the ,march to ,finchley4 ,nine other plates1 viz4 the ,modern ,midnight ,conversation1 the ,distressed ,poet1 the ,enraged ,musician1 the ,fair1 ,strolling ,actresses dressing in a ,barn1 and the ,four ,times of the ,day1 are enumerated without particular explanation4 ,i am authorized to add1 that ,hogarth1 not long before his death1 had determined1 in compliance with the repeated solicitations of his customers1 to have this work enlarged and rendered into ,english1 with the addition of ample comments on all his performances undescribed by ,rouquet4 ,hogarth ,moralised#hj will however in some small degree 7a very small one7 contribute to preserve the memory of those temporary circumstances which ,mr4 ,walpole is so justly apprehensive will be lost to posterity4 ,such an undertaking indeed1 requires a more intimate acquaintance with fleeting customs1 and past occurrences1 than the compiler of this work can pretend to4 ,yet enough has been done by him to awaken a spirit of enquiry1 and point out the means by which it may be farther gratified4 ,the works of ,hogarth1 as his elegant biographer has well observed1 are his history2#ha and the curious are highly indebted to ,mr4 ,walpole for a catalogue of prints1 drawn up from his own valuable collection1 in #agga4 ,but as neither that catalogue1 nor his appendix to it in #aghj1 have given the whole of ,mr4 ,hogarth's labours1 ,i hope that ,i shall not be blamed if1 by including ,mr4 ,walpole's catalogue1 ,i have endeavoured from later discoveries of our artist's prints in other collections1 to arrange them in chronological order4 ,it may not be unamusing to trace the rise and progress of a ,genius so strikingly original4 ,hogarth gave first impressions of all his plates to his late friends the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,townley and ,dr4 ,isaac ,schomberg4#hb ,both sets were sold since the death of these gentlemen4 ,that which was ,dr4 ,schomberg's became the property of the late ,sir ,john ,chapman1 baronet2 and passed after his death into the hands of his brother1 the late ,sir ,william ,chapman4 ,i should add1 indeed1 that our artist never sorted his impressions1 selecting the slight from the strong ones3 so that they who wish to possess any equal series of his prints1 must pick it out of different sets4 ,a portrait of ,samuel ,martin1 esq4 the antagonist of ,mr4 ,wilkes1 which ,mr4 ,hogarth had painted for his own use1 he gave as a legacy to ,mr4 ,martin4 ,mrs4 ,baynes1 of ,kneeton-,hall1 near ,richmond1 ,yorkshire1 has an original picture by ,hogarth1 four feet two inches long1 by two feet four inches wide4 ,it is a landscape1 with several figures2 a man driving sheep2 a boat upon a piece of water1 and a distant view of a town4 ,this picture was bought in ,london1 by her father1 many years ago4 ,at ,lord ,essex's sale1 in ,january #aggg1 ,mr4 ,garrick bought a picture by ,hogarth1 being the examination of the recruits before the justices ,shallow and ,silence4 ,for this1 it was said in the news-papers1 he gave #cej guineas4 ,i have since been told1 that remove the figure #c1 and the true price paid by the purchaser remains4 ,in private he allowed that he never gave the former of these sums1 though in the public prints he did not think such a confession necessary4 ,it was in reality an indifferent performance1 as those of ,hogarth commonly were1 when he strove to paint up to the ideas of others4 ,mr4 ,browning1 of ,king's ,college1 ,cambridge1 has a small picture by ,hogarth1 representing ,clare-,market4 ,it seems to have been one of our artist's early performances4 ,there are three large pictures by ,hogarth1 over the altar in the church of ,st4 ,mary ,redcliff at ,bristol2 the sealing of the sacred ,sepulchre1 the ,ascension1 and the three ,maries1 c4 ,a sum of money was left to defray the expence of these ornaments1 and it found its way into ,hogarth's pocket4 ,the original sketches in oil for these performances1 are now at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's house in ,leicester-fields4 ,in ,lord ,grosvenor's house1 at ,milbank1 ,westminster1 is a small painting by our artist on the following subject4 ,a boy's paper-kite in falling become entangled with furze3 the boy arrives just as a crow is tearing it in pieces4 ,the expression in his face is worthy of ,hogarth4 ,hogarth was also supposed to have had some hand in the exhibition of signs1#hc projected above #bj years ago by ,bonnel ,thornton1 of festive memory2 but ,i am informed1 that he contributed no otherwise towards this display1 than by a few touches of chalk4 ,among the heads of distinguished personages1 finding those of the ,king of ,prussia and the ,empress of ,hungary1 he changed the cast of their eyes so as to make them leer significantly at each other4 ,this is related on the authority of ,mr4 ,colman4 ,mr4 ,richardson 7now1 as ,dr4 ,johnson says1 better known by his books than his pictures1 though his colouring is allowed to be masterly7 having accounted for some classical quotations in his notes on ,milton1 unlearned as he was1 by his son's assisting him as a telescope does the eye in astronomy2 ,hogarth shewed him with a telescope looking through his son 7in no very decent attitude7 at a ,virgil aloft on a shelf2 but afterwards destroyed the plate1 and recalled the prints4 ,qu4 if any remain1 and what date8--,i much question whether this subject was ever thrown upon copper1 or meant for the public eye4 ,in the ,nouveau ,dictionnaire ,historique1 ,caen1 #aghc1 our artist is thus characterized3 ,ses compositions sont mal dessines foiblement colories2 mais ce sont des tableaux parlans de diverses scnes comiques ou morales de la vie4 ,il avoit nglig le mchanisme de son art1 c'est -dire1 les traits du pinceau1 le rapport des parties entr'elles1 l'efft du clare obscure1 l'harmonie du coloris1 c4 pour s'lever jusqu' la perfection de ce mchanisme1 c'est -dire1 au potique au moral de la peinture4 ',je reconnois1' disoit-il1 'tout le monde pour juge comptent de mes tableaux1 except les connoisseurs de profession4' ,un seul exemple prouvera combien russit4 ,il avoit fait graver une estampe1 dans laquelle il avoit exprim avec nergie les diffrens tourmens qu'on fait prouver aux animaux4 ,un charrier fouettoit un jour ses chevaux avec beaucoup de duret2 un bon homme1 touch de piti1 lui dit1 ',miserable6 tu n'as donc pas vu l'estampe d',hogarth8' ,il n'toit pas seulement peintre1 il fut crivain4 ,il publia en #agej un trait en ,anglois1 intitul1 ',analyse de la ,beaut4' ,l'auteur pretend que les formes arrondies constituent la beaut du corps3 principe vrai certains gards1 faux a plusieurs autres4 ,voy4 sur cet artiste1 la scond volume du ',mercure de ,france1' ,janvier1 #aggj4 ,mr4 ,peter ,dupont1 a merchant1 had the drawing of ,paul before ,felix1 which he purchased for #bj guineas1 and bound up with a set of ,hogarth's prints4 ,the whole set was afterwards sold by auction1 at ,baker's1 for #ag l4 to ,mr4 ,ballard of ,little ,britain1 in whose catalogue it stood some time marked at #be l4 and was parted with for less than that sum4 ,the following original drawings1 by ,hogarth1 are now in the collection of the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,lort3 ,a coloured sketch of a ,family ,picture1 with ten whole-length figures1 most insipidly employed4 ,a ,head of a ,sleeping ,child1 in colours1 as large as life1 c4 c4 c4 ,when ,hogarth designed the print intituled ,morning1 his idea of an ,old ,maid appears to have been adopted from one of that forlorn sisterhood1 when emaciated by corroding appetites1 or1 to borrow ,dryden's more forcible language1 by agony of unaccomplished love4 ,but there is in being1 and perhaps in ,leicester-fields1 a second portrait by our artist1 exhibiting the influence of the same misfortune on a more fleshy carcase4 ,the ancient virgin#hd now treated of1 is corpulent even to shapelessness4 ,her neck resembles a collar of brawn2 and had her arms been admitted on the canvas1 they must have rivalled in magnitude the thighs of the ,farnesian god4 ,her bosom1 luckily for the spectator1 is covered2 as a display of it would have served only to provoke abhorrence4 ,but what words can paint the excess of malice and vulgarity predominant in her visage6--an inflated hide that seems bursting with venom--a brow wrinkled by a ,sardonic grin that threatens all the vengeance an affronted ,fury would rejoice to execute4 ,such ideas also of warmth does this mountain of quaggy flesh communicate1 that1 without hyperbole1 one might swear she would parch the earth she trod on1 thaw a frozen post-boy1 or over-heat a glasshouse4 ,how dreadful1 said a bystander1 would be this creature's hatred6 ,how much more formidable1 replied his companion1 would be her love6--,such1 however1 was the skill of ,hogarth1 that he could impress similar indications of stale virginity on features directly contrasted1 and force us to acknowledge one identical character in the brim-full and exhausted representative of involuntary female celibacy4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has likewise a sketch in chalk1 on blue paper1 of ,falstaff and his companions2 two sketches intended for the ,happy ,marriage2 a sketch for a picture to shew the pernicious effects of masquerading2 sketch of ,king ,george ,,ii4 and the royal family2 sketch of his present ,majesty1 taken hastily on seeing the new coinage of #agfd2 portrait of ,hogarth by himself1 with a palette2 of ,justice ,welsh2#he of ,sir ,james ,thornhill2 of ,sir ,edward ,walpole2#hf of his friend ,george ,lambert1 the landscape-painter2 of a boy2 of a girl's head1 in the character of ,diana1 finished according to ,hogarth's idea of beauty2 of a black girl2 and of ,governor ,rogers and his family1 a conversation-piece2 eleven ,sketches from ,nature1 designed for ,mr4 ,lambert2 four drawings of conversations at ,button's ,coffee-house2 ,cymon and ,iphigenia2 two black chalk drawings 7landscapes7 given to ,mr4 ,kirby in #agfb2 three heads1 slightly drawn with a pen by ,hogarth1 to exemplify his distinction between ,character and ,caricature1 done at the desire of ,mr4 ,townley1 whose son gave them to ,dr4 ,schomberg2 a landscape in oil3 with several other sketches in oil4 ,the late ,mr4 ,forrest1 of ,york ,buildings1 was in possession of a sketch in oil of our ,saviour 7designed as a pattern for painted glass71 together with the original portrait of ,tibson the ,laceman1#hg and several drawings descriptive of the incidents that happened during a five days tour by land and water4 ,the parties were ,messieurs ,hogarth1 ,thornhill 7son of the late ,sir ,james71 ,scott 7the ingenious landscape-painter of that name71 ,tothall1#hh and ,forrest4 ,they set out at midnight1 at a moment's warning1 from the ,bedford ,arms ,tavern1 with each a shirt in his pocket4 ,they had particular departments to attend to2 ,hogarth and ,scott made the drawings2 ,thornhill the map2 ,tothall faithfully discharged the joint office of treasurer and caterer2 and ,forrest wrote the journal4 ,they were out five days only2 and on the second night after their return1 the book was produced1 bound1 gilt1 and lettered1 and read at the same tavern to the members of the club then present4 ,mr4 ,forrest had also drawings of two of the members 7,gabriel ,hunt and ,ben ,read71 remarkable fat men1 in ludicrous situations4 ,etchings from all these having been made in #aghb1 accompanied by the original journal in letter-press1 an account of them will appear in the ,catalogue under that year4 ,a transcript of the journal was left in the hands of ,mr4 ,gostling1#hi who wrote an imitation of it in ,hudibrastic verse2 ,,twenty ,,copies only of which having been printed in #agha1 as a literary curiosity1#ij ,i was requested by some of my friends to reprint it at the end of the second edition of this work4 ,it had originally been kept back1 in compliment to the writer of the prose journey2 but1 as that in the mean time had been given to the public by authority1 to preserve the ,tour in a more agreeable dress cannot1 it is presumed1 be deemed an impropriety4 ,see the ,appendix1 ,n ,,iii4 #a ,history of ,westmoreland1 ,vol4 ,i4 p4 #dgi4 #b ,i must leave you to the annals of ,fame1 says ,mr4 ,walker1 the ingenious ,lecturer on ,natural ,philosophy1 who favoured me with these particulars1 for the rest of the anecdotes of this great ,genius2 and shall endeavour to shew you1 that his family possessed similar talents1 but they were destined1 like the wild rose1 ',to waste their sweetness in the desart air4' ,happy should ,i be to rescue from oblivion the name of ,ald ,hogart1 whose songs and quibbles have so often delighted my childhood6 ,these simple strains of this mountain ,theocritus were fabricated while he held the plough1 or was leading his fewel from the hills4 ,he was as critical an observer of nature as his nephew1 for the narrow field he had to view her in3 not an incident or an absurdity in the neighbourhood escaped him4 ,if any one was hardy enough to break through any decorum of old and established repute2 if any one attempted to over-reach his neighbour1 or cast a leering eye at his wife2 he was sure to hear himself sung over the whole parish1 nay1 to the very boundaries of the ,westmoreland dialect3 so that his songs were said to have a greater effect on the manners of his neighbourhood1 than even the sermons of the parson himself4 ,but his poetical talents were not confined to the incidents of his village4 ,i myself have had the honour to bear a part in one of his plays 7,i say one1 for there are several of them extant in ,,ms4 in the mountains of ,westmoreland at this hour74 ,this play was called ',the ,destruction of ,troy4' ,it was written in metre1 much in the manner of ,lopez de ,vega1 or the ancient ,french drama2 the unities were not too strictly observed1 for the siege of ten years was all represented2 every hero was in the piece2 so that the ,dramatis ,person consisted of every lad of genius in the whole parish4 ,the wooden horse--,hector dragged by the heels--the fury of ,diomed--the flight of neas--and the burning of the city1 were all represented4 ,i remember not what ,fairies had to do in all this2 but as ,i happened to be about three feet high at the time of this still-talked-of exhibition1 ,i personated one of these tiny beings4 ,the stage was a fabrication of boards placed about six feet high1 on strong posts2 the green-room was partitioned off with the same materials2 it's cieling was the azure canopy of heaven2 and the boxes1 pit1 and galleries1 were laid into one by the ,great ,author of ,nature1 for they were the green slope of a fine hill4 ,despise not1 reader1 this humble state of the provincial drama2 let me tell you1 there were more spectators1 for three days together1 than your three theatres in ,london would hold2 and let me add1 still more to your confusion1 that you never saw an audience half so well pleased4 ,the exhibition was begun with a grand procession1 from the village to a great stone 7dropt by the ,devil about a quarter of a mile off1 when he tried in vain to erect a bridge across ,windermere2 so the people1 unlike the rest of the world1 have remained a very good sort of people ever since74 ,i say the procession was begun by the minstrels of five parishes1 and were followed by a yeoman on bull-back--you stare6--stop then till ,i inform you that this adept had so far civilised his bull1 that he would suffer the yeoman to mount his back1 and even to play upon his fiddle there4 ,the managers besought him to join the procession2 but the bull1 not being accustomed to much company1 and particularly so much applause2 whether he was intoxicated with praise2 thought himself affronted1 and made game of2 or whether a favourite cow came across his imagination2 certain it was1 that he broke out of the procession2 erected his tail1 and1 like another ,europa1 carried off the affrighted yeoman and his fiddle1 over hedge and ditch1 till he arrived at his own field4 ,this accident rather inflamed than depressed the good humour arising from the procession2 and the clown1 or jack-pudding of the piece1 availed himself so well of the incident1 that the lungs and ribs of the spectators were in manifest danger4 ,this character was the most important personage in the whole play3 for his office was to turn the most serious parts of the drama into burlesque and ridicule3 he was a compound of ,harlequin and the ,merry ,andrew1 or rather the ,arch-fool of our ancient kings4 ,his dress was a white jacket1 covered with bulls1 bears1 birds1 fish1 c4 cut in various coloured cloth4 ,his trowsers were decorated in like manner1 and hung round with small bells2 and his cap was that of ,folly1 decorated with bells1 and an otter's brush impending4 ,the lath sword must be of great antiquity in this island1 for it has been the appendage of a jack-pudding in the mountains of ,westmoreland time out of mind4 ,the play was opened by this character with a song1 which answered the double purpose of a play-bill and a a prologue1 for his ditty gave the audience a foretaste of the rueful incidents they were about to behold2 and it called out the actors1 one by one1 to make the spectators acquainted with their names and characters1 walking round and round till the whole ,dramatis ,person made one great circle on the stage4 ,the audience being thus become acquainted with the actors1 the play opened with ,paris running away with ,helen1 and ,menelaus scampering after them2 then followed the death of ,patroclus1 the rage of ,achilles1 the persuasions of ,ulysses1c4 c4 and the whole interlarded with apt songs1 both serious and comic1 all the production of ,ald ,hogart4 ,the bard1 however1 at this time had been dead some years1 and ,i believe this ,fete was a ,jubilee to his memory2 but let it not detract from the invention of ,mr4 ,garrick1 to say that his at ,stratford was but a copy of one forty years ago on the banks of ,windermere4 ,was it any improvement1 think you1 to introduce several bulls into the procession instead of one8 ,but ,i love not comparisons1 and so conclude4 ,yours1 c4 ,,adam ,,walker4 ,however ,ald ,hogart might have succeeded in the dramatic line1 and before a rustic audience1 his poems of a different form are every way contemptible4 ,want of grammar1 metre1 sense1 and decency1 are their invariable characteristics4 ,this opinion is founded on a thorough examination of a whole bundle of them1 transmitted by a friend since the first publication of this work4 #c ,vir ,clarissime1 ,excusso ,malpighio intra sex vel plurimum septem septimanas te tamen per totum inconsulto1 culpa est in ,bibliopolam conferenda1 qui adeo festinanter urgebat opus ut moras nectere nequivimus4 ,utut sit1 tamen mihimet adulor me satis recte authoris verba mentem cepisse 7diligenter enim noctes atque dies opere incubui ne tibi vel ulli regiorum tuorum sodalium molestus forem74 ,rudiora tamen quorum specimen infra exhibere placuit1 ,italico-,latina1 juxta prceptum tuum1 similia feci aliter si fecissem1 totus fere liber mutationem sul iisset4 ,authorem tam pueriliter barbare loquentem nunquam antehac evolvi quod meminerim2 faciat ergo lector1 ut solent naut1 qui dum ftet aqua1 nares pilissando comprimunt1 spretis enim verbis sensum1 si quis est1 attendat4 ,multa 7infinita pn dixerim7 authoris errata emendavi1 qudam tamen non animadversa vereor2 ,auge enim stabulum non nisi ,hercules repurgavit4 ,partem ,italico sermone conscriptam pretermitto1 istam enim provinciam adornare suscepit ,doctor ,pragestee ,italus2 quam bene rem gessit1 ipse viderit4 ,menda ,typographica1 spero1 aut nulla1 aut levia apparebunt4 ,tuam tamen ,regi ,societatis censuram exoptat facilem1 ,tibi omni studio addictissimus1 ,,richardus ,,hogarth1 444,preli ,curator4 #d ,he published ,grammar ,disputations2 or1 an ,examination of the eight parts of speech by way of question and answer1 ,english and ,latin1 whereby children in a very little time will learn1 not only the knowledge of grammar1 but likewise to speak and write ,latin2 as ,i have found by good experience4 ,at the end is added a short ,chronological index of men and things of the greatest note1 alphabetically digested1 chiefly relating to the ,sacred and ,roman ,history1 from the beginning of the ,world to the ,year of ,christ #afdj1 and downwards4 ,written for the use of schools of ,great-,britain1 by ,richard ,hogarth ,schoolmaster1 #agab4 ,this little book has also a ,latin title-page to the same purpose1 ,disputationes ,grammaticales1 c4 and is dedicated1 ,scholarchis1 ,ludimagistris1 et ,hypodidascalis ,magn ,britanni4 #e ,hogart was the family name1 probably a corruption of ,hogherd1 for the latter is more like the local pronunciation than the first4 ,this name disgusted ,mrs4 ,hogart2 and before the birth of her son1 she prevailed upon her husband to liquify it into ,hogarth4 ,this circumstance was told to me by ,mr4 ,walker1 who is a native of ,westmoreland4 ,by ,dr4 ,morell1 ,i was informed that his real name was ,hoggard1 or ,hogard1 which1 himself altered1 by changing d into 1 the ,saxon th4 #f ,on what authority this is said1 ,i am yet to learn4 ,the registers of ,st4 ,bartholomew the ,great1 and of ,st4 ,bartholomew the ,less1 have both been searched for the same information1 with fruitless solicitude4 ,the school of ,hogarth's father1 in #agab1 was in the parish of ,st4 ,martin's ,ludgate4 ,in the register of that parish1 therefore1 the births of his children1 and his own death1 may probably be found4,a ,a ,the register of ,st4 ,martin's ,ludgate1 has also been searched to no purpose4 #g ,this circumstance has1 since it was first written1 been verified by a gentleman who has often heard a similar account from one of the last ,head ,assay-,masters at ,goldsmiths-,hall1 who was apprentice to a silversmith in the same street with ,hogarth1 and intimate with him during the greatest part of his life4 #h ,universal ,museum1 #agfd4 p4 #edi4 ,the same kind of revenge1 however1 was taken by ,verrio1 who1 on the cieling of ,st4 ,george's ,hall at ,windsor1 borrowed the face of ,mrs4 ,marriot1 the housekeeper1 for one of the ,furies4 #i ,this picture is noticed in the article ,thornhill1 in the ,biographia ,britannica1 where1 instead of ,wanstead1 it is called the ,wandsworth assembly4 ,there seems to be a reference to it in ,a ,poetical ,epistle to ,mr4 ,hogarth1 an eminent ,history and ,conversation ,painter1 written ,june #agcj1 and published by the author 7,mr4 ,mitchell71 with two other epistles1 in #agca1 #dto4 ,large families obey your hand2 ,assemblies rise at your command4 ,mr4 ,hogarth designed that year the frontispiece to ,mr4 ,mitchell's ,opera1 ,the ,highland ,clans4 #aj ,of all these a more particular account will be given in the ,catalogue annexed4 #aa ,brother to ,henry ,overton1 the well-known publisher of ordinary prints1 who lived over against ,st4 ,sepulchre's ,church1 and sold many of ,hogarth's early pieces coarsely copied1 as has since been done by ,dicey in ,bow ,church-yard4 #ab ,this conceit is borrowed from ,vanloo's picture of ,colley ,cibber1 whose daughter has the same employment4 #ac ,it appears that ,mr4 ,g4 was dissatisfied with his likeness1 or that some dispute arose between him and the painter1 who then struck his pencil across the face1 and damaged it4 ,the picture was unpaid for at the time of his death4 ,his widow then sent it home to ,mr ,garrick1 without any demand4 #ad ,afterwards rector of ,crawley in ,hampshire2 author of ,ben ,mordecai's ,letters1 ,confusion worse confounded1 and many other celebrated works4 #ae ,he died of the small-pox1 ,aug4 #ab1 #agbi1 and is said1 in the ,political ,state1 to have possessed #ejjj l4 a year4 ,he married a sister of lord ,bateman1 by whom he left a son and two daughters4 #af ,i have heard that he continually took sketches from nature as he met with them1 and put them into his works2 and it is natural to suppose he did so4 #ag ,see the ,catalogue at the end of these ,anecdotes4 ,a very considerable number of personalities are there pointed out under the account of each plate in which they are found4 #ah ,the late ,mr ,cole1 of ,milton1 in his copy of these ,memoirs1 had written against the name of ,bambridge1 ,father to the late attorney of that name1 a worthy son of such a father4 ,he lived at ,cambridge4 ,and in a copy of the first edition on occasion of a note 7afterwards withdrawn7 which mentioned ,mr4 ,baker's having quarrelled with ,hearne2 ,mr4 ,cole wrote1 ,mr4 ,baker quarrelled with no man3 he might coolly debate with ,mr4 ,hearne on a disputable point4 ,it is1 therefore1 a misrepresentation of ,mr4 ,baker's private character1 agreeable to the petulance of this age4 #ai ,the wardenship of ,the ,fleet1 a patent office1 was purchased of the earl of ,clarendon1 for #ejjj l4 by ,john ,huggins1 esq4 who was in high favour with ,sunderland and ,craggs1 and consequently obnoxious to their successors4 ,huggins's term in the patent was for his own life and his son's4 ,but1 in ,august #agbh1 being far advanced in years1 and his son not caring to take upon him so troublesome an office1 he sold their term in the patent for the same sum it had cost him1 to ,thomas ,bambridge and ,dougal ,cuthbert4 ,huggins lived to the age of #ij4 #bj ,mr4 ,rayner1 in his reading on ,stat4 #b ,geo4 ,,ii4 chap4 #cb4 whereby ,bambridge was incapacitated to enjoy the office of warden of ,the ,fleet1 has given the reader a very circumstantial account1 with remarks1 on the notorious breaches of trust1 c4 committed by ,bambridge and other keepers of ,the ,fleet-,prison4 ,for this publication1 see ,worral's ,bibliotheca ,legum by ,brooke1 #aggg1 p4 #af4 ,a report from the ,committee appointed to enquire into the ,state of the ,gaols of this ,kingdom1 relating to the ,marshalsea prison2 with the ,resolutions of the ,house of ,commons thereupon1 was published in #dto4 #agbi2 and reprinted in #hvo1 at ,dublin the same year4 ,it appears by a ,,ms4 note of ,oldys1 cited in ,british ,topography1 vol4 ,i4 p4 #fcf1 that ,bambridge cut his throat #bj years after4 #ba ,william ,huggins1 esq4 of ,headly ,park1 ,hants1 well-known by his translation of the ,orlando ,furioso of ,ariosto4 ,being intended for holy orders1 he was sent to ,magdalen ,college1 ,oxford1 where he took the degree of ,m4 ,a4 ,april #cj1 #agfa2 but1 on the death of his elder brother in #agef1 declined all thoughts of entering into the church4 ,he died ,july #b1 #agfa2 and left in ,,ms4 a tragedy1 a farce1 and a translation of ,dante1 of which a specimen was published in the ,british ,magazine1 #agfj4 ,some flattering verses were addressed to him in #ageg1 on his version of ,ariosto2 which are preserved in the ,gentleman's ,magazine1 vol4 ,,xxvii4 p4 #ahj2 but are not worth copying4 ,the last ,mr4 ,huggins left an estate of #bjjj l4 a year to his two sons-in-law ,thomas ,gatehouse1 ,esq2 and ,dr4 ,musgrave of ,chinnor4 #bb ,sir ,francis ,page's1 ,character1 by ,savage1 thus gibbets him to public detestation3 ,fair ,truth1 in courts where ,justice should preside1 ,alike the ,judge and ,advocate would guide2 ,and these would vie each dubious point to clear1 ,to stop the widow's and the orphan's tear2 ,were all1 like ,yorke1,a of delicate address1 ,strength to discern1 and sweetness to express1 ,learn'd1 just1 polite1 born every heart to gain1 ,like ,comyns,b mild2 like ,fortescue,c humane1 ,all-eloquent of truth1 divinely known1 ,so deep1 so clear1 all ,science is his own4 ,of heart impure1 and impotent of head1 ,in history1 rhetoric1 ethics1 law1 unread2 ,how far unlike such worthies1 once a drudge1 ,from floundering in low cases1 rose a ,judge4 ,form'd to make pleaders laugh1 his nonsense thunders1 ,and on low juries breathes contagious blunders4 ,his brothers blush1 because no blush he knows1 ,nor e'er 'one uncorrupted finger shows4',d ,see1 drunk with power1 the circuit-lord exprest6 ,full1 in his eye1 his betters stand confest2 ,whose wealth1 birth1 virtue1 from a tongue so loose1 ',scape not provincial1 vile1 buffoon abuse4 ,still to what circuit is assigned his name1 ,there1 swift before him1 flies the warner--,fame4 ,contest stops short1 ,consent yields every cause ,to ,cost2 ,delay endures them1 and withdraws4 ,but how 'scape prisoners8 ,to their trial chain'd1 ,all1 all shall stand condemn'd1 who stand arraign'd1 ,dire guilt1 which else would detestation cause1 ,prejudg'd with insult1 wondrous pity draws4 ,but 'scapes e'en ,innocence his harsh harangue8 ,alas6--e'en ,innocence itself must hang2 ,must hang to please him1 when of spleen possest1 ,must hang to bring forth an abortive jest4 ,why liv'd he not ere ,star-chambers had fail'd1 ,when fine1 tax1 censure1 all but law prevail'd2 ,or law1 subservient to some murderous will1 ,became a precedent to murder still8 ,yet e'en when portraits did for traitors bleed1 ,was e'er the jobb to such a slave decreed1 ,whose savage mind wants sophist-art to draw1 ,o'er murder'd virtue1 specious veils of law8 ,why1 ,student1 when the bench your youth admits1 ,where1 though the worst1 with the best rank'd he sits2 ,where sound opinions you attentive write1 ,as once a ,raymond1 now a ,lee to cite1 ,why pause you scornful when he dins the court8 ,note well his cruel quirks1 and well report4 ,let his own words against himself point clear1 ,satire more sharp than verse when most severe4 ,nor was ,savage less severe in his prose4 ,on the trial of this unfortunate poet1 for the murder of ,james ,sinclair in #agbg1 ,judge ,page1 who was then on the bench1 treated him with his usual insolence and severity2 and1 when he had summed up the evidence1 endeavoured to exasperate the jury1 as ,mr4 ,savage used to relate it1 with this eloquent harangue3 ,gentlemen of the ,jury1 you are to consider that ,mr4 ,savage is a very great man1 a much greater man than you or ,i1 gentlemen of the jury2 that he wears very fine cloaths1 much finer cloaths than you or ,i1 gentlemen of the jury2 that he has abundance of money in his pocket1 much more money than you or ,i1 gentlemen of the jury3 but1 gentlemen of the jury1 is it not a very hard case1 gentlemen of the jury1 that ,mr4 ,savage should therefore kill you or me1 gentlemen of the jury8 ,pope also1 ,horace1 ,b4 ,,ii4 ,sat4 r1 has the following line3 ,hard words or hanging1 if your judge be ,page4 ,and ,fielding1 in ,tom ,jones1 makes ,partridge say1 with great naivet1 after premising that judge ,page was a very brave man1 and a man of great wit1 ,it is indeed charming sport to hear trials on life and death6 ,a ,sir ,philip ,yorke1 chief justice of the ,king's ,bench1 afterwards lord-chancellor and earl ,hardwicke4 ,b ,sir ,john ,comyns1 chief baron of the ,exchequer4 ,c ,hon4 ,william ,fortescue1 then one of the justices of the court of ,common ,pleas1 afterwards master of the ,rolls4 ,d ,when ,page one uncorrupted finger shows4 ,d4 of ,,wharton4 #bc ,the truth and propriety of these strictures having been disputed by an ingenious correspondent in the ,public ,advertiser1 his letter1 with remarks on it1 is subjoined by way of appendix to the present work4 ,in this place performances of such a length would have interrupted the narrative respecting ,hogarth and his productions4 ,see ,appendix ,i4 #bd ,in co'i ,banco4 ,,william ,,hogarth1 ,plaintiff4 ,,joshua ,,morris1 ,defendant4 ,middlesex4 ,the ,plaintiff declares1 that on the #bjth of ,december1 #agbg1 at ,westminster aforesaid1 ,defendant was indebted to him #cj l4 for painter's work1 and for divers materials laid out for the said work2 which ,defendant faithfully promised to pay when demanded4 ,plaintiff also declares1 that ,defendant promised to pay for the said work and other materials1 as much as the same was worth2 and ,plaintiff in fact says the same was worth other #cj l4 ,plaintiff also declares for another sum of #cj l for money laid out and expended for ,defendant's use1 which he promised to pay4 ,the said ,defendant not performing his several promises1 the ,plaintiff hath brought this action to his damage #cj l4 for which this action is brought4 ,to which the ,defendant hath pleaded non assumpsit and thereupon issue is joined4 ,,case4 ,the ,defendant is an upholsterer and tapestry-worker1 and was recommended to ,plaintiff as a person skilful in painting patterns for that purpose2 the ,plaintiff accordingly came to ,defendant1 who informing him that he had occasion for a tapestry design of the ,element of ,earth1 to be painted on canvas1 ,plaintiff told ,defendant he was well skilled in painting that way1 and promised to perform it in a workmanlike manner2 which if he did1 ,defendant undertook to pay him for it twenty guineas4 ,defendant1 soon after1 hearing that ,plaintiff was an engraver1 and no painter1 was very uneasy about the work1 and ordered his servant to go and acquaint ,plaintiff what he had heard2 and ,plaintiff then told the said servant1 'that it was a bold undertaking1 for that he never did any thing of that kind before2 and that1 if his master did not like it1 he should not pay for it4' ,that several times sending after ,plaintiff to bring the same to ,defendant's house1 he did not think fit so to do2 but carried the same to a private place where ,defendant keeps some people at work1 and there left it4 ,as soon as ,defendant was informed of it1 he sent for it home1 and consulted with his workmen whether the design was so painted as they could work tapestry by it1 and they were all unanimous that it was not finished in a workmanlike manner1 and that it was impossible for them to work tapestry by it4 ,upon this1 ,defendant sent the painting back to ,plaintiff by his servant1 who acquainted him1 'that the same did not answer the ,defendant's purpose1 and that it was of no use to him2 but if he would finish it in a proper manner1 ,defendant would take it1 and pay for it4' ,defendant employs some of the finest hands in ,europe in working tapestry1 who are most of them foreigners1 and have worked abroad as well as here1 and are perfect judges of performances of this kind4 ,the ,plaintiff undertook to finish said piece in a month1 but it was near three months before he sent to the ,defendant to view it2 who1 when he saw it1 told him that he could not make any use of it1 and was so disappointed for want of it1 that he was forced to put his workmen upon working other tapestry that was not bespoke1 to the value of #bjj l4 which now lies by him1 and another painter is now painting another proper pattern for the said piece of tapestry4 ,to prove the case as above set forth1 call ,mr4 ,william ,bradshaw4 ,to prove the painting not to be performed in a workmanlike manner1 and that it was impossible to make tapestry by it1 and that it was of no use to ,plaintiff1 call ,mr4 ,bernard ,dorrider1 ,mr4 ,phillips1 ,mr4 ,de ,friend1 ,mr4 ,danten1 and ,mr4 ,pajon4 ,by the counsel's memoranda on this brief it appears1 that the witnesses examined for the ,plaintiff were ,thomas ,king1 ,vanderbank1 ,le ,gard1 ,thornhill1 and ,cullumpton4 #be ,james ,thornhill1 esq4 serjeant-painter and history-painter to ,king ,george ,i4 ,in ,june #agae1 he agreed to paint the cupola of ,st4 ,paul's church for #djjj l4 and was knighted in ,april #agbj4 ,in a flattering account given of him immediately after his death1 which happened ,may #ac1 #agcd1 in his #egth year1 he is said to have been the greatest history-painter this kingdom ever produced1 witness his elaborate works in ,greenwich-,hospital1 the cupola of ,st4 ,paul's1 the altar-pieces of ,all-,souls ,college in ,oxford1 and in the church of ,weymouth1 where he was born2 a cieling in the palace of ,hampton-,court1 by order of the late ,earl of ,halifax3 his other works shine in divers noblemens' and gentlemens' houses4 ,his later years were employed in copying the rich cartoons of ,raphael in the gallery of ,hampton-,court1 which1 though in decay1 will be revived by his curious pencil1 not only in their full proportions1 but in many other sizes and shapes1 he in a course of years had drawn them4 ,he was chosen representative in the two last parliaments for ,weymouth1 and having1 by his own industry1 acquired a considerable estate1 re-purchased the seat of his ancestors1 which he re-edified and embellished4 ,he was not only by patents appointed history-painter to their late and present majesties1 but serjeant-painter1 by which he was to paint all the royal palaces1 coaches1 barges1 and the royal navy4 ,this late patent he surrendered in favour of his only son ,john ,thornhill1 ,esq4 ,he left no other issue but one daughter1 now the wife of ,mr ,wm4 ,hogarth1 admired for his curious miniature conversation paintings4 ,sir ,james has left a most valuable ,collection of pictures and other curiosities4 #bf ,he was called on this occasion1 in the ,craftsman1 ,mr4 ,hogarth1 an ingenious designer and engraver4 #bg ,pope published in #agca a poem called ,false ,taste1 in which he very particularly and severely criticises the house1 the furniture1 the gardens1 and the entertainments of ,timon1 a man of great wealth and little taste4 ,by ,timon he was universally supposed1 and by the ,earl of ,burlington1 to whom the poem is addressed1 was privately said to mean the ,duke of ,chandos2 a man perhaps too much delighted with pomp and shew1 but of a temper kind and beneficent1 and who had consequently the voice of the publick in his favour4 ,a violent outcry was therefore raised against the ingratitude and treachery of ,pope1 who was said to have been indebted to the patronage of ,chandos for a present of a thousand pounds1 and who gained the opportunity of insulting him by the kindness of his invitation4 ,the receipt of the thousand pounds ,pope publickly denied2 but from the reproach which the attack on a character so amiable brought upon him1 he tried all means of escaping4 ,the name of ,cleland was employed in an apology1 by which no man was satisfied2 and he was at last reduced to shelter his temerity behind dissimulation1 and endeavour to make that disbelieved which he never had confidence openly to deny4 ,he wrote an exculpatory letter to the ,duke1 which was answered with great magnanimity1 as by a man who accepted his excuse without believing his professions4 ,he said1 that to have ridiculed his taste1 or his buildings1 had been an indifferent action in another man2 but that in ,pope1 after the reciprocal kindness that had been exchanged between them1 it had been less easily excused4 ,dr4 ,johnson1 in his ,life of ,pope4 #bh ,that ,sir ,john ,gonson took a very active part against the ,ladies of ,pleasure1 is recorded by more than one of their votaries3 ,in ,a ,view of the ,town1 #agce1 by ,mr4 ,t4 ,gilbert1 a fellow of ,peter ,house ,cambridge1 and an intimate companion of ,loveling1,a ,i meet with these lines3 ,though laws severe to punish guilt were made1 ,what honest man is of these laws afraid8 ,all felons against judges will exclaim1 ,as harlots startle at a ,gonson's name4 ,the magistrate entering with his myrmidons was designed as the representative of this gentleman1 whose vigilance on like occasions is recorded in the following elegant ,sapphic ,ode1 by ,mr4 ,loveling4 ,this gentleman was educated at ,winchester-school1 became a commoner of ,trinity ,college1 ,oxford1 was ordained deacon1 lived gaily1 and died young4 ,his style1 however1 appears to have been formed on a general acquaintance with the language of ,roman poetry2 nor do any of his effusions betray that poverty of expression so conspicuous in the poems of ,nicholas ,hardinge1 esq4 who writes as if ,horace was the only classic author he had ever read4 ,ad ,johannem ,gonsonum1 ,equitem4 ,pellicum1 ,gonsone1 animosus hostis1 ,per minus castas ,druri tabernas ,lenis incedens1 abeas ,diones quus alumnis6 ,nuper 7ah dictu miserum67 ,olivera ,flevit ereptas viduata mchas1 ,quas tuum vidit genibus minores ,ante tribunal4 ,dure1 cur tant in ,veneris ministras stuas ir8 posito furore ,huc ades1 mult prece te vocantem ,gratior audi6 ,nonne sat mchas mal feriatas ,urget infestis fera sors procellis8 ,adderis quid tu ulterior puellis ,causa doloris8 ,incolunt1 eheu6 thalamos supernos1 ,nota qu sedes fuerat ,poetis2 ,nec domum argento gravis1 ut solebat1 ,dextra revertit4 ,nympha qu nuper nituit theatro1 ,nunc stat obscuro misera angiportu1 ,supplici vellens tunicam rogatque ,voce ,lyum4 ,te voco rebus ,druri mentis2 ,voci communi ,britonum ,juventus ,te vocat1 nunc 6 dare te benignum ,incipe votis4 ,singulum tunc dona feret lupanar3 ,liberum mittet ,rosa ,lusitanum1 ,gallici ,haywarda et generosa mittet ,munera ,bacchi4 ,sive te forsan moveat libido1 ,aridis pellex requiescet ulnis1 ,callida efftas renovare lento ,verbere vires4 ,the same poet1 speaking of the exhilarating effects of ,gin1 which had just been an object of ,parliamentary notice1 has the following stanza3 ,utilis mchae fuit ,poet2 ,sprevit hinc ,vates ,dolopum catervas1 ,mcha ,gonsonum tetric minantem ,fronte laborem4 ,thus1 between the poet and the painter1 the fame of our harlot-hunting ,justice is preserved4 ,but as a slave anciently rode in the same chariot with the conqueror1 the memory of a celebrated street-robber and highwayman will descend with that of the magistrate to posterity1 ,james ,dalton's wig-box being placed on the tester of the ,harlot's bed4 ,i learn from the ,grubstreet ,journal1 that he was executed on the #abth of ,may1 #agcj4 ,sir ,john ,gonson died ,january #i1 #agfe4 ,he was remarkable for the charges which he used to deliver to the grand juries1 which are said to have been written by ,orator ,henley4 ,the following puffs1 or sneers1 concerning them1 are found in the first number of the ,grubstreet ,journal1 dated ,january #h1 #agcj4 ,yesterday began the ,general ,quarter ,sessions1 c4 when ,sir ,john ,gonson1 being in the chair1 gave a most incomparable1 learned1 and fine charge to the ,grand ,jury4 ,daily ,post4 ,the ,morning ,post calls ,sir ,john's charge excellent1 learned and loyal4 ,the ,evening ,post calls it an excellent lecture and useful charge4 ,three of these performances had been published in #agbh4;,b ,sir ,john's name is also preserved in ,mr ,pope's works3 ,talkers ,i've learn'd to bear3 ,motteux ,i knew2 ,henley himself ,i've heard1 and ,budgell too4 ,the ,doctor's wormwood style1 the hash of tongues ,a pedant makes1 the storm of ,gonson's lungs4 ,fourth ,sat4 of ,dr4 ,donne versified4 ,a ,in the collection of ,loveling's ,poems1 #agda1 are two by ,gilbert4 ,loveling also addressed a poem1 not printed in his works1 ,gilberto suo1 and in ,gilbert's ,poems1 published #agdg1 is ,a familiar ,epistle to my friend ,ben ,loveling4 ,b ,one charge by ,sir ,john ,gonson is in the ,political ,state1 vol4 ,,xxxv4 p4 #ej2 and two others in vol4 ,,xxxvi4 pp #cad4 #ccc4 #bi ,it was customary in ,hogarth's family to give these fans to the maids4 #cj ,among the small articles of furniture in the scenes of ,hogarth1 a few objects may speedily become unintelligible1 because their archetypes1 being out of use1 and of perishable natures1 can no longer be found4 ,such is the ,dare for ,larks 7a circular board with pieces of looking-glass inserted in it71 hung up over the chimney-piece of the ,distress'd ,poet2 and the ,jews ,cake 7a dry tasteless biscuit perforated with many holes1 and formerly given away in great quantities at the ,feast of ,passover71 generally used only as a fly-trap1 and hung up as such against the wall in the sixth plate of the ,harlot's ,progress4 ,i have frequently met with both these articles in mean houses4 #ca ,the fire began at the house of ,mrs4 ,calloway1 who kept a brandy-shop4 ,this woman was committed to ,newgate1 it appearing among other circumstances1 that she had threatened to be even with the landlord for having given her warning1 and that she would have a bonfire on the #bjth of ,june1 that should warm all her rascally neighbours4 #cb ,hogarth attempted to improve it1 but without much success4 ,the additional figures are quite episodical4 ,see the ,catalogue4 #cc ,in ,seymour's history of ,london1 vol4 ,,ii4 p4 #hhc4 is the following notice of our artist3 ,among the ,governors of ,st4 ,bartholomew's ,hospital1 was lately chosen ,mr4 ,william ,hogarth the celebrated printer1 who1 we are told1 designs to paint the stair-case of the said hospital1 and thereby become a benefactor to it1 by giving his labour gratis4 #cd ,he bought up great quantities of the copies of his works2 and they still remain in possession of his widow4 ,the ,harlot's and the ,rake's ,progress1 in a smaller size than the original1 were published1 with his permission1 by ,thomas ,bakewell1 a printseller1 near the ,horn ,tavern1 ,fleet-street4 #ce ,of the ,harlot's ,progress ,i have seen no less than eight piratical imitations4 #cf ,lord ,gardenston1 one of the lords of session in ,scotland1 on delivering his opinion in the court of session upon the question of literary property1 in the cause of ,hinton and ,donaldson and others1 all booksellers1 in ,july #aggc thus introduced the works of ,hogarth3 ,there is nothing can be more similar than the work of engraving is to literary composition4 ,i will illustrate this proposition by the works of ,mr ,hogarth1 who1 in my humble opinion1 is the only true original artist which this age has produced in ,england4 ,there is hardly any character of an excellent author1 which is not justly applicable to his works4 ,what composition1 what variety1 what sentiment1 what fancy1 invention1 and humour1 we discover in all his performances6 ,in every one of them an entertaining history1 a natural description of characters1 and an excellent moral4 ,i can read his works over and over1 ,horace's characteristic of excellency in writing1 decies repetita placebit2 and every time ,i peruse them1 ,i discover new beauties1 and feel fresh entertainment3 can ,i say more in commendation of the literary compositions of a ,butler or a ,swift8 ,there is great authority for this parallel2 the legislature has considered the works of authors and engravers in the same light2 they have granted the same protection to both2 and it is remarkable1 that the act of parliament for the protection of those who invent new engravings1 or prints1 is almost in the same words with the act for the protection and encouragement of literary compositions4 ,this is taken from a #dto pamphlet1 published in #aggd by ,james ,boswell1 esq4 advocate1 one of the counsel in the cause4 #cg ,that ,huggins penned the statute1 ,i was told by ,mr4 ,hogarth himself4 ,the determination of ,lord ,hardwicke was thus occasioned4 ,jefferys1 the printseller at the corner of ,st4 ,martin's ,lane1 had employed an artist to draw and engrave a print representing the ,british ,herring ,fishery2 and1 having paid him for it1 took an assignment of the right to the property in it accruing to the artist by the act of parliament4 ,the proprietors of one of the magazines pirated it in a similar size1 and ,jefferys brought his bill for an injunction1 to which the defendants demurred3 and1 upon argument of the demurrer1 the same was allowed1 for the reason abovementioned1 and the bill dismissed4 ,hogarth attended the hearing2 and lamented to me that he had employed ,huggins to draw the act1 adding1 that1 when he first projected it1 he hoped it would be such an encouragement to engraving and printselling1 that printsellers would soon become as numerous as bakers' shops2 which hope1 notwithstanding the above check1 does at this time seem to be pretty nearly gratified4 ,for this note my readers are indebted to ,sir ,john ,hawkins4 #ch ,what ,caricatura is in painting1 says ,fielding1 ,burlesque is in writing2 and in the same manner the comic writer and painter correlate to each other4 ,and here ,i shall observe1 that as in the former the painter seems to have the advantage2 so it is in the latter infinitely on the side of the writer3 for the ,monstrous is much easier to paint than describe1 and the ,ridiculous to describe than paint4 ,and though perhaps this latter species doth not in either science so strongly affect and agitate the muscles as the other2 yet it will be owned1 ,i believe1 that a more rational and useful pleasure arises to us from it4 #ci ,this idea originally occurred in ,colley ,cibber's ,apology4 ,from thence it was transplanted by ,lloyd into his celebrated poem intituled ,the ,actor4 ,lying thus in the way of ,garrick1 he took it up for the use of the prologue already quoted4 ,lastly1 ,mr4 ,sheridan1 in his beautiful ,monody1 condescended to borrow it1 only because it spared him the labour of unlocking the richer storehouse of his own imagination4 ,i may however remark that ,cibber1 when he suggested this mortifying reflection1 had more reason on his side than some of his successors who have indulged themselves in the same dolorous strain of complaint4 ,to whatever oblivion the celebrated actors of the last age have been resigned1 the pencil of ,hogarth1 ,dance1 ,zoffani1 and ,reynolds1 had left ,mr4 ,garrick not the slightest reason to be apprehensive that1 in his own particular case1 the art and the artist would alike be forgotten4 ,meanwhile1 let our heroes of the stage be taught to moderate their anxiety for posthumous renown1 by a recollection that their peculiar modes of excellence will1 at least1 be as well preserved to futurity as those of the lords ,chatham and ,mansfield1 whose talents1 perhaps1 might support an equal claim to perpetuation4 #dj ,dr4 ,m4 once observed to ,j4 ,n4 in a letter on this subject1 ,in the #acth chapter ,i was somewhat puzzled with the flat and round1 or the concave and convex1 appearing the reverse2 till the sun happily shining in upon the cornice1 ,i had a fair example of what he intended to express4 ,the next chapter1 with regard to colouring1 did not go on quite so smooth2 for1 if ,i satisfied him1 ,i was not satisfied myself with his peculiar principles2 nor could ,i relish his laying the blame on the colourmen1 c4 #da ,one exception to this remark occurs in the ,gentleman's ,magazine for #aged1 p4 #ad2 where the reviewer of the ,analysis observes1 that it is a book written with that precision and perspicuity which can only result from a perfect knowledge of his subject in all its extent4 ,his rules are illustrated by near two hundred figures1 engraved by himself2 the knowledge which it contains is universally useful1 and as all terms of art are avoided1 the language will be universally understood4 ,the player and the dancing-master1 whom others consider as patterns of just action and genteel deportment1 are not less instructed than the statuary and the painter2 nor is there any species of beauty or elegance that is not here investigated and analysed4 ,a book1 by which the author has discovered such superiority1 could scarce fail of creating many enemies2 those who admit his ,analysis to be just1 are disposed to deny that it is new4 ,though in the year #agde1 having drawn a serpentine line on a painter's pallet1 with these words under it1 'the line of beauty1' as a frontispiece to his prints1 no ,egyptian hieroglyphic ever produced greater variety of speculation2 both painters and sculptors then came to enquire the meaning of a symbol1 which they soon pretended to have been their old acquaintance2 though the account they could give of its properties were scarce so satisfactory as that of a day-labourer1 who constantly uses the lever1 could give of that instrument1 as a mechanical power4 ,the work1 however1 will live when these cavils are forgotten2 and except the originals1 of which it is pretended to be a copy1 are produced1 there is no question but that the name of the author will descend to posterity with that honour which competitors only can wish to withhold4 ,it should be observed1 however1 that the general decision on ,hogarth's performance may be just4 ,certain we are1 that it has not been reversed by the opinion of the ,first of our ,modern ,painters4 #db ,the ,analysis itself however affords sufficient specimens of inaccuracy in spelling4 ,thus we have 7pref4 p4 xix47 ,syclamen instead of ,cyclamen2 7p4 #dd47 calcidonian for ,chalcedonian2 7p4 #fe47 nuckles for knuckles2 7p4 #ig47 ,irish-stitch for ,iris-stitch1 c4 c4 ,in the sheets that contain these errors1 it is easy to conceive that ,hogarth must have been his own corrector of the press4 #dc ,it is so extraordinary for an illiterate person to ridicule inaccuracy of spelling1 that this might probably be a real blunder4 #dd ,some account of this work will be given in a future page4 #de ,see a note on ,marriage-a-la-,mode 7under the year #agde72 from whence it sufficiently appears1 that indelicacies1 c4 had been imputed to ,hogarth's performances1 and that1 therefore1 when he advertised the six plates of ,marriage-a-la-,mode1 he thought it necessary to assure the public that no indelicacy1 indecency1 or personality1 would be found in any of these representations4 #df ,the exigence of this card having been doubted1 it is engraved in our title-page1 from the original now in ,charles ,street1 ,grosvenor ,square1 in the possession of ,dr4 ,wright4 #dg ,this pun reminds us of a similar one from ,garth to ,rowe1 who making repeated use of his snuff-box1 the ,doctor at last sent it to him with the two ,greek letters written on the lid1 1 1 7,phi1 ,ro74 ,at this the sour ,dennis was so provoked1 as to declare1 that a man who could make such a vile pun1 would not scruple to pick a pocket4 #dh ,the cat spitting at the dog is a circumstance in the fourth plate of ,industry and ,idleness1 where it is naturally introduced4 ,the dog attends on a porter who is bringing in goods2 and the warehouse cat1 who considers this animal as an invader1 is preparing to defend her person and premises4 #di ,when this ample1 nay1 redundant1 apology by ,dr4 ,joseph ,warton first made its appearance1 ,hogarth was highly delighted with as much of it as he understood4 ,but1 not knowing the import of the word ,greek3 ,ethos1 he hastened to his friends for information4 ,all1 in their turn1 sported with his want of skill in the learned languages2 first telling him it was ,greek for one strange thing1 and then for another1 so that his mind remained in a state of suspence2 as1 for aught he knew to the contrary1 some such meaning might lie under these crooked letters1 as would overset the compliments paid him in the former parts of the paragraph4 ,no short time1 therefore1 had passed before he could determine whether he ought to retract or continue his charge against his adversary3 but it was at last obliterated4 ,for several months afterwards1 however1 poor ,hogarth never praised his provision or his wine1 without being asked what proportion of the ,greek3 ,ethos he supposed to be in either4 #ej ,an engraving from this picture may be expected from ,mr4 ,livesay4 #ea ,a polite gentleman1 of great learning1 and much esteemed4 ,he had some good pictures1 and a very fine library1 in the great house at ,peckham 7formerly inhabited by ,lord ,trevor71 which1 together with a considerable estate there1 was bequeathed to him by his aunt ,mrs4 ,hill4 #eb ,see the names of the purchasers1 and prices of this collection1 in the ,gentleman's ,magazine1 #ageh1 p4 #bbe4 #ec ,he painted the heart from an injected one provided for him by ,csar ,hawkins the surgeon2 and1 on the authority of repeated inspection1 ,i venture to affirm1 that the fingers of ,sigismunda are unstained with blood1 and that neither of her hands is employed in rending ornaments from her head1 or any other part of her person4 ,in this instance ,mr4 ,walpole's memory must have failed him1 as ,i am confident that his misrepresentation was undesigned4 ,it is whispered 7we know not with how much truth7 that ,mrs4 ,h4 was hurt by this description of the picture1 and that she returned no thanks for the volume that contains it1 when it was sent to her as a present by its author4 ,it should seem that she still designs to dispose of this ill-fated performance1 and thinks that its reputation required no additional blast4 ,i have reprinted this note1 without correction1 that ,i might thereby obtain the fairer opportunity of doing justice to ,mr4 ,walpole1 concerning the faithfulness of whose memory ,i had ventured to express a doubt4 ,genuine information is not always to be had2 nor shall ,i hesitate a moment to apologize for the fallaciousness of mine4 ,the fingers of ,sigismunda were originally stained with blood4 ,this indelicate and offensive circumstance was pointed out by some intelligent friend to ,hogarth1 who reluctantly effaced it4 ,a correspondent1 however1 on reading this work1 has furnished an additional reason why the lady already mentioned may be offended by the severity of ,mr4 ,walpole's strictures on ,sigismunda4 ,it has been whispered that ,count ,guiscard's widow was a copy from the daughter of ,sir ,james ,thornhill4 ,if this circumstance be true1 the very accomplished ,critick of ,strawberry ,hill will own at least that her wrath and ,juno's had the same provocation1 ',judiciam ,paridis1 spretque injuria form4' ,impartiality1 however1 obliges us to add1 that ,mrs4 ,hogarth1 though in years1 is still a very fine woman2 and that ,mr4 ,walpole's idea of what a picture of ,sigismunda ought to express1 is poetically conceived1 and delivered with uncommon elegance and force of language4 ,the sober grief1 the dignity of suppressed anguish1 the involuntary tear1 the settled meditation on the fate she meant to meet1 and the amorous warmth turned holy by despair1 are words that fill the place of colours1 supply all the imperfections of ,hogarth's design1 and succeed even where a ,furino or a ,correggio may have failed4 #ed ,this circumstance was ridiculed in a grotesque print1 called ,a ,harlot blubbering over a bullock's heart4 ,by ,william ,hogart4 #ee ,many causes may vitiate a writer's judgement of his own works4 ,on that which has cost him much labour he sets a high value1 because he is unwilling to think that he has been diligent in vain2 what has been produced without toilsome efforts is considered with delight1 as a proof of vigorous faculties and fertile invention2 and the last work1 whatever it be1 has necessarily most of the grace of novelty4 ,milton1 however it happened1 had this prejudice1 and had it to himself4 ,dr4 ,,johnson4 #ef ,sigismunda1 however1 though she missed of judicious admirers1 had1 at least1 the good fortune to meet with a flatterer in the late ,mr4 ,robert ,lloyd1 whose poem intituled ,genius1 ,envy1 and ,time1 addressed to ,william ,hogarth1 esq4 has the following lines4 ,time is the speaker4 ,while ,sigismunda's deep distress ,which looks the soul of wretchedness1 ,when ,i1 with slow and softening pen1 ,have gone o'er all the tints agen1 ,shall urge a bold and proper claim1 ,to level half the ancient fame2 ,while future ages1 yet unknown1 ,with critic air shall proudly own ,thy ,hogarth first of every clime ,for humour keen1 or strong sublime1 c4 ,it is but justice1 on one hand1 to add1 that when ,lloyd wrote this eulogium1 he was not yet enlisted under the banners of fashion2 but impartiality1 on the other hand1 requires we should observe that1 having1 like ,hogarth1 seen few pictures by the best masters1 he was treating of an art he did not understand4 ,the authors of the ,monthly ,review are of opinion1 that ,mr4 ,walpole speaks too contemptuously of ,sigismunda1 and that there is no ground for the insinuation that the person for whom it was painted thought meanly of it4 ,we have in our possession 7say they7 a letter to ,hogarth from the noble person referred to1 in which he expresses himself in the following terms2--,i really think the performance so striking and inimitable1 that the constantly having it before one's eyes1 would be often occasioning melancholy ideas to arise in one's mind1 which1 a curtain being drawn before it1 would not diminish in the least4 ,surely this epistle1 if genuine1 was ironical4 ,or shall we suppose that1 afterwards1 his lordship only saw the picture through the disgusting medium of the price8 ,mr4 ,wilkes's opinion of the piece will be best conveyed in his own words1 which are therefore copied in p4 #ha4 ,dr4 ,morell1 an intimate friend of ,mr4 ,hogarth1 who was applied to for information1 returned for answer3 ,his excellencies1 as well as his foibles1 are so universally known1 that ,i cannot add to the former1 and would not1 if ,i could1 to the latter4 ,i should think we lived in a very ill-natured world1 if the whims and follies in a man's life were to be exposed1 and his oddities and mistakes1 ubi plura nitent1 seriously condemned4 ,but the unhappy affair of ,sigismunda requires animadversion4 ,and ,i will venture to say that even this ,sigismunda would not have deserved so many hard things as have been said of it1 if ,mr4 ,hogarth had timely and properly observed the caution--,manum de ,tabula4 ,but it was so altered1 upon the criticism of one ,connoisseur or another2 and especially when1 relying no longer upon strength of genius1 he had recourse to the feigned tears and fictitious woe of a female friend2 that1 when it appeared at the exhibition1 ,i scarce knew it again myself1 and from a passable picture it became little better than the wretched figure here represented4 ,in my opinion1 ,i never saw a finer resemblance of flesh and blood1 while the canvas was warm1 ,i mean wet2 but1 like that of real flesh1 as soon as it was chilled1 the beauty wore off4 ,and this1 he said1 could not be helped1 as no colours1 but those of pure nature1 as ultramarine1 c4 would keep their natural brightness4 ,but it is granted that colouring was not ,mr4 ,hogarth's forte2 and the subject we are upon is a disagreeable one4 #eg ,the first sketch in oil for ,sigismunda1 and a drawing from the finished picture1 are in the possession of ,mr4 ,samuel ,ireland4 #eh ,at the ,club of ,artists1 it was not unusual to reproach ,hogarth with want of due attention to the ,ancients1 whom he always affected to despise4 ,it accidentally happened that ,mr4 ,basire1 whilst this plate was in hand1 was employed likewise in engraving1 for the ,society of ,antiquaries1 two plates of an antique bronze from the collection of ,mr4 ,hollis1 so remarkably grotesque1 that ,mr4 ,hogarth very readily consented that his plate should be postponed1 and declared1 he could not have imagined that the ,ancients had possessed so much humour4 #ei ,some subscriptions were actually received1 and the money returned4 ,the munificient ,mr4 ,hollis1 who was one of the subscribers1 refused to take back what he had paid2 and it was given by ,mr4 ,basire to a public charity4 #fj ,two other little pieces are ascribed to him2 the distich under the subscription-ticket for his ,sigismunda1 #agfa1 ',to ,nature and yourself appeal2 ,nor learn of others how to feel4' ,and the following well-known ,epigram3 ,your servant1 ,sir1 says surly ,quin1 ,sir1 ,i am yours1 replies ,macklin1 ,why1 you're the very ,jew you play1 ,your face performs the task well4 ,and you are ,sir ,john ,brute1 they say1 ,and an accomplished ,maskwell4 ,says ,rich1 who heard the sneering elves1 ,and knew their horrid hearts2 ,acting too much your very selves1 ,you overdo your parts4,a ,a ,the censure contained in these poor lines is eminently unjust4 ,macklin is known to have been an anxious and affectionate parent1 and ,quin a benevolent and liberal friend4 #fa ,on what account ,i know not1 but he had then forborn painting for more than a year4 #fb ,see hereafter1 p4 #ha4 #fc ,in the ,beauties of all the ,magazines1 #aggc1 p4 #ddj1 is a droll ,epistle from ,jacob ,henriques1 born anno ,domini1 c4 to ,messieurs ,hogarth and ,churchill greeting4 #fd ,for this the ,satirist unmercifully apologizes in the conclusion of his poem1 which may be seen in the ,catalogue1 under the year #agfc1 in a note on ,n #b4 #fe ,as much of this paper as relates to our artist is here subjoined3 ,the humourous ,mr4 ,hogarth1 the supposed author of the ,analysis of ,beauty1 has at last entered the list of politicians1 and given us a print of ,the ,times4 ,words are man's province1 says ,pope2 but they are not ,mr4 ,hogarth's province4 ,he somewhere mentions his being indebted to a friend for a third part of the wording3 that is his phrase4 ,we all titter the instant he takes up a pen1 but we tremble when we see the pencil in his hand4 ,i will do him the justice to say1 that he possesses the rare talent of gibbetting in colours1 and that in most of his works he has been a very good moral satirist4 ,his forte is there1 and he should have kept it4 ,when he has at any time deviated from his own peculiar walk1 he has never failed to make himself perfectly ridiculous4 ,i need only make my appeal to any one of his historical or portrait pieces1 which are now considered as almost beneath all criticism4 ,the favourite ,sigismunda1 the labour of so many years1 the boasted effort of his art1 was not human4 ,if the figure had a resemblance of any thing ever on earth1 or had the least pretence to meaning or expression1 it was what he had seen1 or perhaps made1 in real life1 his own wife in an agony of passion2 but of what passion no connoisseur could guess4 ,all his friends remember what tiresome discourses were held by him day after day about the transcendent merit of it1 and how the great names of ,raphael1 ,vandyke1 and others1 were made to yield the palm of beauty1 grace1 expression1 c4 to him1 for this long laboured1 yet still1 uninteresting1 single figure4 ,the value he himself set on this1 as well as on some other of his works1 almost exceeds belief2 yet from politeness or fear1 or some other motives1 he has actually been paid the most astonishing sums1 as the price1 not of his merit1 but of his unbounded vanity4 ,the darling passion of ,mr4 ,hogarth is to shew the faulty and dark side of every object4 ,he never gives us in perfection the fair face of nature1 but admirably well holds out her deformities to ridicule4 ,the reason is plain4 ,all objects are painted on his retina in a grotesque manner1 and he has never felt the force of what the ,french call la belle nature4 ,he never caught a single idea of beauty1 grace1 or elegance2 but1 on the other hand1 he never missed the least flaw in almost any production of nature or of art4 ,this is his true character4 ,he has succeeded very happily in the way of humour1 and has miscarried in every other attempt4 ,this has arisen in some measure from his head1 but much more from his heart4 ,after ,marriage la ,mode1 the public wished for a series of prints of a happy marriage4 ,hogarth made the attempt1 but the rancour and malevolence of his mind made him very soon turn with envy and disgust from objects of so pleasing contemplation1 to dwell and feast a bad heart on others of a hateful cast1 which he pursued1 for he found them congenial1 with the most unabating zeal1 and unrelenting gall4 ,i have observed some time his setting sun4 ,he has long been very dim1 and almost shorn of his beams4 ,he seems so conscious of this1 that he now glimmers with borrowed light4 ,john ,bull's house in flames has been hackney'd in fifty different prints2 and if there is any merit in the figure on stilts1 and the mob prancing around1 it is not to be ascribed to ,hogarth1 but to ,callot4 ,that spirited ,italian1 whom the ,english painter has so carefully studied1 has given us in the ,balli di ,sfessania di ,jacomo ,callot1 the very same ideas1 but infinitely more ludicrous in the execution4 ,the piece is ,smaraolo cornuto4 ,ratsa di ,boio4 ,the ,times must be confessed destitute of every kind of original merit4 ,the print at first view appears too much crouded with figures2 and is in every part confused1 perplexed1 and embarrassed4 ,the story is not well told to the eye2 nor can we any where discover the faintest ray of that genius1 which with a few strokes of the pencil enabled us to penetrate into the deepest recesses of thought1 and even caprice1 in a rake1 a harlot1 and a profligate young man of quality4 ,i own too that ,i am grieved to see the genius of ,hogarth1 which should take in all ages and countries1 sunk to a level with the miserable tribe of party-etchers1 and now1 in his rapid decline1 entering into the poor politics of the faction of the day1 and descending into low personal abuse1 instead of instructing the world1 as he could once1 by manly moral satire4 ,whence can proceed so surprizing a change8 ,is it the frowardness of old age8 ,or is it that envy and impatience of resplendent merit in every way1 at which he has always sickened8 ,how often has he been remarked to droop at the fair and honest applause given even to a friend1 though he had particular obligations to the very same gentleman6 ,what wonder then that some of the most respectable characters of the age become the objects of his ridicule8 ,it is sufficient that the rest of mankind applaud2 from that moment he begins the attack1 and you never can be well with him1 till he hears an universal outcry against you1 and till all your friends have given you up4 ,there is besides a silly affectation of singularity1 joined to a strong desire of leading the rest of the world3 when that is once found impracticable1 the spleen engendered on such an occasion is discharged at a particular object1 or ends in a general misanthropy4 ,the public never had the least share of ,hogarth's regard1 or even good-will4 ,gain and vanity have steered his little bark quite through life4 ,he has never been consistent but with respect to those two principles4 ,what a despicable part has he acted with regard to the society of ,arts and ,sciences6 ,how shuffling has his conduct been to the whole body of ,artists6 ,both these useful societies have experienced the most ungenteel and offensive behaviour from him4 ,there is at this hour scarcely a single man of any degree of merit in his own profession1 with whom he does not hold a professed enmity4 ,it is impossible the least degree of friendship could ever subsist in this intercourse of the arts with him2 for his insufferable vanity will never allow the least merit in another1 and no man of a liberal turn of mind will ever condescend to feed his pride with the gross and fulsome praise he expects1 or to burn the incense he claims1 and indeed snuffs like a most gracious god4 ,to this he joins no small share of jealousy2 in consequence of which1 he has all his life endeavoured to suppress rising merit1 and has been very expert in every mean underhand endeavour1 to extinguish the least spark of genuine fire4 ,rut all genius was not born1 nor will die1 with ,mr4 ,hogarth3 and notwithstanding all his ungenerous efforts to damp or chill it in another1 ,i will trust to a discerning and liberal spirit in the ,english nation1 to patronize and reward all real merit4 ,it will in the end rise superior to the idle laugh of the hour1 which these triflers think it the highest praise to be able to raise4 ,for my part1 ,i scarcely know a more profligate principle1 than the indiscriminately sacrificing every thing1 however great or good1 to the dangerous talent of ridicule2 and a man1 whose sole object is dummodo risum excutiat1 ought to be avoided as the worst pest of society1 as the enemy most to be feared1 ,i mean a treacherous friend4 ,such a man will go all lengths to raise a laugh at your expence1 and your whole life will be made miserable from his ambition of diverting the company for half an hour4 ,i love to trace the ideas of a ,genius1 and to mark the progress of every art4 ,mr4 ,hogarth has heard much of the cobwebs of the law1 and the spinning fine spider-webs1 c4 ,this is thrown on paper1 and the idea carefully treasured4 ,lord ,hardwicke being at the head of the law1 and deservedly in as high esteem with his countrymen as any man who ever held the seals1 unspotted in life1 and equally revered by prince and people1 becomes an excellent subject for the satirical pencil of a malevolent painter4 ,he is accordingly emblematically represented by ,mr4 ,hogarth as a great spider in a large1 thick web1 with myriads of the carcases of flies1 clients ,i suppose1 sucked to death by the gloomy tyrant4 ,mr4 ,hogarth had heard of ,mr4 ,pitt's being above all his fellow-citizens1 and of his superior virtue having raised him to an envied and dangerous height of grandeur4 ,now this he has taken literally1 and1 with the kind aid of ,callot1 has put ,mr4 ,pitt on stilts1 and made the people look up to him2 which1 after all this insipid ridicule1 they will continue to do1 as a kind of tutelar deity1 from whom they expect that security and those blessings they despair of from others4 ,as to the conceit of the bellows1 to signify1 ,i suppose1 ,mr4 ,pitt's endeavours to blow up the flames of war and discord1 it is at once very poor and very false4 ,his whole conduct the last session in parliament1 and out of the house ever since1 has demonstrated the contrary3 neque vero hoc oratione solum1 sed multo magis vit et moribus comprobavit4 ,cic4 de ,fin4 ,lord ,temple is a nobleman of fine parts and unsullied honour1 who has shewn a thorough disinterestedness1 a great love of liberty1 and a steady attachment to the public1 in every part of his conduct through life4 ,it was impossible such a character could be missed by the poisonous shafts of envy1 which we see pointed at all superior virtue4444 ,mr4 ,hogarth's wit on this noble lord is confined to the wretched conceits of the ,temple ,coffee-house1 and a squirt to signify the playing on the ministry4 ,i really believe this wit is all ,mr4 ,hogarth's own4 ,when a man of parts dedicates his talents to the service of his country1 he deserves the highest rewards3 when he makes them subservient to base purposes1 he merits execration and punishment4 ,among the ,spartans1 music and poetry were made to serve the noblest purposes of the ,lacedemonian state4 ,a manly courage and great contempt of death were inspired by them2 and the poet1 musician1 soldier1 and patriot1 were often the same good citizen1 who despised the low mechanic lucre of the profession1 and was zealous only for the glory of his country4 ,in the year #agdf1 when the ,guards were ordered to march to ,finchley1 on the most important service they could be employed in1 the extinguishing a ,scottish rebellion1 which threatened the intire ruin of the illustrious family on the throne1 and1 in consequence1 of our liberties1 ,mr4 ,hogarth came out with a print to make them ridiculous to their countrymen and to all ,europe2 or perhaps it rather was to tell the ,scots in his way how little the ,guards were to be feared1 and that they might safely advance4 ,that the ridicule might not stop here1 and that it might be as offensive as possible to his own sovereign1 he dedicated the print to the king of ,prusia,a as an encourager of arts4 ,is this patriotism6 ,in old ,rome1 or in any of the ,grecian states1 he would have been punished as a profligate citizen1 totally devoid of all principle4 ,in ,england he is rewarded1 and made serjeant painter to that very king's grandson4 ,i think the term means the same as what is vulgarly called house-painter2 and indeed he has not been suffered to caricature the royal family4 ,the post of portrait-painter is given to a ,scotsman1 one ,ramsay4 ,mr4 ,hogarth is only to paint the wainscot of the rooms1 or1 in the phrase of the art1 may be called their pannel-painter4 ,but how have the ,guards offended ,mr4 ,hogarth1 for he is again attacking them in ,the ,times8 ,lord ,harrington's second troop of grenadier guards is allowed to be very perfect in every part of military discipline2 and ,hogarth's friend1 the king of ,prussia1 could have shewn him the real importance of it4 ,he had heard them much applauded1 and therefore must abuse them4 ,the ridicule ends however in airs composed by ,harrington1 and in a piece of clock-work2 but he ought to have known1 that though l'homme machine is not sound philosophy1 it is the true doctrine of tactics4 ,the ,militia has received so many just testimonies of applause1 both from their king and country1 that the attack of envy and malevolence was long expected4 ,but ,i dare say this poor jester will have ,mr4 ,george ,townshend's free consent to vent his spleen upon him and the gentlemen of ,norfolk4 ,i believe he may ever go on in this way almost unnoticed2 at one time ridiculing the ,guards for a disorderly1 and at another the ,militia for an exact and orderly march4 ,mr4 ,townshend will still have the warm applause of his country1 and the truest satisfaction1 that of an honest heart1 for his patriot labours in establishing this great plan of internal defence1 a ,militia1 which has delivered us from the ignominy of foreign hirelings1 and the ridiculous fears of invasion1 by a brave and well-disciplined body of ,englishmen1 at all times ready and zealous for the defence of their country1 and of its laws and constitution4 ,a ,this is the orthography of ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,see the print4 #ff ,the present ,lord ,camden4 #fg ,this gave rise to a catchpenny1 intituled1 ,pug's ,reply to ,parson ,bruin2 or1 a ,political ,conference1 occasioned by an ,epistle to ,william ,hogarth1 ,esq2 #dto4 #fh ,which was probably accelerated by this unlucky 7we had almost said unnatural7 event2 for ,wilkes1 ,churchill1 and ,hogarth1 had been intimate friends1 and might have continued such as long as they lived1 had not the dmon of politics and party sown discord among them1 and dissolved their union4 #fi--the friend----,dr4 ,morell4 ,the conduct of this gentleman cannot fail to put the reader in mind of ,sir ,fretful ,plagiary's complaint in ,mr4 ,sheridan's ,critic3 --if it is abuse1 why one is always sure to hear of it from one damn'd good-natured friend or another4 #gj ,while thinking figures from the canvas start1 ,and ,hogarth is the ,garrick of his art1 is a couplet in ,smart's ,hilliad4 ,the compliment from the ,hilliad to ,mr4 ,hogarth1 ,mr4 ,smart observes1 is reciprocal1 and reflects a lustre on ,mr4 ,garrick1 both of them having similar talents1 equally capable of the highest elevation1 and of representing the ordinary scenes of life with the most exquisite humour4 #ga ,the pyramid1 c4 ,this stroke of satire was retorted on ,hogarth1 and employed to express his advanced age and declining abilities2 while the ,cheshire cheese1 with #cjjj l4 on it1 seemed to imply that he himself merited an annual pension4 ,i received this explanation from an ingenious friend4--,the late ,mr4 ,rogers explained it thus3 ,mr4 ,pitt is represented in it sitting at his ease in the position of the great ,sir ,isaac ,newton in ,westminster-,abbey1 with a mill-stone hanging over his head1 on which is written #cjjj l4 in allusion to his saying1 that ,hanover was a mill-stone round the neck of ,england1 on account of the expences attending it2 and his afterwards adding himself to the public expences by accepting a pension of #cjjj l4 a year4 ,he is firing a mortar-piece levelled at a ,dove bearing an olive-branch 7the symbol of peace7 perched on the standard of ,england2 and is supported by the ,city of ,london1 denoted by the two ,giants in ,guildhall4 ,hogarth is flogging ,wilkes and ,churchill1 and making them dance to the scrapings of a fidler2 designed to represent a ,nobleman ,earl ,temple1 who patronized them in #agfc1 and who1 for his unmeaning face1 has ever been described without a feature4 ,see ,trusler's ,preface1 p4 vii4 #gb ,it may be worth observing1 that in ,independence1 a poem which was not published by ,churchill till the last week of ,september1 #agfd1 he considers his antagonist as a departed ,genius3 ,hogarth would draw him 7,envy must allow7 ,e'en to the life1 ,,was ,,hogarth ,,living ,,now4 ,how little did the sportive ,satirist imagine that the power of pleasing was so soon to cease in both6 ,hogarth died in four weeks after the publication of this poem2 and ,churchill survived him but nine days4 ,in some lines which were printed in ,november #agfd1 the compiler of these ,anecdotes took occasion to lament that ----,scarce had the friendly tear1 ,for ,hogarth shed1 escap'd the generous eye ,of feeling ,pity1 when again it flow'd ,for ,churchill's fate4 ,ill can we bear the loss ,of ,fancy's twin-born offspring1 close ally'd ,in energy of thought1 though different paths ,they sought for fame6 ,though jarring passions sway'd ,the living artists1 let the funeral wreath ,unite their memory6 #gc ,the ,monthly ,reviewer unintentionally reads supper1 instead of dinner4 ,as to this article of minute intelligence1 whether it be true or false1 it was communicated by ,mrs4 ,lewis4 #gd ,mr4 ,walpole once invited ,gray the ,poet and ,hogarth to dine with him2 but what with the reserve of the one1 and a want of colloquial talents in the other1 he never passed a duller time than between these representatives of ,tragedy and ,comedy1 being obliged to rely entirely on his own efforts to support conversation4 #ge ,the most solid praise1 perhaps1 that ever was given to our artist1 was a legacy of #ajj l4 for the great pleasure the testator had received from his works4 #gf ,originally begun for a portrait of ,mrs4 ,cholmondeley1 but altered1 after one or two sittings1 to the ,queen4 #gg ,see p4 #i4 #gh ,to whom1 in case of ,mrs4 ,hogarth's marrying again1 he gave the plates of ,marriage la ,mode1 and of the ,harlot's and ,rake's ,progress4 #gi ,whilst the ,marshal was a prisoner in ,england1 ,monsieur ,coetlagon opened a subscription at two guineas1 one to be paid on subscribing1 the other on the delivery of ,a ,dictionary of ,arts and ,sciences1 in two large folio volumes4 ,many of the nobility1 as well as gentry subscribed2 but very few of them made good their second payments1 or had the work2 and the author dedicated it 7in gratitude1 it is supposed1 for the generous patronage he received from the ,english7 to ,marshal ,belleisle2 whose place of confinement was in ,the ,round ,tower at ,windsor ,castle2 where the large dining-room is still ornamented with a variety of humourous ,french engravings2 and a small library of ,french books4 #hj ,in the year #agfh was published a work1 intituled1 ,hogarth ,moralised4 ,being a complete ,edition of ,hogarth's ,works4 ,containing near ,fourscore ,copper-,plates1 most elegantly engraved4 ,with an ,explanation1 pointing out the many ,beauties that may have hitherto escaped ,notice1 and a ,comment on their ,moral ,tendency1 c4 ,with the ,approbation of ,jane ,hogarth1 ,widow of the late ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,the history of the work is as follows3 ,the ,rev4 ,john ,trusler engaged with some engravers in this design1 after ,hogarth's death1 when they could carry it into execution with impunity4 ,mrs4 ,hogarth1 finding her property would be much affected by it1 was glad to accept an offer they made her1 of entering into partnership with them2 and they were very glad to receive her1 knowing her name would give credit to the publication1 and that she would certainly supply many anecdotes to explain the plates4 ,such as are found in the work are probably all hers4 ,the other stuff was introduced by the editor to eke out the book4 ,we are informed1 that1 when the undertaking was completed1 in order to get rid of her partners1 she was glad to buy out their shares1 so that the whole expence which fell on her amounted to at least #gjj l4 #ha ,they abound1 says an excellent judge1 in true humour2 and satire1 which is generally well-directed3 they are admirable moral lessons1 and afford a fund of entertainment suited to every taste3 a circumstance1 which shews them to be just copies of nature4 ,we may consider them too as valuable repositories of the manners1 customs1 and dresses of the present age4 ,what amusement would a collection of this kind afford1 drawn from every period of the history of ,britain6--,how far the works of ,hogarth will bear a critical examination1 may be the subject of a little more enquiry4 ,in design ,hogarth was seldom at a loss4 ,his invention was fertile1 and his judgement accurate4 ,an improper incident is rarely introduced2 a proper one rarely omitted4 ,no one could tell a story better2 or make it1 in all its circumstances1 more intelligible4 ,his genius1 however1 it must be owned1 was suited only to low1 or familiar subjects4 ,it never soared above common life3 to subjects naturally sublime1 or which from antiquity1 or other accidents1 borrowed dignity1 he could not rise4 ,in composition we see little in him to admire4 ,in many of his prints1 the deficiency is so great1 as plainly to imply a want of all principle2 which makes us ready to believe1 that when we do meet with a beautiful group1 it is the effect of chance4 ,in one of his minor works1 the ,idle ,prentice1 we seldom see a crowd more beautifully managed1 than in the last print4 ,if the sheriff's officers had not been placed in a line1 and had been brought a little lower in the picture1 so as to have formed a pyramid with the cart1 the composition had been unexceptionable3 and yet the first print of this work is so striking an instance of disagreeable composition1 that it is amazing1 how an artist1 who had any idea of beautiful forms1 could suffer so unmasterly a performance to leave his hands4 ,of the distribution of light ,hogarth had as little knowledge as of composition4 ,in some of his pieces we see a good effect2 as in the execution just mentioned2 in which1 if the figures at the right and left corners had been kept down a little1 the light would have been beautifully distributed on the fore-ground1 and a little fine secondary light spread over part of the crowd3 but at the same time there is so obvious a deficiency in point of effect1 in most of his prints1 that it is very evident he had no principles4 ,neither was ,hogarth a master in drawing4 ,of the muscles and anatomy of the head and hands he had perfect knowledge2 but his trunks are often badly moulded1 and his limbs ill set on4 ,i tax him with plain bad drawing2 ,i speak not of the niceties of anatomy1 and elegance of outline3 of these indeed he knew nothing2 nor were they of use in that mode of design which he cultivated3 and yet his figures1 upon the whole1 are inspired with so much life and meaning1 that the eye is kept in good humour1 in spite of its inclination to find fault4 ,the author of the ,analysis of ,beauty1 it might be supposed1 would have given us more instances of grace1 than we find in the works of ,hogarth2 which shews strongly that theory and practice are not always united4 ,many opportunities his subjects naturally afford of introducing graceful attitudes2 and yet we have very few examples of them4 ,with instances of picturesque grace his works abound4 ,of his expression1 in which the force of his genius lay1 we cannot speak in terms too high4 ,in every mode of it he was truly excellent4 ,the passions he thoroughly understood1 and all the effects which they produce in every part of the human frame3 he had the happy art also of conveying his ideas with the same precision with which he conceived them4--,he was excellent too in expressing any humorous oddity1 which we often see stamped upon the human face4 ,all his heads are cast in the very mould of nature4 ,hence that endless variety1 which is displayed through his works3 and hence it is1 that the difference arises between his heads1 and the affected caricaturas of those masters1 who have sometimes amused themselves with patching together an assemblage of features from their own ideas4 ,such are ,spagniolet's2 which1 though admirably executed1 appear plainly to have no archetypes in nature4 ,hogarth's1 on the other hand1 are collections of natural curiosities4 ,the ,oxford-heads1 the physicians-arms1 and some of his other pieces1 are expressly of this humorous kind4 ,they are truly comic2 though ill-natured effusions of mirth3 more entertaining than ,spagniolet's1 as they are pure nature2 but less innocent1 as they contain ill-directed ridicule4--,but the species of expression1 in which this master perhaps most excels1 is that happy art of catching those peculiarities of air1 and gesture1 which the ridiculous part of every profession contract2 and which1 for that reason1 become characteristics of the whole4 ,his counsellors1 his undertakers1 his lawyers1 his usurers1 are all conspicuous at sight4 ,in a word1 almost every profession may see1 in his works1 that particular species of affectation which they should most endeavour to avoid4 ,the execution of this master is well-suited to his subjects1 and manner of treating them4 ,he etches with great spirit2 and never gives one unnecessary stroke4 ,for myself1 ,i greatly more value the works of his own needle1 than those high-finished prints on which he employed other engravers4 ,for as the production of an effect is not his talent2 and as this is the chief excellence of high finishing2 his own rough manner is certainly preferable2 in which we have most of the force and spirit of his expression4 ,the manner in none of his works pleases me so well as in a small print of a corner of a play-house4 ,there is more spirit in a work of this kind1 struck off at once1 warm from the imagination1 than in all the cold correctness of an elaborate engraving4 ,if all his works had been executed in this style1 with a few improvements in the compositions1 and the management of light1 they would certainly have been a much more valuable collection of prints than they are4 ,the ,rake's ,progress1 and some of his other works1 are both etched and engraved by himself3 they are well done2 but it is plain he meant them as furniture4 ,as works designed for a critick's eye1 they would certainly have been better without the engraving1 except a few touches in a very few places4 ,the want of effect too would have been less conspicuous1 which in his highest-finished prints is disagreeably striking4 ,gilpin1 ,essay on ,prints1 p4 #afe4 #hb ,to whom ,hogarth bequeathed ten guineas for a ring4 #hc ,it having been requested in the ,catalogue of this exhibition 7which was in ,bow-,street1 ,covent-,garden7 that all remarks on the artists1 or their performances1 might be sent to ,the ,st4 ,james's ,chronicle2 the compiler of these ,anecdotes transmitted a few hasty lines1 which were printed in that paper ,april #bi1 #agfb4 ,they are not worth transcribing3 but a short extract will preserve the ,,assumed names of some of the artists-- ,and ,masmore1 ,lester's1 ,ward's1 and ,fishbourne's name1 ,with thine1 ,vandyck1 shall live to endless fame2 ,in your collection ,wit and ,skill combine1 ,and ,humour flows in every well-chose ,sign4 #hd ,she is still living1 and has been loud in abuse of this work1 a circumstance to which she owes a niche in it4 #he ,among the compliments ,hogarth was disposed to pay his own genius1 he asserted his ability to take a complete likeness in three quarters of an hour4 ,this head of ,mr4 ,welsh was painted within the compass of the time prescribed1 but had afterwards the advantage of a second sitting4 #hf ,mr4 ,walpole is now possessed of the portrait of his brother ,sir ,edward4 #hg ,this1 and the preceding article1 are now in the possession of ,peter ,coxe1 esq4 of ,college ,hill1 in the city1 executor to ,mr4 ,forrest1 and brother to the ,rev4 ,william ,coxe1 who has obliged the world with his ,travels through ,poland1 ,russia1 c4 #hh ,the following brief ,memoirs of ,mr4 ,william ,tothall1 ,f4 ,a4 ,s4 were communicated by ,dr4 ,ducarel1 who was personally acquainted with ,mr4 ,tothall1 and received the intelligence in a letter from the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,lyon1 ,minister of ,st4 ,mary's at ,dover1 to whom the particulars in it were related by ,captain ,bulstrode of that town4 ,dover1 ,june #aa1 #agha4 ,sir1 ,the following narrative of your friend ,tothall may be depended upon1 as ,captain ,bulstrode informs me he frequently heard it from ,tothall himself4 ,his father was an apothecary in ,fleet-street2 but dying1 as ,captain ,bulstrode thinks1 while his son was young1 and in but indifferent circumstances 7as his mother afterwards practised as a midwife71 he was taken by an uncle1 who was a fishmonger4 ,he lived with his uncle some time2 but1 not approving of the business1 ran away from him1 and entered on board a merchant-ship going to ,the ,west ,indies4 ,he also went several times to ,newfoundland4 ,during the time of his being in ,the ,west ,indies1 though so early in life1 he was indefatigable in the collecting of shells1 and brought home several utterly unknown in ,england4 ,he continued at sea till he was almost #cj years of age4 ,in one of his voyages he was taken by the ,spaniards1 and marched a considerable way up the country1 without shoe or stocking1 with only a woollen cap on his head1 and a brown waistcoat on1 with a large staff in his hand4 ,he had afterwards his picture drawn in this dress4 ,he continued a prisoner till exchanged4 ,when he was about #cj years of age1 he went as shopman to a woollen-draper at the corner of ,tavistock ,court1 ,covent ,garden1 with whom he continued some years2 and his master1 finding him a faithful servant1 told him1 'as he dealt only in cloth1 and his customers were taylors1 he would lend him money to buy shalloons and trimmings1 and recommend him to his chapmen1 if he liked to take the trouble and the profit of the branch upon himself4' ,he readily accepted the proposal4 ,about the same time an acquaintance in ,the ,west ,indies sent him a puncheon of rum4 ,before he landed it1 he consulted his master what he should do with it2 who advised him to sell it out in small quantities1 and lent him a cellar in his house4 ,he followed this advice2 and1 finding the profits considerable1 wrote to his correspondent in ,the ,west ,indies to send him another supply2 and from this time he commenced rum1 brandy1 and shalloon merchant4 ,i cannot learn how long he continued in this way2 but his master having acquired a fortune1 and being desirous of retiring from business1 left him in possession of his whole stock at prime cost1 and he was to pay him as he sold it4 ,he now commenced woollen-draper1 and continued in this business till he acquired a sum sufficient1 as he thought1 to retire upon2 and he left his business to his shopman1 the late ,mr4 ,job ,ray1 on the same conditions his master left it to him4 ,during his residence in ,covent ,garden1 he became a member of the club at the ,bedford ,coffee-house1 and of course contracted an acquaintance with ,hogarth1 ,lambert1 and other men eminent in their way2 and ,hogarth lived some time in his house on the footing of a most intimate friend4 ,on quitting his business 7being troubled with an asthmatical complaint7 he came and settled at ,dover2 where1 soon becoming connected with certain persons in the smuggling branch1 he fitted out a bye-boat1 which was designed 7as is supposed7 to promote their business2 but in this branch ,fortune1 which had hitherto smiled upon his endeavours1 now frowned upon his attempts4 ,the vessel1 in going over with horses either to ,ostend or ,flushing1 was lost4 ,this1 with some other losses1 so reduced him1 that he was rather straitened in his circumstances1 and he could not live as he had done previous to the losses he sustained4 ,his residence was near the ,rope-walk at ,dover 7since pulled down71 where his old friend ,hogarth frequently visited him3 but being in a decline1 and his asthma increasing1 he bought a very small cottage at ,west ,langdon1 about three miles from ,dover1 to which he used to go on horseback4 ,digging in a very small garden belonging to this cottage1 he had the good fortune to find some valuable fossils2 which to a man of his taste was a singular treasure4 ,he died ,january #i1 #agfh1 at the age of #gj 7possessed of about #aejj l471 and was buried at ,st4 ,mary's ,church at ,dover4 ,his collection of shells and fossils were sold by auction at ,longford's1 the following year4 ,the foregoing is the substance of what ,i have gathered from ,capt4 ,bulstrode4 ,if there should be any other particular which you are desirous of knowing1 ,i shall be happy to make the inquiry1 and to communicate it2 and am1 ,sir1 your most obedient humble servant1 ,j4 ,,lyon4 #hi ,william ,gostling1 ,m4 ,a4 a minor canon of ,canterbury cathedral for fifty years1 and vicar of ,stone in the isle of ,oxney1 ,kent1 well known to all lovers of antiquity by his truly original ,walk in and about ,canterbury1 first printed in #aggd1 of which there have been three editions4 ,he died ,march #i1 #aggg1 in the #hb;d year of his age4 ,of his father1 who was first a minor canon of ,canterbury1 and afterwards one of the priests of the chapel-royal and sub-dean of ,st4 ,paul's1 there are several anecdotes1 communicated by his son1 in ,sir ,john ,hawkins's ,history of ,music4 ,to which may be added what ,king ,charles ,,ii4 is reported to have said of him1 ,you may talk as much as you please of your nightingales1 but ,i have a ,gostling who excels them all4 ,another time1 the same merry monarch presented him with a silver egg filled with guineas1 saying1 that he had heard that eggs were good for the voice4 #ij ,see the ,catalogue1 under the year #aghb4 ,,catalogue ,,of ,,hogarth',s ,,prints4#a ,i am now engaged in an undertaking1 which from its nature will be imperfect4 ,while ,hogarth was yet an apprentice1 and worked on his master's account1 we may suppose he was not at liberty to affix his name to his own performances4 ,nay1 afterwards1 when he appeared as an independent artist1 he probably left many of them anonymous1 being sometimes obliged to measure out his exertions in proportion to the scanty prices paid for them4 ,for reasons like these1 we may be sure that many of his early plates must have eluded search2 and1 if gradually discovered1 will serve only to swell the collections they will not adorn4--,the judicious connoisseur1 perhaps1 would be content to possess the pictures of ,raffaelle1 without aiming at a complete assemblage of the ,roman ,fayence that passes under his name4 ,in settling the dates of his pieces there is also difficulty4 ,sometimes1 indeed1 they have been inferred from circumstances almost infallible2 as in respect to the ,rabbit-breeder1c4 which would naturally have been published in the year #agbf4 ,on other occasions they are determined within a certain compass of time4 ,thus the ,ticket for ,milward1 then a player at ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields1 must have preceded #agcc1 when he removed with ,rich to ,covent ,garden2 and it is equally sure1 that ,orator ,henley christening an ,infant1 and ,a ,girl swearing a child to a grave citizen1 came out before #agce1 in which year we know that ,j4 ,y4 ,schley1 one of ,picart's coadjutors1 had re-engraved them both for the use of the fourth volume of the ,religious ,ceremonies1 published at ,amsterdam in #agcf4 ,but how are we to guess at the period that produced ,sancho at ,dinner1 or ,the ,discovery8 ,the merits and demerits of his performances would prove deceitful guides in our researches4 ,as our artist grew older1 he did not regularly advance in estimation2 for neither the frontispieces to ,tristram ,shandy1 the ,times1 the ,bathos1 or the ,bear1 can be said to equal many of his earliest productions4--,under such difficulties is the following chronological list of our author's pieces attempted4 ,the reader is likewise entreated to observe1 that throughout the annexed catalogue of plates1 variations1 c4 ,j4 ,n4 has mentioned only such as he has seen4 ,alike unwilling to deceive or be deceived1 he has suppressed all intelligence he could not authenticate from immediate inspection4 ,he might easily have enlarged his work by admitting particulars of doubtful authority1 sometimes imperfectly recollected by their several communicators1 and sometimes offered as sportive impositions on an author's credulity4 ,of this weakness every one possesses some2 but perhaps no man more than he who ambitiously seeks opportunities to improve on the labours of another4 ,j4 ,n4 is sure1 however1 that ,mr4 ,walpole1 whom none can exceed in taste and judgment1 will be little concerned about the merits of a performance that founds its claim to notice only on the humbler pretences of industry and correctness4 #a ,it is proper to acknowledge1 that all such short strictures and annotations on these performances as are distinguished by being printed both in ,italics and between inverted commas1 are copied from the list of ,hogarth's works published by ,mr4 ,walpole4 99 99 99 99 99 #agbj4 #a4 ,w4 ,hogarth1 engraver1 with two figures and two ,cupids1 ,april #bh1 #agbj4 99 99 99 99 99 #agba4 #a4 ,an emblematic print on the ,south ,sea4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 sc4 ,sold by ,mrs4 ,chilcot in ,westminster-hall1 and ,b4 ,caldwell1 ,printseller in ,newgate-street4 ,persons riding on wooden horses4 ,the ,devil cutting ,fortune into collops4 ,a man broken on the wheel1 c4 ,a very poor performance4 ,under it are the following verses3 ,see here the causes why in ,london ,so many men are made and undone2 ,that arts and honest trading drop1 ,to swarm about the ,devil's shop 7,a71 ,who cuts out 7,b7 ,fortune's golden haunches1 ,trapping their souls with lots and chances1 ,sharing 'em from blue garters down ,to all blue aprons in the town4 ,here all religions flock together1 ,like tame and wild fowl of a feather1 ,leaving their strife religious bustle1 ,kneel down to play at pitch and hustle 7,c73 ,thus when the shepherds are at play2 ,their flocks must surely go astray2 ,the woeful cause that in these times 7,e7 ,honour and ,honesty 7,d7 are crimes ,that publickly are punish'd by 7,g7 ,self-,interest and 7,f7 ,vilany2 ,so much for mony's magic power1 ,guess at the rest1 you find out more4 ,price ,one ,shilling4#a ,it may be observed1 that ,london always affords a set of itinerant poets1 whose office it is to furnish inscriptions for satirical engravings4 ,i lately overheard one of these unfortunate sons of the ,muse making a bargain with his employer4 ,your print1 says he1 is a taking one1 and why won't you go to the price of a half-crown ,epigram8 ,from such hireling bards1 ,i suppose1 our artist purchased not a few of the wretched rhimes under his early performances1 unless he himself be considered as the author of them4 ,of this print emblematic of the ,south ,sea1 there are1 however1 two impressions4 ,the second1 printed for ,bowles1 has been retouched4 #a ,for some further account of this design1 see the article ,man of ,taste1 under the year #agcb1 ,n #g4 #b4 ,the ,lottery4#a ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 sculp4 ,sold by ,chilcot and ,caldwell4 ,emblematic1 and not good4 ,this plate is found in four different states4 ,in one there is no publisher's name under the title4 ,another was sold by ,chilcot1 c4 ,a third was printed and sold by ,s4 ,sympson1 in ,maiden-lane1 near ,covent ,garden4 ,a fourth was printed for ,john ,bowles1 in whose possession the plate1 which he has had retouched1 remains4 ,the following explanation accompanies this plate3 #a4 ,upon the pedestal1 ,national ,credit leaning on a pillar1 supported by ,justice4 #b4 ,apollo shewing ,britannia a picture representing the ,earth receiving enriching ,showers drawn from herself 7an emblem of state lotteries74 #c4 ,fortune drawing the blanks and prizes4 #d4 ,wantonness drawing the numbers4 #e4 ,before the pedestal1 ,suspence turned to and fro by ,hope and ,fear4 #f4 ,on one hand1 ,good ,luck being elevated is seized by ,pleasure and ,folly1 ,fame persuading him to raise sinking ,virtue1 ,arts1 c4 #g4 ,on the other hand1 ,misfortune oppressed by ,grief1 ,minerva supporting him points to the sweets of ,industry4 #h4 ,sloth hiding his head in the curtain4 #i4 ,on the other side1 ,avarice hugging his money4 #aj4 ,fraud tempting ,despair with money at a trap-door in the pedestal4 ,price ,one ,shilling4--,had not ,hogarth1 on this occasion1 condescended to explain his own meaning1 it must have remained in several places inexplicable4 #a ,it appears1 from the following notice in the ,general ,advertiser1 ,dec4 #ab1 #agea1 that this and the foregoing print were re-published by ,bowles during the life of ,hogarth4 ,lately reprinted1 designed1 and engraved by ,mr4 ,william ,hogarth4 ,two ,prints on the ,lottery4 ,one of them showing the drawing of the ,lottery by ,wantonness and ,fortune2 and by suitable emblems represents the suspence of the adventurers1 the situation of the fortunate and unfortunate4 ,the other print is a burlesque representation of the folly and madness which inspires all ranks of people after lottery-gaming1 with the pernicious consequences thereof4 ,price ,one ,shilling4 ,sold by ,j4 ,bowles1 at the ,black-horse1 in ,cornhill4 99 99 99 99 99 #agbc4 #a4 ,fifteen plates to ,aubry de la ,motraye's ,travels through ,europe1 ,asia1 and ,part of ,africa4 ,w4 ,hogarth sculp4 on fourteen of them2 viz4 plates ,v4 ,,ix4 ,x4#a ,,xi4 ,,xv4 ,,xvii4 b4 ,,xviii4 ,,xxvi4 ,,xxx4#b ,,xxxii4 ,,xxxiii4 #a4 ,,xxxiii4 #b4 ,,xxxv4 ,,xxxviii4 ,one of these 7viz4 ,,xxx47 contains a portrait of ,charles the ,x,i,ith of ,sweden4 ,several of the pictures1 from which the ,seraglio1 c4 were engraved1 are still in being1 and are undoubtedly authentic1 being painted in ,turkey1 and brought home by ,de la ,motraye1 at his return from his travels4 ,they were sold about twenty-five years ago at ,hackney1 for a mere trifle1 together with the plates to the present work4 ,the latter1 in all probability1 are destroyed4 ,this book was originally published in ,english at ,london1 #agbc2 afterwards in ,french at ,the ,hague1 in #agbg2 and again in ,english#c at ,london1 revised by the author2 with the addition of two new cuts1 in #agcj4 ,in the ,french edition1 ,plate ,v4 ,tom4 ,i4 is engraved by ,r4 ,smith1 instead of ,hogarth1 so that this intermediate copy contains only fourteen plates by him4 ,it is probable also1 that some other anonymous ones1 in all the editions1 were by the same engraver4 ,his reputation1 indeed1 will save more than it loses by the want of his signature to establish their authenticity4 #a ,at the bottom of this plate1 in one copy of the ,english edition1 the name of ,hogarth1 though erased1 is sufficiently legible4 #b ,in some of the ,english copies of this work1 instead of ,plate ,,xxx4 by ,hogarth1 we only find a very small and imperfect copy of it by another hand4 #c ,this1 strictly speaking1 was not a re-publication2 it is the identical edition of #agbc1 with the addition of a ,preface and an ,appendix4 ,new title-pages were again printed to it1 and a third volume added1 in #agcb4 #b4 ,five ,muscovites4 ,this small print appears at the corner of one of the maps to the second volume of the foregoing work4 ,it has no intelligible reference2 but1 in the ,english copy now before me1 is the last plate but one1 and is marked4 ,c--,t4 ,,ii4 ,in a former edition of the present catalogue1 it was enumerated as a separate article1 but must now be reckoned as one of the fifteen plates to ,motraye's ,travels4 ,to these ,i might add three plates more4 ,if ,hogarth engraved the ,muscovites at the corner of the map already mentioned1 he likewise furnished the figures in the corner of another1 marked ,t4 ,i4--,b4 ,and ,plate ,t4 ,i4--,,xvi4 and ,t4 ,i4--,,xxxvii4 ,i have likewise reason to suppose were the works of our artist2 eighteen plates in all2 though the three latter being only conjectural1 ,i have not ventured to set them down as indisputed performances4 ,of the ,muscovites there is a modern copy4#a ,i have just been assured by a gentleman of undoubted veracity1 that he was once possessed of a set of plates engraved by ,hogarth for some treatise on mathematicks2 but1 considering them of little value1 disposed of them at the price of the copper4 ,as our artist could have displayed no marks of genius in representations of cycloids1 diagrams1 and equilateral triangles1 the loss of these plates is not heavily to be lamented4 #a ,mr4 ,walpole enumerates only #ab plates4 99 99 99 99 99 #agbd4 #a4 ,seven small prints to ,the ,new ,metamorphosis of ,lucius ,apuleius of ,medaura4 ,london1 printed for ,sam4 ,briscoe1 #agbd4 #abmo4 #b vol4 ,i4 ,frontispiece4 ,,ii4 ,festivals of ,gallantry1 which the noblemen of ,rome make in the churches for the entertainment of their mistresses4 ,,iii4 ,the banditti's bringing home a beautiful virgin1 called ,camilla1 from her mother's arms1 the night before she was to have been married4 ,vol4 ,i4 p4 #aac4 ,no name to this plate4 ,,iv4 ,fantasio's arrival at the house of an old witch1 who is afterwards changed into a beautiful young lady4 ,v4 ,the provincial of the ,jesuits' recovery of his favourite dog from the cooper's wife4 ,,vi4 ,psyche's admission of her unknown husband in the dark1 who always departed before the return of light4 ,,vii4 ,cardinal ,ottoboni and his niece's visit to an ,hermitage in the holy desart1 called ,camaldule2 the ,cardinal's discourse against solitude to the hermit1 who had not been out of his cell1 nor spoke a word1 for forty years together4 ,plate ,,iv4 is the only one that has the least trait of character in it4 #b4 ,masquerades and operas4 ,burlington-gate4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 sculp4 ,of the three small figures in the center of this plate1 the middle one is ,lord ,burlington1 a man of considerable taste in ,painting and ,architecture1 but who ranked ,mr4 ,kent 7an indifferent artist7 above his merit4 ,on one side of the peer is ,mr4 ,campbell1 the architect2 on the other1 his lordship's postilion4 ,on a show-cloth in this plate is also supposed to be the portrait of ,king ,george ,,ii4 who gave #ajjj l4 towards the masquerade2 together with that of the ,earl of ,peterborough1 who offers ,cuzzoni1 the ,italian singer1 #hjjj l4 and she spurns at him4#a ,mr4 ,heidegger1 the regulator of the ,masquerade1 is also exhibited1 looking out at a window1 with the letter ,h4 under him4 ,the substance of the foregoing remarks is taken from a collection lately belonging to ,captain ,baillie1#b where it is said that they were furnished by an eminent ,connoisseur4#c ,a board is likewise displayed1 with the words--,long ,room4 ,fawks's dexterity of hand4 ,it appears front the following advertisement in ,mist's ,weekly ,journal for ,saturday1 ,december #be1 #agbe1 that this artist was a man of great consequence in his profession4 ,whereas the town hath lately been alarmed1 that the famous ,fawks was robbed and murdered1 returning from performing at the ,dutchess of ,buckingham's house at ,chelsea2 which report being raised and printed by a person to gain money to himself1 and prejudice the above mentioned ,mr4 ,fawks1 whose unparalleled performances have gained him so much applause from the greatest of quality1 and most curious observers3 ,we think1 both in justice to the injured gentleman1 and for the satisfaction of his admirers1 that we cannot please our readers better than to acquaint them he is alive1 and will not only perform his usual surprizing dexterity of hand1 posture-master1 and musical clock2 but for the greater diversion of the quality and gentry1 has agreed with the famous ,powell of ,the ,bath for the season1 who has the largest1 richest1 and most natural figures1 and finest machines in ,england1 and whose former performances in ,covent ,garden were so engaging to the town1 as to gain the approbation of the best judges1 to show his puppet-plays along with him1 beginning in the ,christmas holidays next1 at the old ,tennis-court in ,james-,street1 near ,the ,haymarket2 where any incredulous persons may be satisfied he has not left this world1 if they please to believe their hands1 though they can't believe their eyes4--,may #be1 indeed1 #agca1 died ,mr4 ,fawkes1 famous for his dexterity of hand1 by which he had honestly acquired a fortune of above #aj1jjj l4 being no more than he really deserved for his great ingenuity1 by which he had surpassed all that ever pretended to that art4 ,political ,state1 vol4 ,,xli4 p4 #edc4 ,this satirical performance of ,hogarth1 however1 was thought to be invented and drawn at the mitigation of ,sir ,james ,thornhill1 out of revenge1 because ,lord ,burlington had preferred ,mr4 ,kent before him to paint for the king at his palace at ,kensington4 ,dr4 ,faustus was a pantomime performed to crowded houses throughout two seasons1 to the utter neglect of plays1 for which reason they are cried about in a wheel-barrow4#d ,we may add that there are three prints of this small masquerade1 c4 one a copy from the first4 ,the originals have ,hogarth's name within the frame of the plate1 and the eight verses are different from those under the other4 ,it is sometimes found without any lines at all2 those in the first instance having been engraved on a separate piece of copper1 so that they could either be retained1 dismissed1 or exchanged1 at pleasure4 ,in the first copy of this print1 instead of ,ben ,jonson's name on a label1 we have ,pasquin1 ,n ,,xi4 ,this was a periodical paper published in #agbb-c1 and the number specified is particularly severe on operas1 c4 ,the verses to the first impression of this plate1 are1 ,could now dumb ,faustus1 to reform the age1 ,conjure up ,shakespear's or ,ben ,johnson's ghost1 ,they'd blush for shame1 to see the ,english stage ,debauch'd by fool'ries1 at so great a cost4 ,what would their manes say8 ,should they behold ,monsters and masquerades1 where useful plays ,adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old1 ,and rival wits contended for the bays4 ,price #a shilling #agbd4 ,to the second impression of it3 ,o how refin'd1 how elegant we're grown6 ,what noble ,entertainments charm the town6 ,whether to hear the ,dragon's roar we go1 ,or gaze surpriz'd on ,fawks's matchless show1 ,or to the ,operas1 or to the ,masques1 ,to eat up ortelans1 and t' empty flasques1 ,and rifle pies from ,shakespear's clinging page1 ,good gods6 how great's the gusto of the age4 ,in this print our artist has imitated the engraving of ,callot4 ,to the third impression1 i4 e4 the copy3 ,long has the stage productive been ,of offsprings it could brag on1 ,but never till this age was seen ,a ,windmill and a ,dragon4 ,o ,congreve1 lay thy pen aside1 ,shakespear1 thy works disown1 ,since monsters grim1 and nought beside1 ,can please this senseless town4 ,i should have observed1 that the idea of the foregoing plate was stolen from an anonymous one on the same subject4 ,it represents ,hercules chaining follies and destroying monsters4 ,he is beating ,heidegger1 till the money he had amassed falls out of his pocket4 ,the situation of the buildings1 c4 on the sides1 c4 has been followed by our artist4 ,mercury aloft sustains a scroll1 on which is written ,the ,mascarade destroy'd4 ,the inscription under this print is ,hei ,degeror4 ,o6 ,i am undone4 ,price ,one ,shilling4 #a ,she is rather drawing the money towards her with a rake4 #b ,this collection1 consisting of #bda prints1 in three portfeuilles1 was sold at ,christie's1 ,april #g1 #agha1 for #ei guineas1 to ,mr4 ,ingham ,foster1 a wealthy ironmonger1 since dead4 ,a set1 containing only #ajj prints1 had been sold some time before1 at the same place1 for #dg guineas4 ,the ,hon4 ,topham ,beauclerk's set1 of only #ii prints1 was sold in #agha 7while this note was printing off for the first edition7 for #cdl4 #ajs4 #c ,it is not1 indeed1 inconvenient for the reputation of this famous connoisseur1 that his name continues to be a secret4 ,either he could not spell1 or his copier was unable to read what he undertook to transcribe4 ,postilion must be a mistake for some other word4 ,the whole note1 in the original1 appears to have been the production of a male ,slip-slop1 perhaps of high fashion4 ,his petulant invective against ,lord ,burlington is here omitted4 #d ,dr4 ,faustus was first brought out at ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields in #agbc1 and the success of it reduced the rival theatre to produce a like entertainment at their house in #agbe4 ,from a scarce pamphlet in octavo1 without date1 called ,tragi-comical ,reflections1 of a moral and political ,tendency1 occasioned by the present ,state of the two ,rival ,theatres in ,drury-,lane and ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields1 by ,gabriel ,rennel1 ,esq4 ,i shall transcribe an illustration of these plates3 ,a few years ago1 by the help of ,harleykin1 and ,dr4 ,faustus1 and ,pluto and ,proserpine1 and other infernal persons1 the ,new-,house was raised to as high a pitch of popularity and renown as ever it had been known to arrive at4 ,tho' the actors there consisted chiefly of ,scotch1 and ,irish1 and ,french ,strollers1 who were utterly unacquainted with the ,english ,stage1 and were remarkably deficient in elocution and gesture3 yet so much was the art of juggling at that time in vogue1 and so extreamly was the nation delighted with ,raree-,shows1 and foreign representations1 that all people flocked to the ,new-,house1 whilst the ,old one was altogether deserted1 tho' it then could glory in as excellent a set of ,english actors as ever had trod upon any stage4 ,in the midst of this joyful prosperity and success1 the ,managers of the ,new-,house were not without secret uneasiness and discontent1 whenever they considered how slippery a ground they stood upon1 and how much a juster title their rivals had to the favour and affections of the people4 ,they were therefore always intent upon forming designs and concerting measures for the entire subversion of the ,old-,house4 ,for this purpose1 they constantly kept in pay a standing army of ,scaramouches1 who were sent about the town to possess it with aversion and resentment against the ,old ,players1 whose virtues had rendered them formidable1 and whose merit was their greatest crime4 ,these ,scaramouches1 in so corrupt and degenerate a time1 when blindness and folly1 and a false taste every where reigned1 were every where looked on as men of a superior skill to all other actors1 and consequently had a greater influence than the rest1 and could lead after them a larger number of followers4 ,it was by means of the incessant clamour and outcry that these miscreants raised1 and of the lies and forgeries which they scattered about the nation1 that the common people were spirited up to commit the most extravagant acts of insolence and outrage on the ,managers of the ,old-,house4 ,they were made the sport and derision of fools1 and were delivered up to an enraged and deluded populace1 as a prey to the fury of wild beasts4 ,their enemies were continually plotting and conspiring their destruction1 and yet were continually prosecuting them for ,sham-,plots and pretended ,conspiracies1 and suborning witnesses to prove them guilty of attempts to undermine and blow up the ,new-,house4 ,during the course of those violent and illegal proceedings1 the ,new ,actors were not wanting in any pains or expence to gratify and increase the then popular taste for ,raree-,shows1 and ,hocus-,pocus ,tricks4 ,scenes and ,machines1 and ,puppets1 and ,posture-,masters1 and ,actors1 and ,singers1 with a new set of ,heathen ,gods and ,goddesses1 and several other foreign ,decorations and ,inventions1 were sent for from ,france and ,italy1 and were ready to be imported with the first fair wind4 ,but quarrels falling out among the ,managers of the ,house1 and one or two of the principal ,actors happening to quit the ,stage1 and the people growing tired with so much foul play1 and with the same deceptio visus so often repeated1 the scene changed at once1 the vox populi turned against the ,new-,house1 which sunk under a load of infamy and contempt1 and was deserted not only by the ,spectators1 but even by its ,actors1 who1 to save themselves from the justice of an abused and enraged people1 were forced to fly out of the nation1 and to beg for protection and subsistence from their wicked ,confederates and ,fellow-,jugglers abroad4 99 99 99 99 99 #agbe4 #a4 ,five small prints for the translation of ,cassandra1 in five volumes duodecimo4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 sculp4 #b4 ,fifteen head pieces for ,the ,roman ,military ,punishments1 by ,john ,beaver1 ,esq4 ,london4 ,from the happy ,revolution1 ,anno xxxvii4 7i4 e4 #agbe47 ,small quarto1 pp4 #aee4 ,from the preface it should seem that the author had been ,judge ,advocate4 ,the book is divided into seventeen chapters1 each of which1 except the second1 third1 seventh1 and twelfth1 have small head-pieces prefixed1 of ancient military punishments1 in the manner of ,callot's ,small ,miseries of ,war4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 sculp4 ,in #aggi1 were first sold by a printseller ten of these prints1 together with two others not in the book1 being scenes of modern war2 a pair of drums being in one1 and a soldier armed with a musket in the other4 ,thus are there three prints in the book not in this set2 viz4 ,chap4 #i4 ,soldiers sold for slaves4 #aj4 ,degradation4 #af4 ,banishment4 ,there is also in the title-page a little figure of a ,roman ,general sitting2 probably done by ,hogarth1 though his name is not under it4 ,in the year #aggd1 these plates were in the possession of a ,button-manufacturer at ,birmingham4 ,there are only eleven1 one of them being engraved on both sides4 ,they were given by him1 however1 to my informant1 who parted with them to ,s4 ,harding an engraver1 who sold them to ,humphry the printseller near ,temple-,bar1 their present proprietor4 ,how they fell into the hands of the ,birmingham manufacturer 7who took off a few impressions from them71 is unknown4 ,query4 ,does the plate engraved on both sides contain the two modern designs8 ,in a ,catalogue of ,books sold by ,w4 ,bathoe1 was included ,part of the ,collection of the late ingenious ,w4 ,hogarth1 ,esq4 ,serjeant ,painter to his ,majesty2 in which was ,beaver's ,roman ,military ,punishments1 with twelve plates by ,hogarth4 ,the plate to ,chap4 ,,xvii4 viz4 ,pay stopt wholly1 or in part1 by way of punishment--,barley given to offenders instead of wheat1 c4 differs in many instances from that sold with the set4 ,at the bottom of the former1 in the book1 we read1 ,w4 ,hogarth1 ,invent4 sculpt4 ,the latter has ,w4 ,hogarth1 invent4 fec4 ,the former has a range of tents behind the pay-table4 ,these are omitted in the latter2 which likewise exhibits an additional soldier attendant on the measuring out of the corn1 c4 ,i do not mean to say that the plate sold with the set is spurious4 ,had it been a copy1 it would naturally have been a servile one4 ,some reason1 now undiscoverable1 must have prevailed on our artist to re-engrave it with variations4 ,n4 ,b4 ,the two scenes of modern war1 mentioned also in p4 #acd1 were designed for a continuation of the same work1 which was never printed1 as ,i guess from the conclusion of the ,author's preface4 ,this regularly divided my book into two parts2 one treating of the ,roman1 the other of the ,modern ,military ,punishments4 ,the first ,i now send into the world1 as a man going into the water dips his foot to feel what reception he is like to meet with2 by that rule resolving1 either to publish the second part1 or sit down contented with the private satisfaction of having1 by my studies1 rendered myself more able worthily to discharge the duties of my office4 ,i have since been assured1 that our ,author's heir was a pastry-cook1 who used all the copies of this book for waste-paper4 #c4 ,a burlesque on ,kent's altar piece at ,st4 ,clement's1 with notes4 ,it represents angels very ill drawn1 playing on various instruments4 ,speaking of this print1 ,mr4 ,walpole in one place calls it a parody2 and in another1 a burlesque on ,kent's ,altar-piece4 ,but1 if we may believe ,hogarth himself1 it is neither1 but a very fair and honest representation of a despicable performance4 ,the following is our artist's inscription to it1 transcribed verbatim literatim4 ,this ,print is exactly ,engraiv'd after ye celebrated ,altar-,piece in ,st4 ,clements ,church which has been taken down by ,order of ye ,lord ,bishop of ,london 7as tis thought7 to prevent ,disputs and ,laying of wagers among the ,parrshioners about ye ,artists meaning in it4 for publick ,satisfaction here is a particular ,explanation of it humbly ,offerd to be writ under the ,original1 that it may be put up again by which means ye ,parish'es #fj pounds which thay nifely gave for it1 may not be ,entirely lost4 #ast4 ,tis not the ,pretenders ,wife and ,children as our weak brethren imagin4 #b;dly4 ,nor ,st4 ,cecilia as the ,connoisseurs think but a choir of ,angells playing in ,consort4 ,a an ,organ ,b an ,angel playing on it ,c the shortest ,ioint of the ,arm4 ,d the longest ,ioint ,e ,an ,angel tuning an harp ,f the inside of his ,leg but whether right or ,left is yet undiscover'd ,g a hand ,playing on a ,lute ,h the other leg judiciously ,omitted to make room for the harp ,i #b ,smaller ,angells as appears by their ,k wings ,this picture produced a tract1 intituled1 ,a ,letter from a ,parishioner of ,st4 ,clement ,danes to ,edmund ,gibson ,lord ,bishop of ,london1 occasion'd by his lordship's causing the picture over the altar to be taken down3 with some observations on the use and abuse of ,church-paintings in general1 and of that picture in particular1 #agbe4 #hvo4 ,see ,appendix ,,ii4 ,the proofs of this plate are commonly on blue paper1 though ,i have met with more than one on white4 ,the original1 after it was removed from the church1 was for some years one of the ornaments of the music-room at ,the ,crown and ,anchor in the ,strand4 ,as this house has frequently changed its tenants1 c4 ,i am unable to trace the picture in question any further4 ,there is a good copy of this print by ,livesay4 #d4 ,a scene in ,handel's opera of ,ptolomeo1 performed in #agbh1 with ,farinelli1 ,cuzzoni1 and ,senesino1 in the characters of ,ptolemy1 ,cleopatra1 and ,julius ,csar4 ,those who are inclined to doubt the authenticity of this performance1 will do well to consult the representation on a painted canvas in the small print on masquerades and operas1 where the same figures occur in almost the same attitudes4 ,i do not1 however1 vouch for the genuineness of this plate4 ,in ,southwark ,fair1 our artist has borrowed the subject of his show-cloth from ,laguerre2 and might1 in the present instance1 have adopted it from another hand4 ,the appearance ,farinelli makes on this occasion may be justified by the following quotation from a ,pamphlet1 intituled1 ,reflections upon ,theatrical ,expression in ,tragedy1 c4 printed for ,w4 ,johnston1 c4 #agee4 ,i shall therefore1 in my further remarks upon this article1 go back to the ,old ,italian ,theatre1 when ,farinelli drew every body to the ,haymarket4 ,what a pipe6 what modulation6 what extasy to the ear6 ,but1 heavens6 what clumsiness6 what stupidity6 what offence to the eye6 ,reader1 if of the city1 thou mayest probably have seen in the fields of ,islington or ,mile-end1 or if thou art in the environs of ,st4 ,james's1 thou must have observed in the park1 with what ease and agility a ,cow1 heavy with ,calf1 has rose up at the command of the ,milk-woman's foot4 ,thus from the mossy bank sprung up the ,divine ,farinelli4 ,then with long strides advancing a few paces1 his left hand settled upon his hip1 in a beautiful bend like that of the handle of an old-fashioned caudle-cup1 his right remained immoveable across his manly breast1 till numbness called its partner to supply its place2 when it relieved itself in the position of the other handle to the caudle-cup4 p4 #fc1 c4 ,under a copy of the print abovementioned1 which must have been made soon after its publication1 appear the following inscription1 and wretched ungrammatical lines3 ,the three most ,celebrated ,singers at the ,opera4 ,scire tuum nihil est1 nisi te scire hoc sciat alter4 ,sigra the great1 harmoniously inclin'd1 ,who charms the ear and captivates the mind4 ,cuzzoni4 ,thou little slave an emblem is of those ,whose hearts are wholly att ye worlds dispose4 ,great ,barrenstadt#a encomiums great and true is very short of whats your right and due4 ,the characters in the print under consideration1 might have been new-christen'd by the copier of it4 ,either the dignity of ,senesino must have been wonderful1 or the following passage in ,dr4 ,warburton's ,enquiry into the ,cause of ,prodigies and ,miracles1 7printed in #agbg7 affords a most notorious example of the ,bathos4 ,observe1 says he1 p4 #fj4 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh's great manner of ending the first part of the ,history of the ,world4 ',by this which we have already set down is seen the beginning and end of the ,three first ,monarchies of the ,world2 whereof the founders and erectors thought that they could never have ended3 that of ,rome1 which made the fourth1 was also at this time almost at the highest4 ,we have left it flourishing in the middle of the field2 have rooted up1 or cut down1 all that kept it from the eyes and admiration of the world2 but after some continuance1 it shall begin to lose the beauty it had2 the storms of ambition shall beat her great boughs and branches one against another2 her leaves shall fall off2 her limbs wither1 and a rabble of barbarous nations enter the field and cut her down4' ,what strength of colouring6 ,what grace1 what nobleness of expression6 ,with what a majesty does he close his immortal labour6 ,it puts one in mind of the so much admired exit of the late famed ,,italian ,,singer4 #a ,berenstadt2 a castrato engaged by ,handel in the operas4 #e4 ,a just ,view of the ,british ,stage1 or three heads better than one1 scene ,newgate1 by ,m4 ,d4 ,v--to4#a ,this print represents the rehearsing a new farce1 that will include the two famous entertainments ,dr4 ,faustus and ,harlequin ,shepherd4#b ,to which will be added1 ,scaramouch ,jack ,hall the ,chimney-sweeper's ,escape from ,newgate through the ,privy1 with the comical ,humours of ,ben ,johnson's ,ghost1 concluding with the ,play ,dance1 performed in the air by the figures ,a4 ,b4 ,c4 ,wilks1 ,booth1 and ,cibber assisted by ropes from the ,muses4 ,note1 there are no ,conjurors concerned in it1 as the ,ignorant imagine4 ,the ,bricks1 ,rubbish1 c4 will be real2 but the ,excrements upon ,jack ,hall will be made of chewed ,gingerbread1 to prevent ,offence4 ,vivat ,rex4 ,price ,sixpence4 ,such is the inscription on the plate2 but ,i may add1 that the ropes already mentioned are no other than halters1 suspended over the heads of the three managers2#c and that labels issuing from their respective mouths have the following characteristic words4 ,the airy ,wilks1 who dangles the effigy of ,punch1 is made to exclaim--,poor ,r-ch6 faith ,i pitty him4 ,the laureat ,cibber1 with ,harlequin for his playfellow1 invokes the ,muses painted on the cieling--,assist1 ye sacred ,nine2 while the solemn ,booth1 letting down the image of ,jack ,hall into the forica1 is most tragically blaspheming--,ha6 this will do1 ,g-d d-m me4 ,on a table before these gentlemen lies a pamphlet1 exhibiting a print of ,jack ,shepherd1 in confinement2 and over the forica is suspended a parcel of waste paper1 consisting of leaves torn from ,the ,way of the ,world--,hamlet--,macbeth1 and ,julius ,csar4 ,ben ,jonson's ,ghost1 in the mean while1 is rising through the stage1 and p----g on a pantomimic statue tumbled from its base4 ,a fidler is also represented hanging by a cord in the air1 and performing1 with a scroll before him1 that exhibits--,music for the ,what--perhaps the ,what d' ye call it entertainment4 ,the countenances of ,tragedy and ,comedy1 on each side of the stage1 are hoodwinked by the bills for ,harlequin ,dr4 ,faustus and ,harlequin ,shepherd1 c4 c4 ,there is also a dragon preparing to fly2 a dog thrusting his head out of his kennel2 a flask put in motion by machinery1 c4 ,vivetur ,ingenio is the motto over the curtain4 ,in ,mr4 ,walpole's catalogue the description of this plate is1 ,booth1 ,wilks1 and ,cibber1 contriving a pantomime4 ,a satire on farces4 ,no name4 #a ,mr4 ,devoto was scene-painter to ,drury-,lane or ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields1 and also to ,goodman's ,fields ,theatre4 ,there is a mezzotinto of him with the following title3 ,johannes ,devoto ,historicus ,scenicusque ,pictor4 ,vincenso ,damini pinxit4 ,j4 ,faber fecit1 #agcf4 #b ,dr4 ,faustus and ,harlequin ,shepherd were pantomimes contrived by ,thurmond the dancing-master1 and acted at ,drury-,lane in #agbe4 #c--;,halters1 c42 ,the same idea is introduced in the #ith plate of the apprentices4 99 99 99 99 99 #agbf4 #a4 ,frontispiece to ,terr-filius4 ,w4 ,hogarth fec4 ,this work was printed in two volumes #ab1 at ,oxford1 and is a satire on the ,tory principles of that ,university4 ,it was written by ,nicholas ,amherst1 author of ,the ,craftsman1 and was originally published in one volume4 #b4 ,twelve prints for ,hudibras2 the large set4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 pinx4 et sculp4 ,under the head of ,butler3 ,the basso relievo of the pedestal represents the general design of ,mr4 ,butler1 in his incomparable poem of ,hudibras2 viz4 ,butler's ,genious in a ,car lashing around ,mount ,parnassus1 in the persons of ,hudibras and ,ralpho1 ,rebellion1 ,hypocrisy1 and ,ignorance1 the reigning vices of his time4 ,this set of prints was published by subscription1 by ,p4 ,overton and ,j4 ,cooper4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has seven of the original drawings2 three others are known to be preserved in ,holland2 and two more were lately existing in this kingdom4 ,the plates1 as has been mentioned already in p4 #aa1 are now the property of ,mr4 ,sayer1 whose name1 as publisher1 is subjoined4 ,the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,bowle1 ,f4 ,a4 ,s4 had a set with the list of the subscribers1 which he purchased at the ,duke of ,beaufort's sale in ,wiltshire4 ,the printed title to them is1 ,twelve excellent and most diverting ,prints2 taken from the celebrated ,poem of ,hudibras1 wrote by ,mr4 ,samuel ,butler4 ,exposing the ,villany and ,hypocrisy of the ,times4 ,invented and ,engraved on ,twelve ,copper-plates1 by ,william ,hogarth1 and are humbly dedicated to ,william ,ward1 ,esq4 of ,great ,houghton in ,northamptonshire2 and ,mr4 ,allan ,ramsay1 of ,edinburgh4 ,what excellence can ,brass or ,marble claim6 ,these ,papers better do secure thy ,fame3 ,thy ,verse all ,monuments does far surpass1 ,no ,mausoleum's like thy ,hudibras4 ,printed and sold by ,philip ,overton1 ,print and ,map-seller1 at the ,golden ,buck near ,st4 ,dunstan's ,church in ,fleet-street2 and ,john ,cooper1 in ,james-street1 ,covent ,garden1 #agbf4 ,allan ,ramsay subscribed for #cj sets4 ,the number of subscribers in all amounts to #aib4 ,on the print of ,hudibras and the ,lawyer is ,w4 ,hogart delin4 et sculp4 a proof that our artist had not yet disused the original mode in which he spelt his name4 ,in the scene of the ,committee1 one of the members has his gloves on his head4 ,i am told this whimsical custom once prevailed among our sanctified fraternity2 but it is in vain1 ,i suppose1 to ask the reason why4 ,in plate ,,xi4 7earliest impressions7 the words ,down with the ,rumps are wanting on the scroll4--,memorandum4 ,at the top of the proposals for this set of ,prints1 is a small one representing ,hudibras and ,ralpho1 engraved by ,pine4 ,the original drawing for it by ,hogarth is in the possession of ,mr4 ,betew1 ,silversmith1 in ,compton-street1 ,soho4 #c4 ,seventeen small prints for ,hudibras1 with ,butler's head4 ,there certainly must have been some mistake concerning this portrait4 ,it never could have been designed for the author of ,hudibras2 but more strongly resembles ,john ,baptist ,monnoyer1 the flower-painter4 ,there is a print of him by ,white1 from a picture of ,sir ,godfrey ,kneller4 ,this ,i suppose to have been the original of ,hogarth's small ,butler4 ,the same designs engraved on a larger scale1 and with some slight variations1 by ,j4 ,mynde1 for ,grey's edition of ,hudibras1 published in #agdd4 ,previous1 however1 to both1 appeared another set of plates1 eighteen in number1 for an edition in eighteens of this celebrated poem4 ,to these it is manifest that ,hogarth was indebted for his ideas of several of the scenes and personages both in his larger and smaller performances on the same subject4 ,that the collector may know the book when he meets with it1 the following is a transcript of the title-page4 ,hudibras4 ,in three ,parts4 ,written in the time of the late ,wars4 ,corrected and amended1 with ,additions4 ,to which is added1 ,annotations to the third ,part1 with an exact ,index to the whole2 never before printed4 ,adorned with cuts4 ,london4 ,printed for ,r4 ,chiswel1 ,j4 ,tonson1 ,t4 ,horne1 and ,r4 ,willington1 #agaj4 ,copies from the smaller plates are likewise inserted in ,townly's translation of ,hudibras into ,french1 with the ,english on the opposite page4 ,he was1 ,i believe1 an officer in the ,irish brigade4 ,the following is the title-page to his work4 ,hudibras1 ,poeme ecrit dans les tems des troubles d',angleterre2 et traduit en vers ,franois1 avec des remarques et des figures4 #c tom4 #abmo4 ,a ,londres1 #ageg4 ,it seems rather to have been printed at ,paris4 ,the plates have no name subscribed to them4 #d4 ,cunicularii1 or the ,wise ,men of ,godliman in ,consultation4 ,they held their talents most adroit ,for any mystical exploit4 ,,hudib4 ,this print was published in the year #agbf1 i4 e4 about the same time that ,lord ,onslow wrote the following letter3 ,to the ,honble4 ,sir ,hans ,sloane4 ,to be left at the ,grecian ,coffe ,house1 in ,devereux ,court near ,temple ,bar ,london4 ,sir1 ,the report of a woman's breeding of rabbits has almost alarmed ,england1 and in a manner persuaded several people of sound judgt of that truth4 ,i have been at some pains to discover the affair1 and think ,i have conquerd my poynt1 as you will se by the ,depotition taken before me1 which shall be published in a day or two4 ,i am ,yr humble ,servant1 ,,onslow4 ,clandon1 ,dec4 #dth1 #agbf4 ,soon after1 ,mr4 ,st4 ,andr also addressed this note to ,sir ,hans ,sloane3 ,sir1 ,i have brought the woman from ,guilford to ye ,bagnio in ,leicester-fields1 where you may if you please have the opportunity of seeing her deliver'd4 ,i am ,sr ,your ,hum ,servt ,,st4 ,,andr4#a ,to ,sir ,hans ,sloane in ,bloomsbury ,square4 ,in the plate already mentioned1 figure ,a represents ,st4 ,andr4 ,he has a kitt under his arm1 having been at first designed by his family for a fencing and dancing-master1 though he afterwards attached himself to music of a higher order than that necessary for one of the professions already mentioned4 ,b is ,sir ,richard ,manningham1 ,c ,mr4 ,sainthill a celebrated surgeon here in ,london1 ,d is ,howard the surgeon at ,guildford1 who was supposed to have had a chief hand in the imposture4 ,the rest of the characters explain themselves4 ,perhaps my readers may excuse me1 if ,i add a short account of another design for a print on the same subject2 especially as some collectors have been willing to receive it as a work of ,hogarth4 ,in ,mist's ,weekly ,journal1 ,saturday1 ,jan4 #aath1 #agbf-g1 was the following advertisement3 ,the ,rabbit affair made clear in a full account of the whole matter2 with the pictures engraved of the pretended ,rabbit-breeder herself1 ,mary ,tofts1 and of the ,rabbits1 and of the persons who attended her during her pretended deliveries1 shewing who were and who were not imposed on by her4 ',tis given gratis no where1 but only up one pair of stairs at the sign of the celebrated ,anodyne ,necklace recommended by ,doctor ,chamberlen for ,children's teeth1 c4 ,the original drawing from which the plate promised in ,mist's ,journal was taken1 remained in the possession of ,mr4 ,james ,vertue1 and was probably designed by his brother ,george4 ,it was sold in #agha in the collection of ,george ,scott1 ,esq4 of ,chigwell in ,essex1 together with eight tracts relative to the same imposture1 for three guineas1 and is now in the collection of ,mr4 ,gough4 ,st4 ,andr's ,miscarriage1 a ballad1 published in #agbg1 has the following stanza on this subject3 ,he dissected1 compar'd1 and distinguish'd likewise ,the make of these rabbits1 their growth and their size4 ,he preserv'd them in spirits1 and--a little too late ,preserv'd 7,vertue sculpsit7 a neat copper plate4 ,there is also a copper-plate1 consisting of twelve compartments1 on the same story4 ,it exhibits every stage throughout this celebrated fraud4 ,st4 ,andr appears in the habit of a ,merry-,andrew4 ,the general title of it is1 ,the ,doctors in ,labour2 or a new ,whim-wham from ,guilford4 ,being a representation of the frauds by which the ,godliman woman carried on her pretended ,rabbit breeding2 also of the simplicity of our ,doctors1 by which they assisted to carry on that imposture1 discovered their skill1 and contributed to the mirth of his ,majesty's liege subjects4 ,in ,mist's ,journal for ,saturday1 ,dec4 #ag1 #agbf1 is also the following paragraph1 which shews that the playhouse joined in the general ridicule of ,st4 ,andr4 ,last week the entertainment called ,the ,necromancer was performed at the ,theatre in ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields1 wherein a new ,rabbit-scene was introduced by way of episode2 by which the ,public may understand as much of that affair1 as by the present controversy among the ,gentlemen of the faculty1 who are flinging their bitter pills at one another1 to convince the world that none of them understand any thing of the matter4 ,i am told by one of the spectators still alive1 that in this new scene1 ,harlequin1 being converted into a woman1 pretended to be in labour1 and was first delivered of a large pig1 then of a sooterkin1 c4 c4 ,from the same paper of ,saturday1 ,jan4 #ba1 #agbg1 we learn1 that ,the pretended ,rabbit-breeder1 in order to perpetuate her fame1 has had her picture done in a curious mezzotinto print by an able hand4 ,it was painted by ,laguerre1 and scraped by ,faber4 ,she has a rabbit on her lap1 and displays a countenance expressive of the utmost vulgarity4 ,in ,hogarth's comic representation1 the remarkable turn-up of the nose is preserved4 ,this1 perhaps1 was the only feature in her face that could not be altered by the convulsions of her pretended agony1 or our artist would have given her resemblance with greater exactness4 ,mr4 ,dillingham1 an apothecary in ,red-,lion-,square1 laid a wager of ten guineas with ,st4 ,andr1 that in a limited time the cheat would be detected4 ,the money was paid him1 and he expended it on a piece of plate1 with three rabbits engraved by way of arms4 ,i learn from ,the ,weekly ,miscellany1 for ,april #ai1 #agdj1 that a few days before1 ,the celebrated ,rabbit-woman of ,godalmin in ,surry was committed to ,guildford ,gaol1 for receiving stolen goods4 ,in ,the ,gazetteer1 or ,daily ,london ,advertiser1 ,jan4 #ba1 #agfc1 was this paragraph1 which closes the story of our heroine3 ,last week died at ,godalming in ,surry1 ,mary ,tofts1 formerly noted for an imposition of breeding ,rabbits4 #a ,both these letters are in ,the ,british ,museum4 ,see ,,ms4 ,sloan4 #ccab4 ,,xxvi4 ,g4 and ,,ms4 ,sloan4 #ccaf4 ,,xxvi4 ,g4 99 99 99 99 99 #agbg4 #a4 ,music introduced to ,apollo by ,minerva4 ,hogarth fecit4 ,frontispiece to some book of music1 or ticket for a concert4 ,i can venture to affirm1 on unquestionable authority1 that this print is a mere copy from the frontispiece to a more ancient book of music4 ,the composer's name has escaped my memory4 #b4 ,masquerade ,ticket4 ,a4 a sacrifice to ,priapus4 ,b4 a pair of ,lecherometers shewing the companys inclinations as they approach em4 ,invented for the use of ladies and gentlemen1 by the ingenious ,mr4 ,h----r ,heidegger4 ,price ,one ,shilling4 ,there is much wit in this print4 ,the attentive observer will find1 that ,hogarth has transplanted several circumstances from hence into the first plate to the ,analysis of ,beauty1 as well as into his ,satire on the ,methodists4 ,see the ornaments of an altar composed of a concatenation of different periwigs1 and the barometers expressing the different degrees of animal heat4 ,at the corners of the dial on the top of this print is the date of the year 7#agbg71 and the face of ,heidegger appears under the figure ,,xii4 ,in the earliest impressions1 the word ,provocatives has1 instead of ,v the open vowel ,u4 ,this incorrectness in spelling was afterwards amended1 though in a bungling manner1 the round bottoms of the original letters being still visible4#a ,concerning ,john ,james ,heidegger1 whose face has been more than once introduced by our artist1 the reader may express some curiosity4 ,the following account of him is therefore appended to the foregoing article4 ,this extraordinary man1 the son of a clergyman1 was a native of ,zurich in ,switzerland1 where he married1 but left his country in consequence of an intrigue4 ,having had an opportunity of visiting the principal cities of ,europe1 he acquired a taste for elegant and refined pleasures1 which1 united to a strong inclination for voluptuousness1 by degrees qualified him for the management of public amusements4 ,in #agjh1 when he was near #ej years old1 he came to ,england on a negotiation from the ,swiss at ,zurich2 but1 failing in his embassy1 he entered as a private soldier in the guards for protection4#b ,by his sprightly1 engaging conversation1 and insinuating address1 he soon worked himself into the good graces of our young people of fashion2 from whom he obtained the appellation of 'the ,swiss ,count4'#c ,he had the address to procure a subscription1 with which in #agji he was enabled to furnish out the opera of ',thomyris1'#d which was written in ,english1 and performed at the ,queen's theatre in the ,haymarket4 ,the music1 however1 was ,italian2 that is to say1 airs selected from sundry of the foreign operas by ,bononcini1 ,scarlatti1 ,stefani1 ,gasparini1 and ,albinoni4 ,most of the songs in ',thomyris' were excellent1 those by ,bononcini especially3 ,valentini1 ,margarita1 and ,mrs4 ,tofts sung in it2 and ,heidegger by this performance alone was a gainer of #ejj guineas4#e ,the judicious remarks he made on several defects in the conduct of our operas in general1 and the hints he threw out for improving the entertainments of the royal theatre1 soon established his character as a good critic4 ,appeals were made to his judgement2 and some very magnificent and elegant decorations1 introduced upon the stage in consequence of his advice1 gave such satisfaction to ,george ,,ii4 who was fond of operas1 that1 upon being informed to whose genius he was indebted for these improvements1 his majesty was pleased from that time to countenance him1 and he soon obtained the chief management of the ,opera-house in ,the ,haymarket4 ,he then set about improving another species of diversion1 not less agreeable to the king1 which was the masquerades1 and over these he always presided at the king's theatre4 ,he was likewise appointed master of the revels4 ,the nobility now caressed him so much1 and had such an opinion of his taste1 that all splendid and elegant entertainments given by them upon particular occasions1 and all private assemblies by subscription1 were submitted to his direction4#f ,from the emoluments of these several employments1 he gained a regular considerable income1 amounting1 it is said1 in some years1 to #ejjj l4 which he spent with much liberality3 particularly in the maintenance of perhaps a somewhat too luxurious table2 so that it may be said1 he raised an income1 but never a fortune4 ,his foibles1 however1 if they deserve so harsh a name1 were completely 'covered' by his 'charity1' which was boundless4#g ,that he was a good judge of music1 appears from his opera3 but this is all that is known of his mental abilities2#h unless we add1 what we have good authority for saying in honour to his memory1 that he walked from ,charing-,cross to ,temple-bar1 and back again2 and when he came home1 wrote down every sign on each side the ,strand4 ,as to his person1 though he was tall and well made1 it was not very pleasing1 from an unusual hardness of features4#i ,but he was the first to joke upon his own ugliness2 and he once laid a wager with the earl of ,chesterfield1 that1 within a certain given time1 his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a face in all ,london4 ,after strict search1 a woman was found1 whose features were at first sight thought stronger than ,heidegger's2 but1 upon clapping her head-dress upon himself1 he was universally allowed to have won the wager4 ,jolly1 a well-known taylor1 carrying his bill to a noble duke1 his grace1 for evasion said1 ',damn your ugly face1 ,i never will pay you till you bring me an uglier fellow than yourself6' ,jolly bowed and retired1 wrote a letter1 and sent it by a servant to ,heidegger2 saying1 'his grace wished to see him the next morning on particular business4' ,heidegger attended1 and ,jolly was there to meet him2 and in consequence1 as soon as ,heidegger's visit was over1 ,jolly received the cash4 ,the late facetious duke of ,montagu 7the memorable author of the bottle-conjuror at the theatre in ,the ,haymarket7 gave an entertainment at ,the ,devil-tavern1 ,temple-bar1 to several of the nobility and gentry1 selecting the most convivial1 and a few hard-drinkers1 who were all in the plot4 ,heidegger was invited1 and in a few hours after dinner was made so dead drunk that he was carried out of the room1 and laid insensible upon a bed4 ,a profound sleep ensued2 when the late ,mrs4 ,salmon's daughter was introduced1 who took a mould from his face in plaster of ,paris4 ,from this a mask was made1 and a few days before the next masquerade 7at which the king promised to be present1 with the countess of ,yarmouth71 the duke made application to ,heidegger's valet de chambre1 to know what suit of cloaths he was likely to wear2 and then procuring a similar dress1 and a person of the same stature1 he gave him his instructions4 ,on the evening of the masquerade1 as soon as his majesty was seated 7who was always known by the conductor of the entertainment and the officers of the court1 though concealed by his dress from the company71 ,heidegger1 as usual1 ordered the music to play ',god save the ,king2' but his back was no sooner turned1 than the false ,heidegger ordered them to strike up ',charly over the ,water4' ,the whole company were instantly thunderstruck1 and all the courtiers1 not in the plot1 were thrown into a stupid consternation4 ,heidegger flew to the music-gallery1 swore1 stamped1 and raved1 accused the musicians of drunkenness1 or of being set on by some secret enemy to ruin him4 ,the king and the countess laughed so immoderately1 that they hazarded a discovery4 ,while ,heidegger stayed in the gallery1 ',god save the ,king' was the tune2 but when1 after setting matters to rights1 he retired to one of the dancing-rooms1 to observe if decorum was kept by the company1 the counterfeit stepping forward1 and placing himself upon the floor of the theatre1 just in front of the music-gallery1 called out in a most audible voice1 imitating ,heidegger1 damned them for blockheads1 had he not just told them to play ',charly over the ,water4' ,a pause ensued2 the musicians1 who knew his character1 in their turn thought him either drunk or mad2 but1 as he continued his vociferation1 ',charly' was played again4 ,at this repetition of the supposed affront1 some of the officers of the guards1 who always attended upon these occasions1 were for ascending the gallery1 and kicking the musicians out2 but the late duke of ,cumberland1 who could hardly contain himself1 interposed4 ,the company were thrown into great confusion4 ',shame6 ,shame6' resounded from all parts1 and ,heidegger once more flew in a violent rage to that part of the theatre facing the gallery4 ,here the duke of ,montagu1 artfully addressing himself to him1 told him1 'the king was in a violent passion2 that his best way was to go instantly and make an apology1 for certainly the music were mad1 and afterwards to discharge them4' ,almost at the same instant1 he ordered the false ,heidegger to do the same4 ,the scene now became truly comic in the circle before the king4 ,heidegger had no sooner made a genteel apology for the insolence of his musicians1 but the false ,heidegger advanced1 and1 in a plaintive tone1 cried out1 ',indeed1 ,sire1 it was not my fault1 but that devil's in my likeness4' ,poor ,heidegger turned round1 stared1 staggered1 grew pale1 and could not utter a word4 ,the duke then humanely whispered in his ear the sum of his plot1 and the counterfeit was ordered to take off his mask4 ,here ended the frolick2 but ,heidegger swore he would never attend any public amusement1 if that witch the wax-work woman did not break the mould1 and melt down the mask before his face4#aj ,being once at supper with a large company1 when a question was debated1 which nationalist of ,europe1 had the greatest ingenuity2 to the surprise of all present1 he claimed that character for the ,swiss1 and appealed to himself for the truth of it4 ',i was born a ,swiss1 said he1 'and came to ,england without a farthing1 where ,i have found means to gain #ejjj l4 a year1 and to spend it4 ,now ,i defy the most able ,englishman to go to ,switzerland1 and either to gain that income1 or to spend it there4' ,he died ,sept4 #d1 #agdi1 at the advanced age of #if years1 at his house at ,richmond in ,surrey1 where he was buried4 ,he left behind him one natural daughter1 ,miss ,pappet1 who was married ,sept4 #b1 #agej1 to ,captain 7afterwards ,sir ,peter7 ,denis4#aa ,part of this lady's fortune was a house at the north west corner of ,queen-square1 ,ormond-street1 which ,sir ,peter afterwards sold to the late ,dr4 ,campbell1 and purchased a seat in ,kent1 pleasantly situated near ,westram1 then called ,valence1 but now 7by its present proprietor1 the earl of ,hillsborough7 ,hill ,park4 #a ,in this print our artist has likewise imitated the manner of ,callot4 #b ,see ,n #dh1 among the prints of uncertain date4 #c ,see ,sir ,john ,hawkins's ,history of ,music1 ,vol4 ,v4 p4 #adb4 ,he is twice noticed under this title in the ,tatler1 ,nos4 #ab4 and #ah42 and in ,mr4 ,duncombe's ,collection of ,letters of several eminent ,persons deceased1 is a humourous dedication of ,mr4 ,hughes's ,vision of ,chaucer1 to the ,swiss ,count4 #d ,there was another opera of the same name1 by ,peter ,motteux1 in #agai4 #e ,thomyris and ,camilla were both revived in #agbf2 but neither of them then succeeded4 #f ,j4 ,n4 has been favoured with the sight of an amethyst snuff-box set in gold1 presented to ,heidegger in #agca1 by the duke of ,lorrain1 afterwards emperor of ,germany1 which ,heidegger very highly valued1 and bequeathed to his executor ,lewis ,way1 esq4 of ,richmond1 and which is now 7#aghe7 in the possession of his son ,benjamin ,way1 esq4 #g ,after a successful masquerade1 he has been known to give away several hundred pounds at a time4 ,you know poor objects of distress better than ,i do1 he would frequently observe to ,mr4 ,way1 ,be so kind as to give away this money for me4 ,this well-known liberality1 perhaps1 contributed much to his carrying on that diversion with so little opposition as he met with4 #h ,pope 7,dunciad1 ,i4 #bhi47 calls the bird which attended on the goddess --------------a monster of a fowl1 ,something betwixt a ,heidegger and owl4 and explains ,heidegger to mean a strange bird from ,switzerland1 and not 7as some have supposed7 the name of an eminent person1 who was a man of parts1 and1 as was said of ,petronius1 ,arbiter ,elegantiarum4 ,the author of ,the ,scandalizade has also put the following description of our hero into the mouth of ,handel3 ,thou perfection1 as far as e'er nature could run1 ,of the ugly1 quoth ,h--d-l1 in th' ugliest baboon1 ,human nature's1 and even thy ,maker's disgrace1 ,so frightful thy looks1 so grotesque is thy face6 ,with a hundred deep wrinkles impress'd on thy front1 ,like a map with a great many rivers upon't2 ,thy lascivious ridottos1 obscene masquerades1 ,have unmaided whole scores ev'ry season of maids4 ,fielding also has introduced him in the ,puppet-show1 with which the ,author's ,farce 7acted at the ,haymarket #agbi71 concludes1 under the title of ,count ,ugly4 ,nonsense4 ,too late1 ,o mighty ,count1 you came4 ,count4 ,i ask not for myself1 for ,i disdain ,o'er the poor ragged tribe of bards to reign4 ,me did my stars to happier fates prefer1 ,sur-intendant des plaisirs d',angleterre4 ,if masquerades you have1 let those be mine1 ,but on the ,signor let the laurel shine4 ,tragedy4 ,what is thy plea8 ,half written8 ,count4 ,no nor read4 ,put it from dulness any may succeed1 ,to that and nonsense ,i good title plead1 ,nought else was ever in my masquerade4 #i ,in a ,dedication to ,the ,masquerade1 a ,poem1 inscribed to ,count ,heidegger1 7which is the production of ,mr4 ,fielding1 though foisted into the works of ,dr4 ,arbuthnot17 the facetious writer says1 ,i cannot help congratulating you on that gift of ,nature1 by which you seem so adapted to the post you enjoy4 ,i mean that natural masque1 which is too visible a perfection to be here insisted on----and1 ,i am sure1 never fails of making an impression on the most indifferent beholder4 ,another gift of ,nature1 which you seem to enjoy in no small degree1 is that modest confidence supporting you in every act of your life4 ,certainly1 a great blessing6 ,for ,i always have observed1 that brass in the forehead draws gold into the pocket4 ,as for what mankind calls virtues1 ,i shall not compliment you on them3 since you are so wise as to keep them secret from the world1 far be it from me to publish them2 especially since they are things which lie out of the way of your calling4 ,smile then 7if you can smile7 on my endeavours1 and this little poem1 with candour----for which the author desires no more gratuity than a ticket for your next ball4 ,there is a mezzotinto of ,heidegger by ,j4 ,faber1 #agdb1 7other copies dated #agdi7 from a painting by ,vanloo1 a striking likeness1 now 7#aghe7 in the possession of ,peter ,crawford1 esq4 of ,cold ,bath ,fields4 #aj ,to this occurrence the following imperfect stanzas1 transcribed from the hand-writing of ,pope1 are supposed to relate4 ,they were found on the back of a page containing some part of his translation1 either of the ,iliad or ,odyssey1 in the ,british ,museum4 ,,xiii4 ,then he went to the side-board1 and call'd for much liquor1 ,and glass after glass he drank quicker and quicker2 ,so that ,heidegger quoth1 ,nay1 faith on his oath1 ,of two hogsheads of ,burgundy1 ,satan drank both4 ,then all like a ---- the ,devil appear'd1 ,and strait the whole tables of dishes he clear'd2 ,then a friar1 then a nun1 ,and then he put on ,a face all the company took for his own4 ,even thine1 ,o false ,heidegger6 who wert so wicked ,to let in the ,devil---- #aa ,who died ,june #ab1 #aggh1 being then vice-admiral of the red4 ,see ,memoirs of him in ,gent4 ,mag4 #aghj1 p4 #bfh4 #c4 ,frontispiece to a ,collection of ,songs1 with the ,music by ,mr4 ,leveridge1 in two vols4 #hvo4 ,london1 engraved and printed for the author1 in ,tavistock-street1 ,covent-,garden1 #agbg4 ,this design consists of a ,bacchus and a ,venus in the ,clouds1 and a figure with musical instruments1 c4 on the earth1 soliciting their attention1 c4 ,the ornaments round the engraved title-page seem likewise to be ,hogarth's4 99 99 99 99 99 #agbh4 #a4 ,head of ,hesiod1 from the bust at ,wilton4 ,the frontispiece to ,cook's translation of ,hesiod1 in #b vols4 #dto4 printed by ,n4 ,blandford for ,t4 ,green4 #b4 ,rich's ,glory1 or his ,triumphant ,entry into ,covent ,garden4 ,w4 ,h4 ,i4 ,et4 ,,sulp4 ,price ,sixpence4 ,the date of the print before us has been conjectured from its reference to the ,beggar's ,opera1 and ,perseus and ,andromeda1#a both of which were acted in the year already mentioned4 ,this plate represents the removal of ,rich and his scenery1 authors1 actors1 c4 from ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields to the ,new ,house2 and might therefore be as probably referred to the year #agcc1 when that event happened4 ,the scene is the area of ,covent ,garden1 across which1 leading toward the door of the ,theatre1 is a long procession1 consisting of a cart loaded with thunder and lightning2 performers1 c4 and at the head of them ,mr4 ,rich 7invested with the skin of the famous dog in ,perseus and ,andromeda7 riding with his mistress in a chariot driven by ,harlequin1 and drawn by ,satyrs4 ,but let the verses at bottom explain our artist's meaning3 ,not with more glory through the streets of ,rome1 ,return'd great conquerors in triumph home1 ,than1 proudly drawn with ,beauty by his side1 ,we see gay ,r---#b in gilded chariot ride4 ,he comes1 attended by a num'rous throng1 ,who1 with loud shouts1 huzza the ,chief along4 ,behold two bards1 obsequious1 at his wheels1 ,confess the joy each raptur'd bosom feels2 ,conscious that wit by him will be receiv'd1 ,and on his stage true humour be retriev'd4 ,no sensible and pretty play will fall#c ,condemn'd by him as not theatrical4 ,the players follow1 as they here are nam'd1 ,dress'd in each character for which they're fam'd4 ,quin th' ,old ,bachelour1 a ,hero ,ryan shows1 ,who stares and stalks majestick as he goes4 ,walker1#d in his lov'd character we see ,a ,prince1 tho' once a fisherman was he1 ,and ,massanelo nam'd2 in this he prides1 ,tho' fam'd for many other parts besides4 ,then ,hall1#e who tells the bubbled countrymen ,that ,carolus is ,latin for ,queen ,anne4 ,did ever mortal know so clean a bite8 ,who else1 like him1 can copy ,serjeant ,kite6 ,to the ,piazza let us turn our eyes1 ,see ,johnny ,gay on porters shoulders rise1 ,whilst a bright ,man of ,tast his works despise4#f ,another author wheels his works with care1 ,in hopes to get a market at this fair2 ,for such a day he sees not ev'ry year4 ,by the ,man of ,taste1 ,mr4 ,pope was apparently designed4 ,he is represented1 in his tye-wig1 at one corner of the ,piazza1 wiping his posteriors with the ,beggar's ,opera4 ,the letter ,p is over his head4 ,his little sword is significantly placed1 and the peculiarity of his figure well preserved4 ,the reason why our artist has assigned such an employment to him1 we can only guess4 ,it seems1 indeed1 from ,dr4 ,johnson's ,life of ,gay1 that ,pope did not think the ,beggar's ,opera would succeed4 ,swift1 however1 was of the same opinion2 and yet the former supported the piece on the first night of exhibition1 and the latter defended it in his ,intelligencer against the attacks of ,dr4 ,herring1#g then preacher to the ,society of ,lincoln's-,inn1 afterwards archbishop of ,canterbury4 ,hogarth might be wanton in his satire2 might have founded it on idle report2 or might have sacrificed truth to the prejudices of ,sir ,james ,thornhill1 whose quarrel1 on another occasion1 he is supposed to have taken up1 when he ridiculed ,the ,translator of ,homer in a view of ,the ,gate of ,burlington-house4 ,there are besides some allusions in the verses already quoted1 as well as in the piece they refer to1 which ,i confess my inability to illustrate4 ,those who are best acquainted with the theatric and poetical history of the years #agbh1 c4 would prove the most successful commentators on the present occasion2 but not many can possibly be now alive who were at that period competent judges of such matters4 ,this print1 however1 was not only unpublished1 but in several places is unfinished4 ,it was probably suppressed by the influence of some of the characters represented in it4 ,the style of composition1 and manner of engraving1 c4 c4 would have sufficiently proved it to be the work of ,hogarth1 if the initials of his name had been wanting at the bottom of the plate4 #a ,the ,perseus and ,andromeda1 for which ,hogarth engraved the plates mentioned in p4 #agj1 was not published till #agcj2 but there was one under the same title at ,drury-,lane in #agbh4 ,as both houses took each other's plans at that time1 perhaps the ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields ,perseus might have been acted before it was printed4 #b ,rich4 #c ,no sensible and pretty play1 c4 ,this refers to ,cibber's decision on the merits of some piece offered for representation1 and1 we may suppose1 rejected4 ,in a copy of verses addressed to ,rich on the building of ,covent ,garden ,theatre1 are the following lines1 which seem to allude to the rejection already mentioned3 ,poets no longer shall submit their plays ,to learned ,cibber's gilded withered bays2 ,to such a judge the labour'd scene present1 ,whom sensible and pretty won't content3 ,but to thy theatre with pleasure bear ,the comic laughter and the tragic tear4 #d ,the original ,macheath4 ,he used1 however1 to perform the heroes1 particularly ,alexander4 ,from these lines it appears that ,massanello1 was a favourite part with him4 ,from ,chetwood's ,history of the ,stage1 p4 #ada1 ,i learn that ,walker had contracted the two parts of ,durfey's ,massanello into one piece1 which was acted with success at ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields4 #e ,the original ,lockit1 who was also celebrated for his performance of ,serjeant ,kite4 #f ,the grammar and spelling of this line are truly ,hogarthian4 #g ,a noted preacher near ,lincoln's-,inn playhouse has taken notice of the ,beggar's ,opera in the pulpit1 and inveighed against it as a thing of very evil tendency4 ,mist's ,weekly ,journal1 ,march #cj1 #agbh4 #c4 ,the ,beggar's ,opera4 ,the title over it is in capitals uncommonly large4 ,brittons attend--view this harmonious stage1 ,and listen to those notes which charm the age4 ,thus shall your tastes in sounds and sense be shown1 ,and ,beggar's ,op'ras ever be your own4 ,no painter or engraver's name4 ,the plate seems at once to represent the exhibition of ,the ,beggar's ,opera1 and the rehearsal of an ,italian one4 ,in the former1 all the characters are drawn with the heads of different animals2 as ,polly1 with a ,cat's2 ,lucy1 with a ,sow's2 ,macheath1 with an ,ass's2 ,lockit1 and ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,peachum1 with those of an ,ox1 a ,dog1 and an ,owl4 ,in the latter1 several noblemen appear conducting the chief female singer forward on the stage1 and perhaps are offering her money1 or protection from a figure that is rushing towards her with a drawn sword4 ,harmony1 flying in the air1 turns her back on the ,english playhouse1 and hastens toward the rival theatre4 ,musicians stand in front of the former1 playing on the ,jew's-harp1 the salt-box1 the bladder and string1 bagpipes1 c4 ,on one side are people of distinction1 some of whom kneel as if making an offer to ,polly1 or paying their adorations to her4 ,to these are opposed a butcher1 c4 expressing similar applause4 ,apollo1 and one of the ,muses1 are fast asleep beneath the stage4 ,a man is easing nature under a wall hung with ballads1 and shewing his contempt of such compositions1 by the use he makes of one of them4 ,a sign of the star1 a gibbet1 and some other circumstances less intelligible1 appear in the back ground4 #d4 ,the same4 ,the lines under it are engraved in a different manner from those on the preceding plate4 ,sold at the ,print-,shop in ,the ,strand1 near ,catherine ,street4 #e4 ,a copy of the same1 under the following title1 c4 ,the ,opera ,house1 or the ,italian ,eunuch's ,glory4 ,humbly inscribed to those ,generous ,encouragers of ,foreigners1 and ,ruiners of ,england4 ,from ,france1 from ,rome we come1 ,to help ,old ,england to to b' undone4 ,under the division of the print that represents the ,italian ,opera1 the words--,stage ,mutiny--are perhaps improperly added4 ,on the two sides of this print are scrolls1 containing a list of the presents made to ,farinelli4 ,the words are copied from the same enumeration in the second plate of the ,rake's ,progress4#a ,at the bottom are the following lines3 ,brittains attend--view this harmonious stage1 ,and listen to those notes which charm the age4 ,how sweet the sound where cats and bears ,with brutish noise offend our ears6 ,just so the foreign singers move ,rather contempt than gain our love4 ,were such discourag'd1 we should find ,musick at home to charm the mind6 ,our home-spun authors must forsake the field1 ,and ,shakespear to the ,italian ,eunuchs yield4#b ,perhaps the original print was the work of ,gravelot1 ,vandergucht1 or some person unknown4#c ,the idea of it is borrowed from a ,french book1 called ,les ,chats1 printed at ,amsterdam in #agbh4 ,in this work1 facing p4 #aag1 is represented an opera performed by cats1 superbly habited4 ,the design is by ,coypel2 the engraving by ,t4 ,otten4 ,at the end of the treatise1 the opera itself is published4 ,it is improbable that ,hogarth should have met with this jeu d'esprit2 and1 if he did1 he could not have read the explanation to it4 #a ,the following paragraph appeared in the ,grub-street ,journal for ,april #aj1 #agce2 and to this perhaps ,hogarth alluded in the list of donations already mentioned3 ,his ,royal ,highness the ,prince hath been pleased to make a present of a fine wrought gold snuff-box1 richly set with brilliants and rubies1 in which was inclosed a pair of brilliant diamond knee buckles1 as also a purse of #ajj guineas1 to the famous ,signor ,farinelli1 c4 #b ,these two last lines make part of ,addison's ,prologue to ,phdra and ,hippolytus1 reading only the soft ,scarlatti1 instead of ,italian ,eunuchs4 #c ,at the back of an old impression of it1 in the collection of the late ,mr4 ,rogers1 ,i meet with the name of ,echerlan1 but am unacquainted with any such designer or engraver4----,i have since been told he came over to ,england to dispose of a number of foreign prints1 and was himself no mean caricaturist4 ,having drawn an aggravated likeness of an ,english nobleman1 whose figure was peculiarly unhappy1 he was forced to fly in consequence of a resentment which threatened little short of assassination4 99 99 99 99 99 #agbi4 #a4 ,king ,henry the ,eighth1 and ,anna ,bullen4 ,very indifferent4 ,this plate has very idly been imagined to contain the portraits of ,frederick ,prince of ,wales and ,miss ,vane2#a but the stature and faces1 both of the lady and ,percy1 are totally unlike their supposed originals4 ,underneath are the following verses by ,allan ,ramsay3 ,here struts old pious ,harry1 once the great ,reformer of the ,english church and state3 ',twas thus he stood1 when ,anna ,bullen's charms ,allur'd the amorous monarch to her arms2 ,with his right hand he leads her as his own1 ,to place this matchless beauty on his throne2 ,whilst ,kate and ,piercy mourn their wretched fate1 ,and view the royal pair with equal hate1 ,reflecting on the pomp of glittering crowns1 ,and arbitrary power that knows no bounds4 ,whilst ,wolsey1 leaning on his throne of state1 ,through this unhappy change foresees his fate1 ,contemplates wisely upon worldly things1 ,the cheat of grandeur1 and the faith of kings4 ,mr4 ,charlton1 of ,canterbury1 has a copy of this print1 with the following title and verses3 ,king ,henry ,,viii4 bringing to court ,anne ,bullen1 who was afterwards his royal consort4 ,hogarth design4 4 sculp4 ,see here the great1 the daring ,harry stands1 ,peace1 ,plenty1 ,freedom1 shining in his face1 ,with lovely ,anna ,bullen joining hands1 ,her looks bespeaking ev'ry heav'nly grace4 ,see ,wolsey frowning1 discontent and sour1 ,feeling the superstitious structure shake3 ,while ,henry's driving off the ,roman whore1 ,for ,britain's weal1 and his ,lutherian's sake4 ,like ,britain's ,genius our brave ,king appears1 ,despising ,priestcraft1 ,avarice1 and ,pride2 ,nor the loud roar of ,babel's bulls he fears1 ,the ,dagon falls before his beauteous bride4 ,like ,england's ,church1 all sweetness and resign'd1 ,the comely queen her lord with calmness eyes2 ,as if she said1 ,if goodness guard your mind1 ,you ghostly tricks and trump'ry may despise4 #a ,to the fate of this lady ,dr4 ,johnson has a beautiful allusion in his ,vanity of ,human ,wishes3 ,yet ,vane could tell what ills from beauty spring1 ,and ,sedley curs'd the form that pleas'd a king4 ,perhaps the thought1 that suggested this couplet1 is found in ,loveling's ,poems1 a work already quoted3 -------nec ,gwynnam valebat ,angliaco placuisse regi4 ,mersa est acerbo funere sanguinis ,vanella clari3 nec grave spiculum ,averteret fati ,machaon1 ,nec madido ,fredericus ore4 #b4 ,the same plate without any verses1 but with an inscription added in their room4 ,ramsay seems to have been particularly attached to ,hogarth4 ,he subscribed1 as ,i have already observed1 for thirty copies of the large ,hudibras4 ,the original picture was at ,vauxhall1 in the portico of the old great room on the right-hand of the entry into the garden4 ,see p4 #bi4 #c4 ,frontispiece to the ,humours of ,oxford1 a comedy by ,james ,miller2 acted at ,drury-,lane1 and published in #hvo1 #agbi4a ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 ,g4 ,vandergucht sc4 ,the ,vice-chancellor1 attended by his beadle1 surprizing two ,fellows of a ,college1 one of them much intoxicated1 at a tavern4 #a ,it met with but moderate success in the theatre2 but drew on ,mr4 ,miller the resentment of some of the heads of the colleges in ,oxford1 who looked on themselves as satirized in it4 99 99 99 99 99 #agcj4 #a4 ,perseus1 and ,medusa dead1 and ,pegasus4 ,frontispiece to ,perseus and ,andromeda4 ,w4 ,h4 fec4 #b4 ,another print to the same piece1 of ,perseus descending4 ,mr4 ,walpole mentions only one4 #c4 ,a half-starved boy4 7,the same as is represented in the print of ,morning47 ,w4 ,h4 pinx4 ,f4 ,sykes sc4 ,sykes was a pupil of ,thornhill or ,hogarth4 ,this print bears the date of #agcj2 but ,i suspect the #j was designed for an #h1 and that the upper part of it is wanting1 because the aqua fortis failed2 or1 that the pupil copied the figure from a sketch of his master1 which at that time was unappropriated4 ,no one will easily suspect ,hogarth of such plagiarism as he might justly be charged with1 could he afterwards have adopted this complete design as his own2 neither is it probable that any youth could have produced a figure so characteristic as this2 or1 if he could1 that he should have published it without any concomitant circumstances to explain its meaning4 ,the above title1 which some collector has bestowed on this etching1 is not of a discriminative kind4 ,who can tell from it whether he is to look for a boy emaciated by hunger1 or shivering with cold8 ,it is mentioned here1 only that it may be reprobated4 ,if every young practitioner's imitation of a single figure by ,hogarth were to be admitted among his works1 they would never be complete4 #d4 ,gulliver presented to the ,queen of ,babilary4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 ,ger4 ,vandergucht sc4 ,it is the frontispiece to the ,travels of ,mr4 ,john ,gulliver1 son of ,capt4 ,lemuel ,gulliver1 a translation from the ,french by ,mr4 ,lockman4 ,there is as much merit in this print as in the work to which it belongs4 99 99 99 99 99 #agca4 #a4 ,two frontispieces to a translation of two of ,moliere's plays1 viz4 ,l',avare#a and ,le ,coc imaginaire4 ,these are part of a select collection of ,moliere's ,comedies in ,french and ,english4 ,they were advertised in ,the ,grub-street ,journal1 with designs by ,monsieur ,coypel1 ,mr4 ,hogarth1 ,mr4 ,dandridge1 ,mr4 ,hamilton1 c4 in eight pocket volumes4 #a ,of this one1 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has the original drawing4 #b4 ,frontispiece to ,the ,tragedy of ,tragedies1 or the ,life and ,death of ,tom ,thumb1 in three acts2#a by ,henry ,fielding4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 ,ger4 ,vandergucht sc4 ,there is some humour in this print4 #a ,this piece had before made its appearance in #agcj in one act only4 #c4 ,frontispiece to the ,opera of ,the ,highland ,fair1 or the ,union of the ,clans1 by ,joseph ,mitchell4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 ,ger ,vandergucht sculp4 ,forsan et hc olim meminisse juvabit4 ,,virg4 ,the date of this piece is confirmed by the following paragraph in ,the ,grub-street journal1 ,march #d1 #agca3 ,we hear from the ,theatre-,royal in ,drury-lane1 that there is now in rehearsal1 and to be performed on ,tuesday1 ,march #af1 a new ,scots ,opera1 called ,the ,highland ,fair1 or ,union of the ,clans1 c4 ,the subject being too local for the ,english stage1 it met with little or no success4 99 99 99 99 99 #agcb4 #a4 ,sarah ,malcolm1#a executed ,march #g1 #agcb1 for murdering ,mrs4 ,lydia ,duncombe her mistress1 ,elizabeth ,harrison1 and ,anne ,price2 drawn in ,newgate4 ,w4 ,hogarth 7ad vivum7 pinxit sculpsit4#b ,some copies are dated #agcc1 and have only ,hogarth pinx4 ,she was about twenty-five years of age4#c ,this woman put on red to sit to him for her picture two days before her execution4#d ,mr4 ,walpole paid ,hogarth five guineas for the original4 ,professor ,martyn dissected this notorious murderess1 and afterwards presented her skeleton1 in a glass case1 to the ,botanic ,garden at ,cambridge1 where it still remains4 #a ,on ,sunday morning1 the #dth of ,february1 ,mrs4 ,lydia ,duncombe1 aged #hj1 ,elizabeth ,harrison1 her companion1 aged #fj1 were found strangled1 and ,ann ,price1 her maid1 aged #ag1 with her throat cut1 in their beds1 at the said ,mrs4 ,duncombe's apartments in ,tanfield-,court in ,the ,temple4 ,sarah ,malcolm1 a chare-woman1 was apprehended the same evening on the information of ,mr4 ,kerrol1 who had chambers on the same stair-case1 and had found some bloody linen under his bed1 and a silver tankard in his close-stool1 which she had hid there4 ,she made a pretended confession1 and gave information against ,thomas ,alexander1 ,james ,alexander1 and ,mary ,tracey1 that they committed the murder and robbery1 and she only stood on the stairs as a watch2 that they took away three hundred pounds and some valuable goods1 of which she had not more than her share2 but the coroner's inquest gave their verdict ,wilful ,murder against ,malcolm only4--,on the #bc;d her trial came on at ,the ,old ,bailey3 when it appeared that ,mrs4 ,duncombe had but #ed l4 in her box1 and #ec l4 #aa s4 #f d4 of it were found upon ,malcolm betwixt her cap and hair4 ,she owned her being concerned in the robbery1 but denied she knew any thing of the murder till she went in with other company to see the deceased4 ,the jury found her guilty of both4 ,she was strongly suspected to have been concerned in the murder of ,mr4 ,nesbit in #agbi1 near ,drury-lane1 for which one ,kelly1 alias ,owen1 was hanged2 the grounds for his conviction being only a bloody razor found under the murdered man's head that was known to be his4 ,but he denied to the last his being concerned in the murder2 and said1 in his defence1 he lent the razor to a woman he did not know4--,on ,wednesday1 ,march #g1 she was executed on a gibbet opposite ,mitre-court1 ,fleet-street1 where the crowd was so great1 that a ,mrs4 ,strangways1 who lived in ,fleet-street1 near ,serjeant's-,inn1 crossed the street1 from her own house to ,mrs4 ,coulthurst's on the opposite side of the way1 over the heads and shoulders of the mob4 ,she went to execution neatly dressed in a crape mourning gown1 holding up her head in the cart with an air1 and looking as if she was painted1 which some did not scruple to affirm4 ,her corpse was carried to an undertaker's upon ,snow-hill1 where multitudes of people resorted1 and gave money to see it3 among the rest a gentleman in deep mourning1 who kissed her1 and gave the people half a crown4 ,she was attended by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,pedington1 lecturer of ,st4 ,bartholomew the ,great1 seemed penitent1 and desired to see her master ,kerrol2 but1 as she did not1 protested all accusations against him were false4 ,during her imprisonment she received a letter from her father at ,dublin1 who was in too bad circumstances to send her such a sum as #ag l4 which she pretended he did4 ,the night before her execution1 she delivered a paper to ,mr4 ,pedington 7the copy of which he sold for #bj l471 of which the substance is printed in ,the ,gentleman's ,magazine1 #agcc1 p4 #acg4 ,she had given much the same account before1 at her trial1 in a long and fluent speech4 #b ,the words sculpsit are wanting in the copies4 ,in the three last of them the figure also is reversed4 #c ,this woman1 said ,hogarth1 after he had drawn ,sarah ,malcolm1 by her features1 is capable of any wickedness4 #d ,monday ,sarah ,malcolm sat for her picture in ,newgate1 which was taken by the ingenious ,mr4 ,hogarth3 ,sir ,james ,thornhill was likewise present4 ,craftsman1 ,saturday1 ,march #aj1 #agcb-c4 #b4 ,an engraved copy of ditto4 #c4 ,ditto1 mezzotinto4 #d4 ,ditto1 part graven1 part mezzotinto4 ,the knife with which she committed the murder is lying by her4 #e4 ,another copy of this portrait#a 7of which only the first was engraved by ,hogarth71 with the addition of a clergyman holding a ring in his hand1 and a motto1 ,no recompence but ,love4#b ,in ,the ,grub-street ,journal of ,thursday1 ,march #h1 #agcb1 appeared the following epigram3 ,to ,malcolm ,guthrie#c cries1 confess the murther2 ,the truth disclose1 and trouble me no further4 ,think on both worlds2 the pain that thou must bear ,in that1 and what a load of scandal here4 ,confess1 confess1 and you'll avoid it all3 ,your body shan't be hack'd at ,surgeons ,hall3 ,no ,grub-street hack shall dare to use your ghost ill1 ,henly shall read upon your post a postile2 ,hogarth your charms transmit to future times1 ,and ,curll record your life in prose and rhimes4 ,sarah replies1 these arguments might do ,from ,hogarth1 ,curll1 and ,henly1 drawn by you1 ,were ,i condemn'd at ,padington to ride3 ,but now from ,fleet-street ,pedington's my guide4 ,the office of this ,pedington#d may be known from the following advertisement in ,the ,weekly ,miscellany1 ,n #cg4 ,august #be1 #agcc4 ,this day is published1 ,price ,six-pence1 7on occasion of the ,re-commitment of the two ,alexanders2 with a very neat effigies of ,sarah ,malcolm and her ,reverend ,confessor1 both taken from the ,life7 ,the ,friendly ,apparition3 ,being an account of the most surprising appearance of ,sarah ,malcolm's ,ghost to a great assembly of her acquaintance at a noted ,gin-shop2 together with the remarkable speech she then made to the whole company4 #a ,a copy of it in wood was inserted in ,the ,gentleman's ,magazine1 #agcc1 p4 #aec4 #b ,this print was designed as a frontispiece to the pamphlet advertised in ,the ,weekly ,miscellany4 7,see text1 above47 #c ,the ,ordinary of ,newgate4 #d ,mr4 ,pedington died ,september #ah1 #agcd4 ,he is supposed to have made some amorous overtures to ,sarah4 #f4 ,the ,man of ,,taste4 ,the ,gate of ,burlington-house4 ,pope white-washing it1 and bespattering the ,duke of ,chandos's coach4 ,a satire on ,pope's ,epistle on ,taste4 ,no name4 ,it has been already observed that the plate was suppressed2 and if this be true1 the suppression may be accounted for from the following inscription1 lately met with at the back of one of the copies4 ,bot this book of ,mr4 ,wayte1 at ,the ,fountain ,tavern1 in ,the ,strand1 in the presence of ,mr4 ,draper1 who told me he had it of the ,printer1 ,mr4 ,w4 ,rayner4#a ,j4 ,cosins4 ,on this attested memorandum a prosecution seems meant to have been founded4 ,cosins was an attorney1 and ,pope was desirous on all occasions to make the law the engine of his revenge4 #a ,rayner was at that time already under prosecution for publishing a pamphlet called1 ,robin's ,game1 or ,seven's the ,main4 ,neglecting to surrender himself1 he was taken by a writ of execution from the crown1 and confined to the ,king's ,bench2 where he became connected with ,lady ,dinely1 whole character was of equal infamy with his own4 #g4 ,the same1 in a smaller size2 prefixed to a pamphlet1 intituled1 ,a ,miscellany of ,taste1 by ,mr4 ,pope1 c4 containing his ,epistles1 with ,notes and other poems4 ,in the former of these ,mr4 ,pope has a tie-wig on1 in the latter a cap4 #h4 ,the same1 in a size still smaller2 very coarsely engraved4 ,only one of them is noted by ,mr4 ,walpole4 ,a reader of these ,anecdotes observes1 ,that the total silence of ,pope concerning so great an artist1 encourages a suspicion that his attacks were felt though not resented4 ,the thunders of the poet were usually pointed at inglorious adversaries2 but he might be conscious of a more equal match in our formidable caricaturist4 ,all ranks of people have eyes for pencil'd ridicule1 but of written satire we have fewer judges4 ,it may be suspected1 that the 'pictured shape' would never have been complained of1 had it been produced only by a bungler in his art4 ,but from the powers of ,hogarth1 ,pope seems to have apprehended more lasting inconvenience2 and the event has justified his fear4 ,the frontispiece to ,smedley's ,gulliveriana has been long forgotten2 but the ,gate of ,burlington house is an object coveted by all who assemble prints of humour4--,it may be added1 that our painter's reputation was at the height ten years before the death of ,pope1 who could not therefore have overlooked his merit1 though1 for some reason or other1 he has forborne to introduce the slightest allusion to him or his performances4 ,yet these1 or copies from them1 were to be met with in almost every public and private house throughout the kingdom2 nor was it easy for the bard of ,twickenham to have mixed in the conversation of the times1 without being obliged to hear repeated praises of the author of ,the ,harlot's ,progress4 ,the sheet containing this page having been shewn to a friend1 produced from him the following remark3 ,that ,pope was silent on the merits of ,hogarth 7as one of your readers has observed7 should excite little astonishment1 as our artist's print on the ,south ,sea exhibits the translator of ,homer in no very flattering point of view4 ,he is represented with one of his hands in the pocket of a fat personage1 who wears a hornbook at his girdle4 ,for whom this figure was designed1 is doubtful4 ,perhaps it was meant for ,gay1 who was a fat man1 and a loser in the same scheme4--,gay1 says ,dr4 ,johnson1 in that disastrous year had a present from young ,craggs of some ,south-sea stock1 and once supposed himself to be master of twenty-thousand pounds4 ,his friends persuaded him to sell his share2 but he dreamed of dignity and splendour1 and could not bear to obstruct his own fortune4 ,he was then importuned to sell as much as would purchase an hundred a year for life1 which1 says ,fenton1 will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton every day4 ,this counsel was rejected2 the profit and principal were lost1 and ,gay sunk under the calamity so low that his life became in danger4--,the ,hornbook appended to his girdle1 perhaps1 refers to the ,fables he wrote for the ,duke of ,cumberland4 ,some of your ingenious correspondents1 or ,mr4 ,walpole1 who is instar omnium1 may be able to give a further illustration4 ,the conclusion to the inscription under this plate--,guess at the rest1 you'll find out more--seems also to imply a consciousness of such personal satire as it was not prudent to explain4 ,i may add1 that the print before us exhibits more than one figure copied from ,callot4 ,among the people going along the gallery to raffle for husbands1 the curious observer will recognize the ,old ,maid with lappets flying1 c4 afterwards introduced into the scene of ,morning4 ,dr4 ,johnson1 however1 bears witness to the propriety of our great poet's introduction into a satire on the 'disastrous year of national infatuation1 when more riches than ,peru can boast were expected from the ,south ,sea2 when the contagion of avarice tainted every mind2 and ,pope1 being seized with the universal passion1 ventured some of his money4 ,the stock rose in its price2 and he for a while thought himself ,the ,lord of ,thousands4 ,but this dream of happiness did not last long3 and he seems to have waked soon enough to get clear with the loss only of what he once thought himself to have won1 and perhaps not wholly that4' ,it appears from ,pope's correspondence with ,atterbury1 that the stock he had was at one time valued at between twenty and thirty thousand pounds2 and that he was one of the lucky few who had the good fortune to remain with half of what they imagined they had4--,had you got all you have lost beyond what you ventured1 said the good ,bishop in reply1 consider that your superfluous gains would have sprung from the ruin of several families that now want necessaries4#a #a ,letters to and from ,bishop ,atterbury1 #aghb1 vol4 ,i4 p4 #ga4 99 99 99 99 99 #agcc4 #a4 ,the ,laughing ,audience4 #agcc4 ,recd4 ,decbr4 #ah of the ,right ,honnble4 ,lord ,biron ,half a ,guinea being the first ,payment for nine ,prints #h of which ,represent a ,rakes ,progress and the #ith a ,fair1 ,which ,i promise to ,deliver at ,michaelmass ,next on ,receiving one ,guinea more4 ,note the ,fair will be ,deliver'd next ,christmass at ,sight of this receipt the ,prints of the ,rakes4 ,progress alone will be #b ,guineas each set after the ,subscription is over4 ,the words printed in ,italicks are in the hand-writing of ,hogarth4 #b4 ,the ,fair#a at ,southwark4 ,invented1 painted1 and engraved by ,w4 ,hogarth44 ,the show-cloth1 representing the ,stage ,mutiny1 is taken from a large etching by ,john ,laguerre 7son of ,louis ,laguerre1 the historical painter71 who sung at ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields and ,covent-,garden ,theatres1 painted some of their scenes1 and died in #agdh4 ,the ,stage-,mutineers1 or ,a ,playhouse to be let1 a tragi-comi farcical-ballad-opera1 which was published in #agcc1 will throw some light on the figures here represented by ,hogarth4 ,see also the ,supplement to ,dodsley's ,preface to his ,collection of ,old ,plays1 and the ,biographia ,dramatica1 #aghb4 ,it is remarkable that1 in our artist's copy of this etching1 he has added a paint-pot and brushes at the feet of the athletic figure with a cudgel in his hand1 who appears on the side of ,highmore4#b ,from these circumstances it is evident that ,john ,ellis the painter 7a pupil of ,sir ,james ,thornhill1 a great frequenter of ,broughton's gymnasium1 the stages of other prize-fighters1 c47 was the person designed4 ,ellis was deputy-manager for ,mrs4 ,wilks1 and took up the cudgels also for the new patentee4 ,mr4 ,walpole observes that ,rysbrack1 when he produced that exquisite summary of his skill1 knowledge1 and judgment1 the ,hercules now in ,mr4 ,hoare's ,temple at ,stourhead1 modelled the legs of the ,god from those of ,ellis4 ,this statue was compiled from the various limbs and parts of seven or eight of the strongest and best-made men in ,london1 chiefly the bruisers1 c4 of the then famous amphitheatre in ,tottenham ,court road4 ,in ,banks's ,works1 vol4 ,i4 p4 #ig4 is a ,poetical ,epistle on this print1 which alludes to the disputes between the managers of ,drury-,lane1 and such of the actors as were spirited up to rebellion by ,theophilus ,cibber1 and seceded to ,the ,haymarket in #agcc4 ,cibber is represented under the character of ,pistol2#c ,harper under that of ,falstaff4 ,the figure in the corner was designed for ,colley ,cibber the ,laureat1 who had just sold his share in the play-house to ,mr4 ,highmore1 who is represented holding a scroll1 on which is written it cost 4#fjjj4 ,a monkey is exhibited sitting astride the iron that supports the sign of ,the ,rose1 a well-known tavern4 ,a label issuing from his mouth contains the words3 ,i am a gentleman4#d ,the ,siege of ,troy1 upon another show-cloth1 was a celebrated droll1 composed by ,elkanah ,settle1 and printed in #agjg2 it was a great favourite at fairs4 ,a booth was built in ,smithfield this year for the use of ,t4 ,cibber1 ,griffin1 ,bullock1 and ,h4 ,hallam2 at which the ,tragedy of ,tamerlane1 with ,the ,fall of ,bajazet1 intermixed with the ,comedy of ,the ,miser1 was actually represented4 ,the figure vaulting on the rope was designed for ,signor ,violante1 who signalized himself in the reign of ,geo4 ,i42 and the tall man exhibited on a show-cloth1 was ,maximilian1 a giant from ,upper ,saxony4 ,the man flying from the steeple was one ,cadman1 who1 within the recollection of some persons now living1 descended in the manner here described from the steeple of ,st4 ,martin's into ,the ,mews4 ,he broke his neck soon after1 in an experiment of the like kind1 at ,shrewsbury1 and lies buried there in the churchyard of ,st4 ,mary ,friars1 with the following inscription on a little tablet inserted in the church-wall just over his grave4#e ,the lines are contemptible1 but yet serve to particularize the accident that occasioned his death4 ,let this small monument record the name ,of ,cadman1 and to future times proclaim ,how1 by an attempt to fly from this high spire ,across the ,sabrine stream1 he did acquire ,his fatal end4 ',twas not for want of skill1 ,or courage1 to perform the task1 he fell3 ,no1 no1--a faulty cord1 being drawn too tight1 ,hurry'd his soul on high to take her flight1 ,which bid the body here beneath1 good night4 ,a prelate being asked permission for a line to be fixed to the steeple of a cathedral church1 for this daring adventurer1 replied1 the man might fix to the church whenever he pleased1 but he should never give his consent to any one's flying from it4 ,it seems that some exhibitor of the same kind met with a similar inhibition here in ,london4 ,i learn from ,mist's ,journal for ,july #h1 #agbg1 that a sixpenny pamphlet1 intituled1 ,the ,devil to pay at ,st4 ,james's1 c4#f was published on this occasion1 ,again1 in ,the ,weekly ,miscellany for ,april #ag1 #agcf4 ,thomas ,kidman1 the famous ,flyer1 who has flown from several of the highest precipices in ,england1 and was the person that flew off ,bromham steeple in ,wiltshire when it fell down1 flew1 on ,monday last1 from the highest of the rocks near ,the ,hot-well at ,bristol1 with fire-works and pistols2 after which he went up the rope1 and performed several surprising dexterities on it1 in sight of thousands of spectators1 both from ,somersetshire and ,gloucestershire4 ,in this print also is a portrait which has been taken for that of ,dr4 ,rock1 but was more probably meant for another ,quack1 who used to draw a crowd round him by seeming to eat fire1 which1 having his checks puffed up with tow1 he blew out of his mouth4#g ,some other particulars are explained in the notes to the poetical epistle already mentioned4 #a ,in the ,craftsman1 #agcc1 was this advertisment2 ,mr4 ,hogarth being now engraving nine copper-plates from pictures of his own painting1 one of which represents the ,humours of a ,fair1 the other eight the ,progress of a ,rake1 intends to publish the prints by subscription1 on the following terms3 each subscription to be one guinea and a half3 half-a-guinea to be paid at the time of subscribing1 for which a receipt will be given on a new-etched print1 and the other payment of one guinea on delivery of all the prints when finished1 which will be with all convenient speed1 and the time publicly advertised4 ,the ,fair1 being already finished1 will be delivered at the time of subscribing4 ,subscriptions will be taken in at ,mr4 ,hogarth's1 the ,golden ,head1 in ,leicester ,fields1 where the pictures are to be seen4 #b ,highmore was originally a man of fortune2 but ,white's gaming-house1 and the patent of ,drury-,lane theatre1 completely exhausted his finances4 ,having proved himself an unsuccessful actor as well as manager1 in #agdc he published ,dettingen1 a poem which would have disgraced a ,bell-man4 ,in #agdd he appeared again in the character of ,lothario1 for the benefit of ,mrs4 ,horten4 ,from this period his history is unknown4 ,if ,hogarth's representation of him1 in the print entitled ,the ,discovery1 was a just one1 he had no external requisites for the stage4 #c ,in a two-shilling pamphlet1 printed for ,j4 ,mechell at ,the ,king's ,arms in ,fleet street1 #agdj1 entitled ,an ,apology for the life of ,mr4 ,t---- ,c----1 comedian2 being a proper sequel to the apology for the life of ,mr4 ,colley ,cibber1 comedian2 with a historical view of the stage to the present year2 supposed to be written by himself in the stile and manner of the ,poet ,laureat1 but in reality the work of ,harry ,fielding2 the following passages1 illustrative of our subject1 occur4 ,in that year when the stage fell into great commotions1 and the ,drury ,lane company1 asserting the glorious cause of liberty and property1 made a stand against the oppressions in the patentees--in that memorable year when the ,theatric ,dominions fell in labour of a revolution under the conduct of myself1 that revolt gave occasion to several pieces of wit and satirical flirts at the conductor of the enterprize4 ,i was attacked1 as my father had been before me1 in the public papers and journals2 and the burlesque character of ,pistol was attributed to me as a real one4 ,out came a ,print of ,jack ,laguerre's1 representing1 in most vile designing1 this expedition of ours1 under the name of ,the ,stage ,mutiny1 in which1 gentle reader1 your humble servant1 in the ,pistol character1 was the principal figure4 ,this ,i laughed at1 knowing it only a proper embellishment for one of those necessary structures to which persons out of necessity repair4 p4 #af1 c4--,again1 p4 #hh4--;,at the ,fair of ,bartholomew1 we gained some recruits2 but1 besides those advantages over the enemy1 ,i myself went there in person1 and publickly exposed myself4 ,this was done to fling defiance in the ,patentee's teeth2 for1 on the booth where ,i exhibited1 ,i hung out ,the ,stage ,mutiny1 with ,pistol at the head of his troop1 our standard bearing this motto1--,we eat4--,whether this account which ,cibber is made to give of his own conduct is entirely jocular1 or contains a mixture of truth in it1 cannot now be ascertained4 ,hogarth might have transplanted a circumstance from ,bartholomew to ,southwark ,fair2 or ,fielding1 by design1 may have misrepresented the matter1 alluding at the same time to ,hogarth's print4 #d ,mr4 ,victor1 speaking of this transaction1 observes1 that the general observation was1 what business had a gentleman to make the purchase8 #e ,in ,the ,gentleman's ,magazine for #agdj1 p4 #hi1 is no bad copy of verses on the death of the famous ,flyer on the ,rope at ,shrewsbury4 ,it is therefore here inserted4 -----------,magnis tamen excidit ausis4 ,fond ,icarus of old1 with rash essay1 ,in air attempted a forbidden way2 ,too thin the medium for so cumb'rous freight1 ,too weak the plumage to support the weight4 ,yet less he dar'd who soar'd on waxen wing1 ,than he who mounts to ther on a string4 ,just as ,arachne1 when the buzzing prey ,entangled flutter1 and would wing away1 ,from watchful ambuscade insidious springs1 ,and to a slender twine1 ascending1 clings4 ,so on his rope1 th' advent'rer climbs on high1 ,bounds o'er cathedral heights1 and seeks the sky2 ,fix but his cable1 and he'll tell you soon1 ,what sort of natives cultivate the moon4 ,an army of such wights to cross the main1 ,sooner than ,haddock's fleet1 shou'd humble ,spain4 ,as warring cranes on pigmies thund'ring fall1 ,and1 without scaling ladders1 mount the wall1 ,the proudest spire in ,salop's lofty town ,safely he gains1 and glides as safely down2 ,then soars again aloft1 and downward springs1 ,swift as an eagle1 without aid of wings2 ,shews anticks1 hangs suspended by his toe2 ,undazzled1 views th' inverted chasm below4 ,invites with beat of drum brave voluntiers1 ,defies ,jack ,spaniard1 nor invasion fears1 ,land when they will1 they ne'er cou'd hurt his ears4 ,methink ,i see as yet his flowing hair ,and body1 darting like a falling star3 ,swifter than what with fins or feathers fly ,thro' the rial or the wat'ry sky4 ,once more he dares to brave the pathless way1 ,fate now pursuing1 like a bird of prey2 ,and1 comet-like1 he makes his latest tour1 ,in air excentric 7oh6 ill-omen'd hour67 ,bar'd in his shirt to please the gazing crowd1 ,he little dreamt1 poor soul6 of winding shroud6 ,nothing could aught avail but limbs of brass1 ,when ground was iron1 and the ,severn glass4 ,as quick as lightning down his line he skims1 ,secure in equal poize of agile limbs4 ,but see the trusted cordage faithless prove6 ,headlong he falls1 and leaves his soul above3 ,the gazing town was shock'd at the rebound ,of shatter'd bones1 that rattled on the ground2 ,the broken cord rolls on in various turns1 ,smokes in the whirl1 and as it runs it burns4 ,so when the wriggling snake is snatch'd on high ,in eagle's claws1 and hisses in the sky1 ,around the foe his twirling tail he flings1 ,and twists her legs1 and writhes about her wings4 ,cadman laid low1 ye rash1 behold and fear1 ,man is a reptile1 and the ground his sphere4 ,unhappy man6 thy end lamented be2 ,nought but thy own ill fate so swift as thee1 ,were metamorphoses permitted now1 ,and tuneful ,ovid liv'd to tell us how2 ,his apter ,muse shou'd turn thee to a daw1 ,nigh to the fatal steeple still to kaw2 ,perch on the cock1 and nestle on the ball1 ,in ropes no more confide1 and never fall4 ,j4 ,a4 #f ,supposed to have been written by ,dr4 ,arbuthnot1 and as such preserved in the ,collection of his ,works4 ,the full title is1 ,the ,devil to pay at ,st4 ,james's3 or1 a full and true ,account of a most horrid and bloody ,battle between ,madam ,faustina and ,madam ,cuzzoni4 ,also of a hot ,skirmish between ,signor ,boschi and ,signor ,palmerini4 ,moreover1 how ,senesino has taken ,snuff1 is going to leave the ,opera1 and sings ,psalms at ,henley's ,oratory4 ,also about the ,flying ,man1 and how the ,doctor of ,st4 ,martin's has very unkindly taken down the ,scaffold1 and disappointed a ,world of good ,company4 ,as also how a certain ,great ,lady is gone mad for the ,love of ,william ,gibson1 the ,quaker4 ,and how the ,wild ,boy is come to ,life again1 and has got a ,dairy ,maid with ,child4 ,also about the great ,mourning1 and the ,fashions1 and the ,alterations1 and what not4 ,with other material ,occurrences1 too many to insert4 ,in this pamphlet our artist is incidentally mentioned1 but in such a manner as shews that he had attained some celebrity so early as #agbg4 ,speaking of some ,lilliputian swine1 supposed to be in the possession of ,dean ,swift1 ,dr4 ,arbuthnot adds1 ,but ,hogarth the ,engraver is making a print after them1 which will give a juster idea of them than ,i can4 #g ,perhaps he was only a fire-eater4 #c4 ,judith and ,holofernes4 ,per vulnera servor1 morte tu vivens4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 ,ger4 ,vandergucht sc4 ,a frontispiece to the ,oratorio of ,judith4--,our heroine1 instead of holding the sword by its handle1 grasps it by its edge1 in such a manner as should seem to have endangered her fingers4 7,judith was an ,oratorio by ,william ,huggins1 ,esq4 set to musick by ,william ,de ,fesch#a late ,chapel-master of the cathedral church of ,antwerp4 ,this piece was performed with scenes and other decorations1 but met with no success4 ,it was published in #hvo1 #agcc47--,the original plate of the frontispiece is in the possession of ,dr4 ,monkhouse4 ,this design has little of ,hogarth2 yet if he furnished other engravers with such slight undetermined sketches as he himself is sometimes known to have worked from1 we cannot wonder if on many occasions his usual characteristics should escape our notice4 ,whoever undertakes to perfect several of his unpublished drawings1 will be reduced to the necessity of inventing more than presents itself for imitation4 #a ,william ,defesch1 a ,german1 and some time chapel-master at ,antwerp1 was in his time a respectable professor on the violin1 and leader of the band for several seasons at ,marybone-gardens4 ,his head was engraved as a frontispiece to some musical compositions published by him2 and his name is to be found on many songs and ballads to which he set the tunes for ,vauxhall and ,marybone-gardens4 ,he died1 soon after the year #agej1 at the age of #gj4 ,the following lines were written under a picture of ,defesch1 painted by ,soldi1 #agea4 ,thou honor'st verse1 and verse must lend her wing1 ,to honor thee1 the priest of ,phbus' quire1 ,that tun'st her happiest lines in hymn or song4 ,,milton4 ,defesch was the patriotic ,mr4 ,hollis's music-master4 #d4 ,boys peeping at ,nature4 ,the subscription-ticket to the ,harlot's ,progress4 ,a copy in aqua-tinta from this receipt was made by ,r4 ,livesay in #agha1 and is to be had at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's house in ,leicester-square4 99 99 99 99 99 #agcc and #agcd4 #a4a ,the ,harlot's ,progress1#b in six plates4 ,in the first is a portrait of ,colonel ,chartres4 ,cette figure de viellard 7says ,rouquet7 est d'aprs nature2 c'est le portrait d'un officier trs riche1 fameux dans ce tems-l pour de pareilles expditions1 grand sducteur de campagnardes1 et qui avoit toujours ses gages des femmes de la profession de celle qui cajole ici la nouvelle dbarque4 ,behind him is ,john ,gourlay a ,pimp1 whom he always kept about his person4 ,the next figure that attracts our notice1 is that of ,mother ,needham4 ,to prove this woman was sufficiently notorious to have deserved the satire of ,hogarth1 the following paragraphs in ,the ,grub-street ,journal are sufficient4 ,march #be1 #agca4 ,the noted ,mother ,needham was yesterday committed to ,the ,gatehouse by ,justice ,railton4 ,ibid4 ,yesterday1 at the quarter-sessions for the city and liberties of ,westminster1 the infamous ,mother ,needham1 who has been reported to have been dead for some time1 to screen her from several prosecutions1 was brought from ,the ,gatehouse1 and pleaded not guilty to an indictment found against her for keeping a lewd and disorderly house2 but1 for want of sureties1 was remanded back to prison4 ,ibid4 ,april #bi1 #agca4 ,oh ,saturday ended the quarter-sessions for ,westminster1 c4 ,the noted ,mother ,needham1 convicted for keeping a disorderly house in ,park ,place1 ,st4 ,james's1 was fined ,one ,shilling1 to stand twice in the pillory1 and find sureties for her good behaviour for three years4 ,ibid4 ,may #f1 #agca4 ,yesterday the noted ,mother ,needham stood in the pillory in ,park ,place1 near ,st4 ,james's-street1 and was roughly handled by the populace4 ,she was so very ill that she lay along1 notwithstanding which she was so severely c4 that it is thought she will die in a day or two4--,another account says--she lay along on her face in the pillory1 and so evaded the law which requires that her face should be exposed4--,yesterday morning died ,mother ,needham4 ,she declared in her last words1#c that what most affected her was the terror of standing in the pillory to-morrow in ,new ,palace-yard1 having been so ungratefully used by the populace on ,wednesday4 ,the memory of this woman is thus perpetuated in ,the ,dunciad1 ,i4 #cbc4 ,to ,needham's quick the voice triumphal rode1 ,but pious ,needham dropt the name of ,god4 ,the note on this passage says1 she was a matron of great fame1 and very religious in her way2 whose constant prayer it was1 that she might 'get enough by her profession to leave it off in time1 and make her peace with ,god4'#d ,but her fate was not so happy2 for being convicted1 and set in the pillory1 she was 7to the lasting shame of all her great ,friends and ,votaries7 so ill used by the populace1 that it put an end to her days4 ,rouquet has a whimsical remark relative to the clergyman just arrived in ,london4 ,cet ecclesiastique mont sur un cheval blanc1 comme ils affectent ici de l'tre4--,the variations in this plate are2 shade thrown by one house upon another2 ,london added on the letter the parson is reading2 change in one corner of the fore-ground2 the face of the ,bawd much altered for the worse1 and her foot introduced4 ,plate ,,ii4 ,quin compared ,garrick in ,othello to the black boy with the tea-kettle1#e a circumstance that by no means encouraged our ,roscius to continue acting the part4 ,indeed1 when his face was obscured1 his chief power of expression was lost2 and then1 and not till then1 was he reduced to a level with several other performers4 ,in a copy of this set of plates1 one of the two small portraits hanging up in the ,jew's bedchamber1 is superscribed1 ,clarke2 but without authority from ,hogarth4 ,woolston would likewise have been out of his place1 as he had written against the ,jewish tenets4 ,of this circumstance1 ,hogarth was probably told by some friend1 and therefore effaced a name he had once ignorantly inserted4 ,in ,plate ,,iii4#f 7as already observed7 is the portrait of ,sir ,john ,gonson4 ,that ,sir ,john ,gonson was the person intended in this print1 is evident from a circumstance in the next1 where1 on a door in ,bridewell1 a figure hanging is drawn in chalk1 with an inscription over it1 ,sir ,j4 ,g4 as well as from the following explanation by ,rouquet3 ,la figure1 qui paroit entrer sans bruit avec une partie de guet1 est un commissaire qui se distinguoit extrmement par son zle pour la persecution des filles de joye4 ,respecting another circumstance1 however1 in the third plate1 ,rouquet appears to have met with some particular information that has escaped me4 ,l'auteur a saisi l'occasion d'un morceau de beurre qui fait partie du djeun1 pour l'enveloper plaisamment dans le titre de la lettre pastorale qu'un grand prelat#g addressa dans ce tems-l son diocese1 dont plusieurs exemplaires eurent le malheur d'tre renvoys l'epicier4--,the sleeve of the maid-servant's gown in this plate is enlarged1 and the neck of a bottle on the table is lengthened4 ,for variations in ,plate ,,iv4 see the roof of the room4 ,shadow on the principal woman's petticoat1 and from the hoop-petticoat hanging up in the back ground4 ,the dog made darker4 ,the woman next the overseer has a high cap1 which in the modern impressions is lowered4 ,in ,plate ,v4 ,roof of the room4 ,back of the chair4 ,table4 ,dr4 ,misaubin's waistcoat4 ,name of ,dr4 ,rock on the paper lying on the close-stool4 ,dish at the fire4 ,in a despicable poem published in #agcb1 under the fictitious name of ,joseph ,gay1 and intituled ,the ,harlot's ,progress1 which is a key to the six prints lately published by ,mr4 ,hogarth1 the two quacks in attendance on the dying woman are called ,tan--r and ,g--m4 ,it is evident from several circumstances1 that this ,mr4 ,j4 ,gay became acquainted with our author's work through the medium of a copy4 ,in ,plate ,,vi4 the woman seated next the clergyman was designed for ,elizabeth ,adams1 who1 at the age of #cj1 was afterwards executed for a robbery1 ,september #aj1 #agcg4 ,the common print of her will justify this assertion4 ,if we may trust the wretched metrical performance just quoted1 the ,bawd in this sixth plate was designed for ,mother ,bentley4 ,the portrait hanging up in the ,jew's apartment was originally subscribed ,mr4 ,woolston4 ,there was a scriptural motto to one of the other pictures2 and on the cieling of the room in which the girl is dying1 a certain obscene word was more visible than it is at present4 ,the former inscription on the paper now inscribed ,dr4 ,rock1 was also a gross one4 ,i should in justice add1 that before these plates were delivered to the subscribers1 the offensive particulars here mentioned were omitted4 ,the following paragraph in ,the ,grub-street ,journal for ,september #bd1 #agcj1 will sufficiently justify the splendid appearance the ,harlot makes in ,bridewell4 ,see ,plate ,,iv4 ,such well-dressed females are rarely met with in our present houses of correction4 ,one ,mary ,muffet1 a woman of great note in the hundreds of ,drury1 who1 about a fortnight ago1 was committed to hard labour in ,tothill-fields ,bridewell1 by nine justices1 brought his ,majesty's writ of ,habeas ,corpus1 and was carried before the right honourable the lord chief justice ,raymond1 expecting to have been either bailed or discharged2 but her commitment appearing to be legal1 his lordship thought fit to remand her back again to her former place of confinement1 where she is now beating hemp in a gown very richly laced with silver4 ,rouquet concludes his illustration of the fifth plate by observing1 that the story might have been concluded here4 ,l'auteur semble avoir rempli son dessein4 ,il a suivi son heroine jusques au dernier soupir4 ,il l'a conduite de l'infamie la pauvret1 par les voies sduisantes du libertinage4 ,son intention de tcher de retenir1 ou de corriger celles qui leur foiblesse1 ou leur ignorance exposent tous les jours de semblables infortunes1 est suffisament execute2 on peut donc dire que la tragedie finit cette planche1 et que la suivante est comme le petite piece4 ,c'est une farce done la defunte est plustt l'occasion que le sujet4--,such is the criticism of ,rouquet2 but ,i cannot absolutely concur in the justness of it4 ,hogarth found an opportunity to convey admonition1 and enforce his moral1 even in this last plate4 ,it is true that the exploits of our heroine are concluded1 and that she is no longer an agent in her own story4 ,yet as a wish prevails1 even among those who are most humbled by their own indiscretions1 that some respect should be paid to their remains1 that they should be conducted by decent friends to the grave1 and interred by a priest who feels for the dead that hope expressed in our ,liturgy1 let us ask whether the memory of our ,harlot meets with any such marks of social attention1 or pious benevolence4 ,are not the preparations for her funeral licentious1 like the course of her life1 as if the contagion of her example had reached all the company in the room8 ,her sisters in iniquity alone surround her coffin4 ,one of them is engaged in the double trade of seduction and thievery4 ,a second is admiring herself in a mirror4 ,a third gazes with unconcern on the corpse4 ,if any of the number appear mournful1 they express at best but a maudlin sorrow1 having glasses of strong liquor in their hands4 ,the very minister1 forgetful of his office and character1 is shamefully employed2 nor does a single circumstance occur1 throughout the whole scene1 that a reflecting female would not wish should be alienated from her own interment4--,such is the plate which our illustrator1 with too much levity1 has styled a farce appended to a tragic representation4 ,he might1 however1 have exercised his critical abilities with more success on ,hogarth's neglect of propriety1 though it affords him occasion to display his wit4 ,at the burial of a wanton1 who expired in a garret1 no escutcheons were ever hung up1 or rings given away2 and ,i much question if any bawd ever chose to avow that character before a clergyman1 or any infant was ever habited as chief mourner to attend a parent to the grave4--,i may add1 that when these pictures were painted 7a time1 if news-papers are to be credited1 when1 having no established police1 every act of violence and licentiousness was practised with impunity in our streets1 and women of pleasure were brutally persecuted in every quarter of the town71 a funeral attended by such a sisterhood would scarcely have been permitted to reach the place of interment4 ,much however must be forgiven to the morality of ,hogarth's design1 and the powers with which it is executed4 ,it may also1 on the present occasion1 be observed1 that in no other scene1 out of the many he has painted1 has he so widely deviated from vraisemblance4 ,the following verses1 however wretched1 being explanatory of the set of plates already spoken of1 are here re-printed4 ,they made their appearance under the earliest and best of the pirated copies published by ,bowles4 ,hogarth1 finding that such a metrical description had its effect1 resolved that his next series of prints should receive the same advantage from an abler hand4 ,,plate ,i4 ,see there1 but just arriv'd in town1 ,the ,country ,girl in home-spun gown1 ,tho' plain her dress appears1 how neat6 ,her looks how innocent and sweet6 ,does not your indignation rise1 ,when on the bawd you cast your eyes8 ,fraught with devices to betray2 ,she's hither come in quest of prey2 ,screens her designs with godly airs1 ,and talks of homilies and pray'rs1 ,till1 by her arts1 the wretched ,maid ,to vile ,francisco is betray'd4 ,and see1 the lewd old rogue appears1 ,how at the fresh young thing thing he leers6 ,in lines too strong1 too well exprest ,the lustful satyr stands confest4 ,on batter'd jade1 in thread-bare gown1 ,the ,rural ,priest is come to town-- ,think what his humble thought engages2 ,why--lesser work and greater wages4 ,,plate ,,ii4 ,debauch'd1 and then kick'd out of doors1 ,the fate of all ,francisco's whores1 ,poor ,polly's forc'd to walk the streets1 ,till with a wealthy ,jew she meets4 ,quickly the man of circumcision ,for her reception makes provision4 ,you see her now in all her splendour1 ,a ,monkey and a ,black t' attend her4 ,how great a sot's a keeping cully1 ,who thinks t' enjoy a woman solely6 ,tho' he support her grandeur1 ,miss ,will by the bye with others kiss4 ,thus ,polly play'd her part2 she had ,a ,beau admitted to her bed2 ,but th' ,hebrew coming unexpected1 ,puts her in fear to be detected4 ,this to prevent1 she at breakfast picks ,a quarrel1 and insulting kicks ,the table down3 while by her ,maid ,the ,beau is to the door convey'd4 ,,plate ,,iii4 ,molly discarded once again1 ,takes lodgings next in ,drury-lane2 ,sets up the business on her own ,account1 and deals with all the town4 ,at breakfast here in deshabille1 ,while ,margery does the tea-pot fill1 ,miss holds a watch up1 which1 by slight ,of hand1 was made a prize last night4 ,from chandler's shop a dab of butter1 ,brought on his lordship's ,pastoral ,letter1 ,a cup1 a saucer1 knife1 and roll1 ,are plac'd before her on a stool4 ,a chair behind her holds a cloak1 ,a candle in a bottle stuck1 ,and by't a bason--but indecent ,t'would be in me to say what is in't4 ,at yonder door1 see there ,sir ,john's ,just ent'ring with his ,myrmidons1 ,to ,bridewell to convey ,miss ,molly1 ,and ,margery with her to ,mill ,dolly4#h ,,plate ,,iv4 ,see ,polly now in ,bridewell stands1 ,a galling mallet in her hands1 ,hemp beating with a heavy heart1 ,and not a soul to take her part4 ,the ,keeper1 with a look that's sourer ,than ,turk or ,devil1 standing o'er her3 ,and if her time she idles1 thwack ,comes his rattan across her back4 ,a dirty1 ragged1 saucy ,jade1 ,who sees her here in rich brocade ,and ,mechlin lace1 thumping a punny1 ,lolls out her tongue1 and winks with one eye4 ,that other ,maux with half a nose1 ,who's holding up her tatter'd cloaths1 ,laughs too at ,madam's working-dress1 ,and her grim ,tyrant's threat'ning face1 ,a ,gamester hard by ,poll you see1 ,in coat be-lac'd and smart toupee4 ,kate vermin kills--chalk'd out upon ,a window-shutter1 hangs ,sir ,john4 ,,plate ,v4 ,released from ,bridewell1 ,poll again ,drives on her former trade amain2 ,but who e'er heard of trading wenches ,that long escap'd disease that ,french is8 ,our ,polly did not--,ills on ills1 ,elixirs1 boluses and pills1 ,catharticks and emeticks dreary1 ,had made her of her life quite weary2 ,at last thrown into salivation ,she sinks beneath the operation4 ,a snuffling whore in waiting by her ,screams out to see the wretch expire4 ,the ,doctors blame each other2 ,meagre1 ,with wrath transported1 hot and eager1 ,starts up1 throws down the chair and stool1 ,and calls her brother ,squab a fool4 ,your pills1 quoth ,squab1 with cool disdain1 ,not my elixir1 prov'd her bane4 ,while they contend1 a muffled ,punk ,is rummaging poor ,polly's trunk4 ,,plate ,,vi4 ,the sisterhood of ,drury-lane ,are met to form the funeral train4 ,priss turns aside the coffin lid1 ,to take her farewell of the dead4 ,kate drinks dejected2 ,peggy stands ,with dismal look1 and wrings her hands4 ,beck wipes her eyes2 and at the glass ,in order ,jenny sets her face4 ,the ruin'd ,bawd roars out her grief2 ,her bottle scarcely gives relief4 ,madge fills the wine2 his castle-top ,with unconcern the ,boy winds up4 ,the ,undertaker rolls his eyes ,on ,sukey1 as her glove he tries3 ,his leering she observes1 and while he ,stands thus1 she picks his pocket slily4 ,the ,parson sits with look demure ,by ,fanny's side1 but leaning to her4 ,his left hand spills the wine2 his right-- ,i blush to add--is out of sight4 ,over the figure of the ,parson is the letter ,a1 which conducts to the following explanation underneath the plate4 ,a4 ,the famous ,couple-,beggar in ,the ,fleet1 a wretch who there screens himself from the justice due to his villainies1 and daily repeats them4 ,all but the first impressions of this set of plates are marked thus 4 ,none were originally printed off except for the #abjj subscribers4 ,immediately after they were served1 the plates were retouched1 and some of the variations introduced4 #a ,in ,the ,craftsman of ,nov4 #be1 #agcb1 we read1 ,this day is published1 six prints in chiaro oscuro1 of ,the ,harlot's ,progress1 from the designs of ,mr4 ,hogarth1 in a beautiful green tint1 by ,mr4 ,e4 ,kirkall1 with proper explanations under each print4 ,printed and sold by ,e4 ,kirkall1 in ,dockwell-court1 ,white-,fryars2 ,phil4 ,overton1 in ,fleet-street2 ,h4 ,overton and ,j4 ,hoole1 without ,newgate2 ,j4 ,king1 in the ,poultry2 and ,t4 ,glass1 under the ,royal ,exchange4 ,lest any of our readers should from hence suppose we have been guilty of an innacuracy in appropriating this set of prints to the year #agcc1 c4 it is necessary to observe1 that the plates advertised as above1 were only a pirated copy of ,hogarth's work1 and were published before their original4 #b ,in ,the ,grub-street ,journal for ,december #f1 #agcc1 appeared the following advertisement3 ,lately published1 7illustrated with six prints1 neatly engraven from ,mr4 ,hogarth's ,designs17 ,the ,lure of ,venus2 or a ,harlot's ,progress4 ,an heroi-comical ,poem1 in six ,cantos1 by ,mr4 ,joseph ,gay4 ,to ,mr4 ,joseph ,gay4 ,sir1 ,it has been well observed1 that a great and just objection to the ,genius of ,painters is their want of invention2 from whence proceeds so many different designs or draughts on the same history or fable4 ,few have ventured to touch upon a new story2 but still fewer have invented both the story and the execution1 as the ingenious ,mr4 ,hogarth has done1 in his six prints of a ,harlot's ,progress2 and1 without a compliment1 ,sir1 your admirable ,cantos are a true key and lively explanation of the painter's hieroglyphicks4 ,i am1 ,sir1 yours1 c4 ,a4 ,,phillips4 ,this letter1 ascribed to ,ambrose ,phillips1 was in all probability a forgery1 like the name of ,joseph ,gay4 #c ,mother ,needham's ,lamentation1 was published in ,may #agca1 price #f;d4 #d ,it seems agreed on by our comic-writers1 not to finish the character of a ,bawd without giving her some pretence to ,religion4 ,in ,dryden's ,wild ,gallant1 ,mother du ,lake1 being about to drink a dram1 is made to exclaim1 ',tis a great way to the bottom2 but heaven is all-sufficient to give me strength for it4 ,the scene in which this speech occurs1 was of use to ,richardson in his ,clarissa1 and perhaps to ,foote1 or ,foote's original of the character of ,mother ,cole4 #e ,so in ,hill's ,actor1 pp4 #fi1 #gj4 ,if there be any thing that comes in competition with the unluckiness of this excellent player's figure in this character1 it is the appearance he made in his new habit for ,othello4 ,we are used to see the greatest majesty imaginable expressed throughout that whole part2 and though the joke was somewhat prematurely delivered to the publick1 we must acknowledge1 that his appearance in that tramontane dress made us rather expect to see a tea-kettle in his hand1 than to hear the thundering speeches ,shakspeare has thrown into that character1 come out of his mouth4 #f ,see the back ground of this plate1 for a circumstance of such unpardonable grossness as admits of no verbal interpretation4 #g ,bishop ,gibson4 #h ,beat hemp4 #b4 ,rehearsal of the ,oratorio of ,judith4 ,singing men and boys4 ,ticket for ,a ,modern ,midnight ,conversation4 ,this ,oratorio of ,judith1 which was performed in character1 was written by ,mr4 ,huggins1 as has been already observed in p4 #ahg2 and the line taken from it1 ,the world shall bow to the ,assyrian throne1 inscribed on the book1 is a satire on its want of success4--,the corner figure looking over the notes1 was designed for ,mr4 ,tothall4 #c4 ,a ,midnight ,modern ,conversation4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 pinx4 sculp4 ,hogarth soon discovered that this engraving was too faintly executed2 and therefore1 after taking off a few impressions in red as well as black1 he retouched and strengthened the plate4 ,under this print are the following verses3 ,think not to find one meant resemblance here1 ,we lash the ,vices1 but the ,persons spare4 ,prints should be priz'd1 as ,authors should be read1 ,who sharply smile prevailing ,folly dead4 ,so ,rabilaes laught1 and so ,cervantes thought1 ,so ,nature dictated what ,art has taught4 ,most of the figures1 however1 are supposed to be real portraits4 ,the ,divine and the ,lawyer1#a in particular1 are well known to be so4 ,a pamphlet was published about the same time1 under the same title as this plate4 ,in ,banks's ,poems1 vol4 ,i4 p4 #hg4 the print is copied as a head-piece to an ,epistle to ,mr4 ,hogarth1 on this performance4 ,in a note1 it is said to have appeared after ,the ,harlot's ,progress2 and that in the original1 and all the larger copies1 on the papers that hang out of the politician's pocket at the end of the table1 was written ,the ,craftsman1 and ,the ,london ,journal4 ,of this print a good1 but contracted copy1 was published 7perhaps with ,hogarth's permission71 and the following copy of verses engraved under it4 ,the ,bacchanalians2 or a ,midnight ,modern ,conversation4 ,a ,poem addressed to the ,ingenious ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,sacred to thee1 permit this lay ,thy labour1 ,hogarth1 to display6 ,patron and theme in one to be6 ',tis great1 but not too great for thee2 ,for thee1 the ,poet's constant friend1 ,whose vein of humour knows no end4 ,this verse which1 honest to thy fame1 ,has added to thy praise thy name6 ,who can be dull when to his eyes ,such various scenes of humour rise8 ,now we behold in what unite ,the ,priest1 the ,beau1 the ,cit1 the ,bite2 ,where ,law and ,physick join the ,sword1 ,and ,justice deigns to crown the board3 ,how ,midnight ,modern ,conversations ,mingle all faculties and stations6 ,full to the sight1 and next the bowl1 ,sits the physician of the soul2 ,no loftier themes his thought pursues ,than ,punch1 good ,company1 and ,dues3 ,easy and careless what may fall1 ,he hears1 consents1 and fills to all2 ,proving it plainly by his face ,that cassocks are no signs of grace4 ,near him a son of ,belial see2 7,that ,heav'n and ,satan should agree67 ,warm'd and wound up to proper height ,he vows to still maintain the fight1 ,the brave surviving ,priest assails1 ,and fairly damns the first that fails2 ,fills up a bumper to the ,best ,in ,christendom1 for that's his taste3 ,the parson simpers at the jest1 ,and puts it forward to the rest4 ,what hand but thine so well could draw ,a formal ,barrister at ,law8 ,fitzherbert1 ,littleton1 and ,coke1 ,are all united in his look4 ,his spacious wig conceals his ears1 ,yet the dull plodding beast appears4 ,his muscles seem exact to fit ,much noise1 much pride1 and not much wit4 ,who then is he with solemn phiz1 ,upon his elbows pois'd with ease8 ,freely to speak the ,muse is loth-- ,justice or knave--he may be both-- ,justice or knave--'tis much the same3 ,to boast of crimes1 or tell the shame1 ,of raking talk or reformation1 ',tis all good ,modern ,conversation4 ,what mighty ,machiavel art thou1 ,with patriot cares upon thy brow8 ,alas1 that punch should have the fate ,to drown the pilot of the state6 ,that while both sides thy pocket holds1 ,nor ,d',anvers grieves1 nor ,osborne scolds1 ,thou sink'st the business of the nation ,in ,midnight ,modern ,conversation6 ,the ,tradesman tells with wat'ry eyes ,how ,credit sinks1 how ,taxes rise2 ,at ,parliaments and ,great ,men pets1 ,counts all his losses and his debts4 ,the puny ,fop1 mankind's disgrace1 ,the ladies' jest and looking-glass2 ,this he-she thing the mode pursues1 ,and drinks in order--till he sp--s4 ,see where the ,relict of the ,wars1 ,deep mark'd with honorary scars1 ,a mightier foe has caus'd to yield ,than ever ,marlbro' met in field6 ,see prostrate on the earth he lies2 ,and learn1 ye soldiers1 to be wise4 ,flush'd with the fumes of gen'rous wine ,the ,doctor's face begins to shine3 ,with eyes half clos'd1 in stamm'ring strain1 ,he speaks the praise of rich champaign4 ',tis dull in verse1 what from thy hand ,might even a ,cato's smile command4 ,th' expiring snuffs1 the bottles broke1 ,and the full bowl at four o'clock4 ,march #bb1 #agdb1 was acted at ,covent-,garden1 a new scene1 called ,a ,modern ,midnight ,conversation1 taken from ,hogarth's celebrated print2 in which was introduced1 ,hippisley's ,drunken ,man1 with a comic tale of what really passed between himself and his old aunt1 at her house on ,mendip-,hills1 in ,somersetshire4 ,for ,mr4 ,hippisley's benefit4 #a ,these1 in my first edition1 ,i had ventured1 on popular report1 to say were parson ,ford1 and the first ,lord ,northington1 when young4 ,but ,i am now enabled to identify their persons1 on the authority of ,sir ,john ,hawkins3 ,when the ,midnight ,modern ,conversation came out1 the general opinion was1 that the ,divine was the portrait of ,orator ,henley2 and the ,lawyer of ,kettleby1 a vociferous bar orator1 remarkable1 though an utter barrister1 for wearing a full-bottom'd wig1 which he is here drawn with1 as also for a horrible squint4 ,in that once popular satire1 ,the ,causidicade1 are the following lines on this lawyer3 ,up ,kettleby starts with a horrible stare6 ',behold1 my good ,lord1 your old friend at the bar1 ,or rather old foe1 for foes we have been1 ,as treason fell out1 and poor traitors fell in4 ,strong opposites e'er1 and not once of a side1 ,attornies will always great counsel divide4 ,you for persecutions1 ,i always against1 ,how oft with a joke 'gainst your law have ,i fenc'd8 ,how oft in your pleadings ,i've pick'd out a hole1 ,thro' which from your pounces my culprit ,i've stole2 ,i've puzzled against you now eight years or nine1 ,you1 my ,lord1 for your ,king1 ,i a ----l for mine4 ,but what is all this8 ,now your ,lordship will say1 ,to get at the office this is not the way4 ,i own it is not1 so ,i make no request ,for myself1 still firm to my party and test3 ,but if 'tis your pleasure to give it my son1 ,he shall take off his coif t'accept of the boon2 ,that coif ,i1 refusing1 transferr'd upon him1 ,for who'd be a serjeant where ,p----r was ,prime8 ,that my son is a lawyer no one can gainsay1 ,as witness his getting off ,w----te t'other day4' ,quo' my ,lord1 ',my friend ,abel1 ,i needs must allow ,you have puzzled me oft1 as indeed you do now2 ,nay1 have puzzled yourself1 the court and the law1 ,and chuckled most wittily over a flaw2 ,for your nostrums1 enigmas1 conundrums1 and puns1 ,are above comprehension1 save that of your son's4 ,to fling off the coif6 ,oh fye1 my friend ,abel1 ',twould be acting the part of the ,cock in the ,fable6 ',tis a badge of distinction6 and some people buy it2 ,can you doubt on't1 when ,skinner and ,hayward enjoy it8 ,tho' ,i own you have spoil'd 7but ,i will not enlarge on't7 ,a good ,chancery draftsman to make a bad ,serjeant4' ,lord ,northington did not come into notice till many years after the publication of this print4 99 99 99 99 99 #agce4 #a4 ,the ,rake's ,progress1 in eight plates4 ,extract from the ,london ,daily ,post1 ,may #ad1 #agce3 ,the nine prints from the paintings of ,mr4 ,hogarth1 one representing a ,fair1 and the others a ,rake's ,progress1 are now printing off1 and will be ready to be delivered on the #beth of ,june next4 ,subscriptions will be taken at ,mr4 ,hogarth's1 the ,golden-,head1 in ,leicester-fields1 till the #bc;d of ,june1 and no longer1 at half a guinea to be paid on subscribing1 and half a guinea more on delivery of the prints at the price above-mentioned1 after which the price will be two guineas4 ,n4 ,b4 ,mr4 ,hogarth was1 and is1 obliged to defer the publication and delivery of the abovesaid prints till the #beth of ,june next1 in order to secure his property1 pursuant to an act lately passed both houses of parliament1 now waiting for the royal assent1 to secure all new invented prints that shall be published after the #bdth of ,june next1 from being copied without consent of the proprietor1 and thereby preventing a scandalous and unjust custom 7hitherto practised with impunity7 of making and vending base copies of original prints1 to the manifest injury of the author1 and the great discouragement of the arts of painting and engraving4 ,in ,the ,craftsman1 soon afterwards1 appeared the following advertisement3 ,pursuant to an agreement with the subscribers to the ,rake's ,progress1 not to sell them for less than two guineas each set after publication thereof1 the said original prints are to be had at ,mr4 ,hogarth's1 the ,golden-,head1 in ,leicester-fields2 and at ,tho4 ,bakewell's1 print-seller1 next ,johnson's ,court1 in ,fleet-street1 where all other print-sellers may be supplied4 ,in four days will be published1 copies from the said prints1 with the consent of ,mr4 ,hogarth1 according to the act of parliament1 which will be sold at #b s4 #f d4 each set1 with the usual allowance to all dealers in town and country2 and1 that the the publick may not be imposed on1 at the bottom of each print will be inserted these words1 viz4 ',published with the consent of ,mr4 ,william ,hogarth1 by ,tho4 ,bakewell1 according to act of parliament4' ,n4 ,b4 ,any person that shall sell any other copies1 or imitations of the said prints1 will incur the penalties in the late act of parliament1 and be prosecuted for the same4 ,this series of plates1 however1 as ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 was pirated by ,boitard on one very large sheet of paper1 containing the several scenes represented by ,hogarth4 ,it came out a fortnight before the genuine set1 but was soon forgotten4 ,the principal variations in these prints are the following3 ,plate ,i4 ,the girl's face who holds the ring is erased1 and a worse is put in4#a ,the mother's head1 c4 is lessened4 ,the shoe-sole1 cut from the cover of an ancient family ,bible1 together with a chest1 is added2 the memorandum-book removed into another place2 the woollen-draper's shop bill1#b appended to a roll of black cloth1 omitted2 the contents of the closet thrown more into shade4 ,in ,plate ,,ii4 are portraits of ,figg1 the prize-fighter2#c ,bridgeman1 a noted gardener2 and ,dubois1 a master of defence1 who was killed in a duel by one of the same name1 as the following paragraphs in ,the ,grub-street ,journal for ,may #af1 #agcd1 c4 will testify3 ,yesterday 7,may #aa7 between two and three in the afternoon1 a duel was fought in ,mary-le-bone ,fields1 between ,mr4 ,dubois a ,frenchman1 and ,mr4 ,dubois an ,irishman1 both fencing-masters1 the former of whom was run through the body1 but walked a considerable way from the place1 and is now under the hands of an able surgeon1 who has great hopes of his recovery4 ,may #bc1 #agcd1 ,yesterday morning died ,mr4 ,dubois1 of a wound he received in a duel4 ,the portrait of ,handel has been supposed to be represented in the plate before us2 but this1 as ,sir ,john ,hawkins observes to me1 is too much to say4 ,mr4 ,handel had a higher sense of his own merit than ever to put himself in such a situation2 and1 if so1 the painter would hardly have thought of doing it4 ,the musician must mean in general any composer of operas4 ,on the floor lies a picture representing ,farinelli1 seated on a pedestal1 with an altar before him1 on which are several flaming hearts1 near which stand a number of people with their arms extended1 offering him presents3 at the foot of the altar is one female kneeling1 tendering her heart4 ,from her mouth a label issues1 inscribed1 ,one ,god1 one ,farinelli2 alluding to a lady of distinction1 who1 being charmed with a particular passage in one of his songs1 uttered aloud from the boxes that impious exclamation4 ,on the figure of the captain1 ,rouquet has the following remark3 ,ce caractere ne paroit plus ,italien qu',anglois4 ,i am not sufficiently versed in ,alsatian annals to decide on the question2 but believe that the bully by profession 7not assassin1 as ,rouquet seems to interpret the character7 was to be found during the youth of our artist4 ,more have heard and been afraid of these vulgar heroes1 than ever met with them4 ,this set of prints was engraved by ,scotin chiefly2 but several of the faces were touched upon by ,hogarth4 ,in the second plate the countenance of the man with the quarter-staves was wholly engraved by ,hogarth4 ,in some early proofs of the print1 there is not a single feature on this man's face2 there is no writing either in the musician's book1 or on the label2 nor is there the horse-race cup1 the letter1 or the poem that lies at the end of the label1 that being entirely blank4 ,i mention these circumstances to shew that our artist would not entrust particular parts of his work to any hand but his own2 or perhaps he had neither determined on the countenance or the inscription he meant to introduce1 till the plate was far advanced4 ,with unfinished proofs1 on any other account1 this catalogue has nothing to do4 ,as the rudiments of plates1 they may afford instruction to young engravers2 or add a fancied value to the collections of connoisseurs4 ,in the third plate is ,leather-coat1#d a noted porter belonging to ,the ,rose ,tavern1 with a large pewter dish in his hand1 which for many years served as a sign to the shop of a pewterer on ,snow-,hill4 ,in this utensil the posture-woman1 who is undressing1 used to whirl herself round1 and display other feats of indecent activity3 ,,ii suffit 7,i transcribe from ,rouquet1 who is more circumstantial7 de vous laisser deviner la destination de la chandelle4 ,ce grand plat va servir a cette femme comme une poularde4 ,il sera mis au milieu de la table2 elle s'y placera sur le dos2 et l'ivresse et l'esprit de dbauche feront trouver plaisant un jeu1 qui de sang-froid ne le paroit gures4 ,rouquet1 in his description of an ,english tavern1 such as that in which our scene lies1 mentions the following as extraordinary conveniencies and articles of magnificence3 ,du linge toujours blanc#e--;de tables de bois qu'on appelle ici mahogani--grand feu et gratis4 ,variations3 ,pontac's head is added in the room of a mutilated ,csar4 ,principal woman has a man's hat on4 ,rake's head altered4 ,undrest woman's head altered4 ,woman who spirts the wine1 and she who threatens her with a drawn knife1 have lower caps1 c4 ,so entirely do our manners differ from those of fifty years ago1 that ,i much question if at present1 in all the taverns of ,london1 any thing resembling the scene here exhibited by ,hogarth could be found4 ,that we are less sensual than our predecessors1 ,i do not affirm2 but may with truth observe1 we are more delicate in pursuit of our gratifications4--,no young man1 of our hero's fortune and education1 would now think of entertaining half a score of prostitutes at a tavern1 after having routed a set of feeble wretches1 who are idly called our ,guardians of the ,night4 ,plate ,,iv4 ,rakewell is going to court on the first of ,march1 which was ,queen ,caroline's birth-day1 as well as the anniversary of ,st4 ,david4 ,in the early impressions a shoe-black steals the ,rake's cane4 ,in the modern ones1 a large group of blackguards#f the chimney-sweeper peeping over the poll boy's cards1 and discovering that he has two honours1 by holding up two fingers1 is among the luckiest of ,hogarth's traits are introduced gambling on the pavement2 near them a stone inscribed ,,black',s1 a contrast to ,white's gaming-house1 against which a flash of lightning is pointed4 ,the curtain in the window of the sedan chair is thrown back4 ,this plate is likewise found in an intermediate state2#g the sky being made unnaturally obscure1 with an attempt to introduce a shower of rain1 and lightning very aukwardly represented4 ,it is supposed to be a first proof after the insertion of the group of black-guard gamesters2 the window of the chair being only marked for an alteration that was afterwards made in it4 ,hogarth appears to have so far spoiled the sky1 that he was obliged to obliterate it1 and cause it to be engraved over again by another hand4#h ,not foreseeing1 however1 the immense demand for his prints1 many of them were so slightly executed1 as very early to stand in need of retouching4 ,the seventh in particular was so much more slightly executed than the rest1 that it sooner wanted renovation1 and is therefore to be found in three different states4 ,the rest appear only in two4 ,in ,plate ,v4 is his favourite dog ,trump4 ,in this1 also the head of the maid-servant is greatly altered1 and the leg and foot of the bridegroom omitted4 ,from the antiquated bride1 and the young female adjusting the folds of her gown1 in this plate1 is taken a ,french print of a wrinkled harridan of fashion at her toilet1 attended by a blooming coffeuse4 ,it was engraved by ,l4 ,surugue in #agde1 from a picture in crayons by ,coypel1 and is entitled1 ,la ,folie pare la ,decrepitude des ajustemens de la ,jeunesse4 ,from the ,frenchman1 however1 the ,devonshire-square dowager of our artist has received so high a polish1 that she might be mistaken for a queen mother of ,france4 ,mr4 ,gilpin1 in his remarks on this plate1 appears not to have fully comprehended the extent of the satire designed in it4 ,speaking of the church1 he observes1 that the wooden post1 which seems to have no use1 divides the picture disagreeably4 ,hogarth1 however1 meant to expose the insufficiency of such ecclesiastical repairs as are confided to the superintendance of parish-officers4 ,we learn1 from an inscription on the front of a pew1 that ,this church was beautified in the ,year #agbe4 ,tho4 ,sice1 ,tho4 ,horn1 ,churchwardens4#i ,the print before us came out in #agce 7i4 e4 only ten years afterwards71 and by that time the building might have been found in the condition here exhibited1 and have required a prop to prevent part of its roof from falling in4--,as a proof that this edifice was really in a ruinous state1 it was pulled down and rebuilt in the year #agda4 ,fifty years ago1 ,marybone church was considered at such a distance from ,london1 as to become the usual resort of those who1 like our hero1 wished to be privately married4 ,in ,plate ,,vi4 the fire breaking out1 alludes to the same accident which happened at ,white's1 ,may #c1 #agcc4 ,i learn from a very indifferent poem descriptive of this set of plates 7the title is unfortunately wanting71 that some of the characters in the scene before us were real ones3 ,but see the careful plain old man1 ,m----#aj1 well-known youth to trepan1 ,to ,c------sh#aa lend the dear bought pence1 ,c------sh quite void of common sense1 ,whose face1 unto his soul a sign1 ,looks stupid1 as does that within4 ,a quarrel from behind ensues1 ,the sure retreat of those that lose4 ,an honest ',squire smells the cheat1 ,and swears the villain shall be beat3 ,but ,g----dd wisely interferes1 ,and dissipates the wretch's fears4 ,the original sketch in oil for this scene is at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's house in ,leicester-fields4 ,the principal character was then sitting1 and not1 as he is at present1 thrown upon his knees in the act of execration4 ,the thought of the losing gamester pulling his hat over his brows is adopted from a similar character to be found among the figures of the principal personages in the court of ,louis ,,xiv4 folio4 ,this work has no engraver's name1 but was probably executed about the year #agjj4 ,plate ,,vii4 ,the celebrated ,beccaria1 in his ,essay on ,public ,happiness1 vol4 ,,ii4 p4 #agb1 observes1 ,i am sensible there are persons whom it will be difficult for me to persuade3 ,i mean those profound contemplators1 who1 secluding themselves from their fellow-creatures1 are assiduously employed in framing laws for them1 and who frequently neglect the care of their domestic and private concerns1 to prescribe to empires that form of government1 to which they imagine that they ought to submit4 ,the celebrated ,hogarth hath represented1 in one of his moral engravings1 a young man who1 after having squandered away his fortune1 is1 by his creditors1 lodged in a gaol4 ,there he sits1 melancholy and disconcerted1 near a table1 whilst a scroll lies under his feet1 and bears the following title3 'being a new scheme for paying the debt of the nation4 ,by ,t4 ,l4 now a prisoner in ,the ,fleet4' ,the ,author of the poem already quoted1 intimates that the personage in the night-gown was meant for some real character3 ,his wig was full as old as he1 ,in which one curl you could not see4 ,his neckcloth loose1 his beard full grown1 ,an old torn night-gown not his own4 ,l------1 great schemist1 that can pay1 ,the nation's debt an easy way4 ,in ,plate ,,viii4 7which appears in three different states7 is a half-penny reversed 7struck in the year #agfc7 and fixed against the wall1 intimating1 that ,britannia herself was fit only for a mad-house4 ,this was a circumstance inserted by our artist 7as he advertises7 about a year before his death4 ,i may add1 that the man drawing lines against the wall just over the half-penny1 alludes to ,whiston's proposed method of discovering the ,longitude by the firing of bombs1 as here represented4 ,the idea of the two figures at each corner of the print appears to have been taken from ,cibber's statues at ,bedlam4 ,the faces of the two females are also changed4 ,that of the woman with a fan1 is entirely altered2 she has now a cap on1 instead of a hood1 and is turned1 as if speaking to the other4 ,mr4 ,gilpin's opinion concerning this set of prints is too valuable to be omitted1 and is therefore transcribed below4#ab ,the plates were thus admirably illustrated by ,dr4 ,john ,hoadly4 ,,plate ,i4 ,o ,vanity of ,age1 untoward1 ,ever spleeny1 ever froward6 ,why these ,bolts1 and massy chains1 ,squint suspicions1 jealous ,pains8 ,why1 thy toilsome ,journey o'er1 ,lay'st thou in an useless store8 ,hope along with ,time is flown1 ,nor canst thou reap the field thou'st sown4 ,hast thou a son8 in time be wise--4 ,he views thy toil with other eyes4 ,needs must thy kind1 paternal care1 ,lock'd in thy chests be buried there8 ,whence then shall flow that friendly ease1 ,that social converse1 home-felt peace1 ,familiar duty without dread1 ,instruction from example bred1 ,which youthful minds with freedom mend1 ,and with the father mix the friend8 ,uncircumscrib'd by prudent rules1 ,or precepts of expensive schools ,abus'd at home1 abroad despis'd1 ,unbred1 unletter'd1 unadvis'd2 ,the headstrong course of youth begun1 ,what comfort from this darling son8 ,,plate ,,ii4 ,prosperity 7with harlot's smiles1 ,most pleasing when she most beguiles7 ,how soon1 sweet foe1 can all thy train ,of false1 gay1 frantic1 loud1 and vain1 ,enter the unprovided mind1 ,and ,memory in fetters bind2 ,load ,faith and ,love with golden chain1 ,and sprinkle ,lethe o'er the brain6 ,pleasure1 in her silver throne1 ,smiling comes1 nor comes alone2 ,venus comes with her along1 ,and smooth ,lyus ever young2 ,and in their train1 to fill the press1 ,come apish ,dance1 and swol'n ,excess1 ,mechanic ,honour1 vicious ,taste1 ,and ,fashion in her changing vest4 ,,plate ,,iii4 ,o vanity of youthful blood1 ,so by misuse to poison good6 ,woman1 fram'd for social love1 ,fairest gift of powers above2 ,source of every houshold blessing1 ,all charms in innocence possessing-- ,but turn'd to ,vice1 all plagues above1 ,foe to thy ,being1 foe to ,love6 ,guest divine to outward viewing1 ,ablest ,minister of ,ruin6 ,and thou1 no less of gift divine1 ,sweet poison of misused wine6 ,with freedom led to every part1 ,and secret chamber of the heart2 ,dost thou thy friendly host betray1 ,and show thy riotous gang the way ,to enter in with covert treason1 ,o'erthrow the drowsy guard of reason1 ,to ransack the abandon'd place1 ,and revel there in wild excess8 ,,plate ,,iv4 ,o vanity of youthful blood1 ,so by misuse to poison good6 ,reason awakes1 and views unbarr'd ,the sacred gates he watch'd to guard2 ,approaching sees the harpy1 ,law1 ,and ,poverty1 with icy paw1 ,ready to seize the poor remains-- ,that ,vice has left of all his gains4 ,cold ,penitence1 lame ,after-thought1 ,with fears1 despair1 and horrors fraught1 ,call back his guilty pleasures dead1 ,whom he hath wrong'd1 and whom betray'd4 ,,plate ,v4 ,new to the ,school of hard ,mishap1 ,driven from the ease of ,fortune's lap1 ,what schemes will ,nature not embrace ,t' avoid less shame of drear distress6 ,gold can the charms of youth bestow1 ,and mask deformity with show3 ,gold can avert the sting of ,shame1 ,in winter's arms create a flame2 ,can couple youth with hoary age1 ,and make antipathies engage4 ,,plate ,,vi4 ,gold1 thou bright son of ,phbus1 source ,of universal intercourse2 ,of weeping ,virtue soft redress1 ,and blessing those who live to bless6 ,yet oft behold this sacred truth1 ,the tool of avaricious ,lust3 ,no longer bond of human kind1 ,but bane of every virtuous mind4 ,what chaos such misuse attends6 ,friendship stoops to prey on friends2 ,health1 that gives relish to delight1 ,is wasted with the wasting night2 ,doubt and mistrust is thrown on ,heaven1 ,and all its power to ,chance is given4 ,sad purchase of repentant tears1 ,of needless quarrels1 endless fears1 ,of hopes of moments1 pangs of years6 ,sad purchase of a tortur'd mind ,to an imprison'd body join'd6 ,,plate ,,vii4 ,happy the man1 whose constant thought 7,though in the school of hardship taught7 ,can send ,remembrance back to fetch ,treasures from life's earliest stretch2 ,who1 self-approving1 can review ,scenes of past virtues1 which shine through ,the gloom of age1 and cast a ray ,to gild the evening of his day6 ,not so the guilty wretch confin'd3 ,no pleasures meet his conscious mind2 ,no blessings brought from early youth1 ,but broken faith and wrested truth1 ,talents idle and unus'd1 ,and every trust of ,heaven abus'd4 ,in seas of sad reflection lost1 ,from horrors still to horrors toss'd1 ,reason the vessel leaves to steer1 ,and gives the helm to mad despair4 ,,plate ,,viii4 ,madness6 thou chaos of the brain2 ,what art1 that pleasure giv'st and pain8 ,tyranny of ,fancy's reign6 ,mechanic ,fancy6 that can build ,vast labyrinths and mazes wild1 ,with rule disjointed1 shapeless measure1 ,fill'd with horror1 fill'd with pleasure6 ,shapes of horror1 that would even ,cast doubt of mercy upon ,heaven6 ,shapes of pleasure1 that but seen ,would split the shaking sides of spleen4 ,o vanity of age6 here see ,the stamp of ,heaven effac'd by thee6 ,the headstrong course of youth thus run1 ,what comfort from this darling son8 ,his rattling chains with terror hear2 ,behold ,death grappling with despair2 ,see him by thee to ruin sold1 ,and curse ,thyself1 and curse thy ,gold4 ,on this occasion also appeared an #hvo pamphlet1 intituled1 ,the ,rake's ,progress1 or the ,humours of ,drury-,lane1 a poem in eight canto's1 in ,hudibrastick verse1 being the ramble of a modern ,oxonian1 which is a compleat key to the eight prints lately published by the celebrated ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,the second edition with additions1 particularly an epistle to ,mr4 ,hogarth was printed for ,j4 ,chetwood1 and sold at ,inigo ,jones's-,head against ,exeter ,change in ,the ,strand1 #agce4 ,this is a most contemptible and indecent performance4 ,eight prints are inserted in some copies of it2 but they are only the designs of ,hogarth murdered1 and perhaps were not originally intended for the decoration of the work already described4 ,the original paintings1 both of the ,rake's and ,harlot's ,progress1 were at ,fonthill1 in ,wiltshire1 the seat of ,mr4 ,beckford1#ac where the latter were destroyed by a fire1 in the year #agee2 the former set was happily preserved4 ,mr4 ,barnes1 of ,rippon1 in ,yorkshire1 has the ,harlot's ,progress in oil4 ,it must1 however1 be a copy4 ,mr4 ,beckford has also twenty-five heads from the ,cartoons by ,hogarth1 for which he paid twenty-five guineas4 ,there is reason to believe that ,hogarth once designed to have introduced the ceremony of a ,marriage ,contract into the ,rake's ,progress1 instead of the ,levee4 ,an unfinished painting of this scene is still preserved4 ,we have here the ,rake's apartment as now exhibited in ,plate ,,ii4 ,in the anti-room1 among other figures1 we recognize that of the poet who at present congratulates our hero on his accession to wealth and pleasure4 ,the bard is here waiting with an epithalamium in his hand4 ,the ,rake has added connoisseurship to the rest of his expensive follies4 ,one of his purchases is a canvas containing only the representation of a human foot4 ,perhaps this circumstance might allude to the dissection of ,arlaud's ,leda4 ,see ,mr4 ,walpole's ,anecdotes1 c4 vol4 ,,iv4 p4 #ci4 ,a second is so obscure1 that no objects in it are discernible4 ,a performance of the same description is introduced in our artist's ,piquet1 or ,virtue in ,danger4 ,a third presents us with a ,madona looking down with fondness on the infant she holds in her arms4 ,this seems intended as a contrast to the grey headed bride who sits under it1 and is apparently past child-bearing4 ,the fourth is emblematical1 and displays perhaps too licentious a satire on transubstantiation4 ,the ,blessed ,virgin is thrusting her ,son down the hopper of a mill1 in which he is ground by priests till he issues out in the shape of the consecrated wafer1 supposed by ,catholicks to contain the real presence4 ,at a table sits a toothless decrepit father1 guardian1 or match-maker1 joining the hand of the rake with that of the antiquated female1 whose face is highly expressive of eagerness1 while that of her intended husband is directed a contrary way1 toward a groom who is bringing in a piece of plate won at a horse-race4#ad ,on the floor in front lie a heap of mutilated busts1 c4 which our spendthrift is supposed to have recently purchased at an auction4 ,the black boy1 who is afterwards met with in ,plate ,,iv4 of ,marriage ,alamode1 was transplanted from this canvas4 ,he is here introduced supporting such a picture of ,ganymede as hangs against the wall of the lady's dressing-room in the same plate of the same work4 #a ,the face of this female has likewise been changed on the last plate4 ,in the intermediate ones it remains as originally designed4 ,to give the same character two different casts of countenance1 was surely an incongruity without excuse4 #b ,the inscription on this bill is--,london1 bought of ,william ,tothall1 ,woollen-draper in ,covent-,garden4 ,see the corner figure looking over the music in the ,rehearsal of the ,oratorio of ,judith2 and note1 p4 #aaf4 #c ,of whom a separate portrait1 by ,ellis1 had been published by ,overton4 ,figg died in the year #agcd4 ,as the taste of the publick is much changed about the importance of the noble ,science of ,defence1 as it was called1 and as probably it will never again revive1 it may afford some entertainment to my readers1 to see the terms in which this celebrated prize-fighter is spoken of by a professor of the art4 ,,figg was the ,atlas of the ,sword2 and may he remain the gladiating statue6 ,in him strength1 resolution1 and unparalleled judgement1 conspired to form a matchless master4 ,there was a majesty shone in his countenance1 and blazed in all his actions1 beyond all ,i ever saw4 ,his right leg bold and firm1 and his left1 which could hardly ever be disturbed1 gave him the surprising advantage already proved1 and struck his adversary with despair and panic4 ,he had that peculiar way of stepping in ,i spoke of1 in a parry2 he knew his arm1 and its just time of moving2 put a firm faith in that1 and never let his adversary escape his parry4 ,he was just as much a greater master than any other ,i ever saw1 as he was a greater judge of time and measure4 ,captain ,john ,godfrey's ,treatise upon the ,useful ,science of ,defence1 #dto1 #agdg1 p4 #da4 ,mr4 ,figg1 says ,chetwood1 ,history of the ,stage1 p4 #fj1 informed me once1 that he had not bought a shirt for more than twenty years1 but had sold some dozens4 ,it was his method1 when he fought in his amphitheatre 7his stage bearing that superb title71 to send round to a select number of his scholars1 to borrow a shirt for the ensuing combat1 and seldom failed of half a dozen of superfine ,holland from his prime pupils 7most of the young nobility and gentry made it a part of their education to march under his warlike banner74 ,this champion was generally conqueror1 though his shirt seldom failed of gaining a cut from his enemy1 and sometimes his flesh1 though ,i think he never received any dangerous wound4 ,most of his scholars were at every battle1 and were sure to exult at their great master's victories1 every person supposing he saw the wounds his shirt received4 ,mr4 ,figg took his opportunity to inform his lenders of linen of the chasms their shirts received1 with a promise to send them home4 ,but1 said the ingenious courageous ,figg1 ,i seldom received any other answer than ,d-mn you1 keep it6 ,a ,poem by ,dr4 ,byrom1 on a battle between ,figg and ,sutton1 another prize-fighter1 is in the #fth ,volume of ,dodsley's ,collection of ,poems4 #d ,fielding has introduced this porter1 under the name of ,leathersides1 into ,the ,covent-,garden ,tragedy1 acted in #agcb4 ,leath4 ,two whores1 great ,madam1 must be straight prepar'd1 ,a fat one for the ,squire1 and for my ,lord a lean4 ,mother4 ,thou1 ,leathersides1 best know'st such nymphs to find1 ,to thee their lodgings they communicate4 ,go thou procure the girl4 #e ,the cleanliness of the ,english seems to have made a similar impression on the mind of ,m4 ,de ,grosley1 who1 in his ,tour to ,london1 observes1 that ,the plate1 hearth-stones1 moveables1 apartments1 doors1 stairs1 the very street-doors1 their locks1 and the large brass knockers1 are every day washed1 scowered1 or rubbed4 ,even in lodging-houses1 the middle of the stairs is often covered with carpeting1 to prevent them from being soiled4 ,all the apartments in the house have mats or carpets2 and the use of them has been adopted some years since by the ,french2 and that ,the towns and villages upon the road have excellent inns1 but somewhat dear2 at these an ,english lord is as well served as at his own house1 and with a cleanliness much to be wished for in most of the best houses of ,france4 ,the innkeeper makes his appearance only to do the honours of his table to the greatest personages1 who often invite him to dine with them4 #f ,the chief of these1 who wears something that seems to have been a tie-wig1 was painted from a ,french boy1 who cleaned shoes at the corner of ,hog-,lane4 #g ,in the collection of ,mr4 ,steevens only4 #h ,he had meditated1 however1 some additional improvements in the same plate4 ,when he had inserted the storm1 he began to consider the impropriety of turning the girl out in the midst of it with her head uncovered2 and therefore1 on a proof of this print1 from which he designed to have worked1 he sketched her hat in with ,indian ink4 #i ,it appears1 on examination of the ,registers1 c4 that ,tho4 ,sice and ,tho4 ,horn are not fictitious names4 ,such people were really churchwardens when the repairs in #agbe were made4 ,the following inscription on the pew1 denoting a vault beneath1 is also genuine1 and1 as far as can be known at present1 was faithfully copied in regard to its obsolete spelling4 ,,these ,,pewes ,,vnscrvd ,,and ,,tane ,,in ,,svnder ,,in ,,stone ,,thers ,,graven ,,what ,,is ,,vnder ,,to ,,wit ,a ,,valt ,,for ,,burial ,,there ,,is ,,which ,,edward ,,forset ,,made ,,for ,,him ,,and ,,his4 ,part of these words1 in raised letters1 at present form a pannel in the wainscot at the end of the right-hand gallery1 as the church is entered from the street4--,no heir of the ,forset family appearing1 their vault has been claimed and used by his ,grace the ,duke of ,portland1 as lord of the manor4 ,the mural monument of the ,taylors1 composed of lead gilt over1 is likewise preserved4 ,it is seen1 in ,hogarth's print1 just under the window4 ,the bishop of the diocese1 when the new church was built1 gave orders that all the ancient tablets should be placed1 as nearly as possible1 in their former situations4 #aj ,old ,manners1 brother to the late ,duke of ,rutland4 #aa ,the old ,duke of ,devonshire lost the great estate of ,leicester abbey to him at the gaming-table4 ,manners was the only person of his time who had amassed a considerable fortune by the profession of a gamester4 #ab ,the first print of this capital work is an excellent representation of a young heir1 taking possession of a miser's effects4 ,the passion of avarice1 which hoards every thing1 without distinction1 what is and what is not valuable1 is admirably described4--,the composition1 though not excellent1 is not unpleasing4 ,the principal group1 consisting of the young gentleman1 the taylor1 the appraiser1 the papers1 and chest1 is well shaped3 but the eye is hurt by the disagreeable regularity of three heads nearly in a line1 and at equal distances4--,the light is not ill disposed4 ,it falls on the principal figures3 but the effect might have been improved4 ,if the extreme parts of the mass 7the white apron on one side1 and the memorandum-book on the other7 had been in shade1 the repose had been less injured4 ,the detached parts of a group should rarely catch a strong body of light4--,we have no striking instances of expression in this print4 ,the principal figure is unmeaning4 ,the only one1 which displays the true vis comica of ,hogarth1 is the appraiser fingering the gold4 ,you enter at once into his character4--,the young woman might have furnished the artist with an opportunity of presenting a graceful figure2 which would have been more pleasing4 ,the figure he has introduced1 is by no means an object of allurement4--,the perspective is accurate1 but affected4 ,so many windows1 and open doors1 may shew the author's learning2 but they break the back ground1 and injure the simplicity of it4 ,the second print introduces our hero into all the dissipation of modish life4 ,we became first acquainted with him1 when a boy of eighteen4 ,he is now of age2 has entirely thrown off the clownish school-boy2 and assumes the man of fashion4 ,instead of the country taylor1 who took measure of him for his father's mourning1 he is now attended by ,french barbers1 ,french taylors1 poets1 milleners1 jockies1 bullies1 and the whole retinue of a fine gentleman4--,the expression1 in this print1 is wonderfully great4 ,the dauntless front of the bully2 the keen eye1 and elasticity of the fencing-master2 and the simpering importance of the dancing-master1 are admirably expressed4 ,the last is perhaps a little outr4 ,the architect,a is a strong copy from nature4--,the composition seems to be entirely subservient to the expression4 ,it appears1 as if ,hogarth had sketched1 in his memorandum-book1 all the characters which he has here introduced2 but was at a loss how to group them2 and chose rather to introduce them in detached figures1 as he had sketched them1 than to lose any part of the expression by combining them4--,the light is ill distributed4 ,it is spread indiscriminately over the print2 and destroys the whole--,we have no instance of grace in any of the figures4 ,the principal figure is very deficient4 ,there is no contrast in the limbs2 which is always attended with a degree of ungracefulness4--,the execution is very good4 ,it is elaborate1 and yet free4--,the satire on operas1 though it may be well directed1 is forced and unnatural4 ,the third plate carries us still deeper into the history4 ,we meet our hero engaged in one of his evening amusements4 ,this print1 on the whole1 is no very extraordinary effort of genius4--,the design is good2 and may be a very exact description of the humours of a brothel4--,the composition too is not amiss4 ,but we have few of those masterly strokes which distinguish the works of ,hogarth4 ,the whole is plain history4 ,the lady setting the world on fire is the best thought3 and there is some humour in furnishing the room with a set of ,csars2 and not placing them in order4--,the light is ill managed4 ,by a few alterations1 which are obvious1 particularly by throwing the lady dressing into the shade1 the disposition of it might have been tolerable4 ,but still we should have had an absurdity to answer1 whence comes it8 ,here is light in abundance2 but no visible source4--,expression we have a little through the whole print4 ,that of the principal figure is the best4 ,the ladies have all the air of their profession2 but no variety of character4 ,hogarth's women are1 in general1 very inferior to his men4 ,for which reason ,i prefer the ,rake's ,progress to the ,harlot's4 ,the female face indeed has seldom strength of feature enough to admit the strong markings of expression4 ,very disagreeable accidents often befall gentlemen of pleasure4 ,an event of this kind is recorded in the fourth print2 which is now before us4 ,our hero going1 in full dress1 to pay his compliments at court on ,st4 ,david's day1 was accosted in the rude manner which is here represented4--,the composition is good4 ,the form of the group1 made up of the figures in action1 the chair1 and the lamp-lighter1 is pleasing4 ,only1 here we have an opportunity of remarking1 that a group is disgusting when the extremities of it are heavy4 ,a group in some respect should resemble a tree4 ,the heavier part of the foliage 7the cup as the landscape painter calls it7 is always near the middle2 the outside branches1 which are relieved by the sky1 are light and airy4 ,an inattention to this rule has given a heaviness to the group before us4 ,the two bailiffs1 the woman1 and the chairman1 are all huddled together in that part of the group which should have been the lightest2 while the middle part1 where the hand holds the door1 wants strength and consistence4 ,it may be added too1 that the four heads1 in the form of a diamond1 make an unpleasing shape4 ,all regular figures should be studiously avoided4--,the light had been well distributed1 if the bailiff holding the arrest1 and the chairman1 had been a little lighter1 and the woman darker4 ,the glare of the white apron is disagreeable4--,we have1 in this print1 some beautiful instances of expression4 ,the surprise and terror of the poor gentleman is apparent in every limb1 as far as is consistent with the fear of discomposing his dress4 ,the insolence of power in one of the bailiffs1 and the unfeeling heart1 which can jest with misery1 in the other1 are strongly marked4 ,the self-importance too of the honest ,cambrian is not ill portrayed2 who is chiefly introduced to settle the chronology of the story4--,in point of grace1 we have nothing striking4 ,hogarth might have introduced a degree of it in the female figure3 at least he might have contrived to vary the heavy and unpleasing form of her drapery4--,the perspective is good1 and makes an agreeable shape4--,i cannot leave this print without remarking the falling band-box4 ,such representations of quick motion are absurd2 and every moment the absurdity grows stronger4 ,you cannot deceive the eye4 ,the falling body must appear not to fall4 ,objects of that kind are beyond the power of representation4 ,difficulties crowd so fast upon our hero1 that at the age of twenty-five1 which he seems to have attained in the fifth plate1 we find him driven to the necessity of marrying a woman1 whom he detests1 for her fortune4 ,the composition here is very good2 and yet we have a disagreeable regularity in the climax of the three figures1 the maid1 the bride1 and the bride-groom4--,the light is not ill distributed4 ,the principal figure too is graceful2 and there is strong expression in the seeming tranquillity of his features4 ,he hides his contempt of the object before him as well as he can2 and yet he cannot do it4 ,she too has as much meaning as can appear thro' the deformity of her features4 ,the clergyman's face we are all well acquainted with1 and also his wig2 tho' we cannot pretend to say1 where we have seen either4 ,the clerk too is an admirable fellow4--,the perspective is well understood2 but the church is too small2,b and the wooden post1 which seems to have no use1 divides the picture very disagreeably4--,the creed lost1 the commandments broken1 and the poor's-box obstructed by a cobweb1 are all excellent strokes of satirical humour4 ,the fortune1 which our adventurer has just received1 enables him to make one push more at the gaming-table4 ,he is exhibited1 in the sixth print1 venting curses on his folly for having lost his last stake4--,this is upon the whole1 perhaps1 the best print of the set4 ,the horrid scene it describes was never more inimitably drawn4 ,the composition is artful1 and natural4 ,if the shape of the whole be not quite pleasing1 the figures are so well grouped1 and with so much ease and variety1 that you cannot take offence4--,in point of light1 it is more culpable4 ,there is not shade enough among the figures to balance the glare4 ,if the neck-cloth and weepers of the gentleman in mourning had been removed1 and his hands thrown into shade1 even that alone would have improved the effect4--,the expression1 in almost every figure1 is admirable2 and the whole is a strong representation of the human mind in a storm4 ,three stages of that species of madness1 which attends gaming1 are here described4 ,on the first shock1 all is inward dismay4 ,the ruined gamester is representing leaning against a wall1 with his arms across1 lost in an agony of horror4 ,perhaps never passion was described with so much force4 ,in a short time this horrible gloom bursts into a storm of fury3 he tears in pieces what comes next him2 and1 kneeling down1 invokes curses upon himself4 ,he next attacks others2 every one in his turn whom he imagines to have been instrumental in his ruin4--,the eager joy of the winning gamesters1 the attention of the usurer1 the vehemence of the watchman1 and the profound reverie of the highwayman1 are all admirably marked4 ,there is great coolness too expressed in the little we see of the fat gentleman at the end of the table4 ,the figure opposing the mad-man is bad3 it has a drunken appearance2 and drunkenness is not the vice of a gaming table4--,the principal figure is ill-drawn4 ,the perspective is formal2 and the execution but indifferent3 in heightening his expression1 ,hogarth has lost his spirit4 ,the seventh plate1 which gives us the view of a jail1 has very little in it4 ,many of the circumstances1 which may well be supposed to increase the misery of a confined debtor1 are well contrived2 but the fruitful genius of ,hogarth1 ,i should think1 might have treated the subject in a more copious manner4 ,the episode of the fainting woman might have given way to many circumstances more proper to the occasion4 ,this is the same woman1 whom the rake discards in the first print2 by whom he is rescued in the fourth2 who is present at his marriage2 who follows him into jail2 and1 lastly1 to ,bedlam4 ,the thought is rather unnatural1 and the moral certainly culpable4--,the composition is bad4 ,the group of the woman fainting is a round heavy mass3 and the other group is very ill-shaped4 ,the light could not be worse managed1 and1 as the groups are contrived1 can hardly be improved4--,in the principal figure there is great expression2 and the fainting scene is well described4 ,a scheme to pay off the national debt1 by a man who cannot pay his own2 and the attempt of a silly rake1 to retrieve his affairs by a work of genius2 are admirable strokes of humour4 ,the eighth plate brings the fortune of our hero to a conclusion4 ,it is a very expressive representation of the most horrid scene which human nature can exhibit4--,the composition is not bad4 ,the group1 in which the lunatic is chained1 is well managed2 and if it had been carried a little further towards the middle of the picture1 and the two women 7who seem very oddly introduced7 had been removed1 both the composition1 and the distribution of light1 had been good4--,the drawing of the principal figure is a more accurate piece of anatomy than we commonly find in the works of this master4 ,the expression of the figure is rather unmeaning2 and very inferior to the strong characters of all the other lunatics4 ,the fertile genius of the artist has introduced as many of the causes of madness1 as he could well have collected2 but there is some tautology4 ,there are two religionists1 and two astronomers4 ,yet there is variety in each2 and strong expression in all the characters4 ,the self-satisfaction1 and conviction1 of him who has discovered the longitude2 the mock majesty of the monarch2 the moody melancholy of the lover2 and the superstitious horror of the popish devotee2 are all admirable4--,the perspective is simple and proper4 ,i should add1 that these remarks are made upon the first edition of this work4 ,when the plates were much worn1 they were altered in many parts4 ,they have gained by the alterations1 in point of design2 but have lost in point of expression4 ,a ,the architect4 ,mr4 ,gilpin means--the gardener4 ,b ,i am authorized to observe1 that this is no fault in our artist4 ,the old church at ,marybone was so little1 that it would have stood within the walls of the present one1 leaving at the same time sufficient room for a walk round it4 #ac ,afterwards twice lord mayor of ,london4 ,see p4 #dd4 #ad ,the same as that introduced in ,plate ,,ii4 99 99 99 99 99 #agcf4 #a4 ,two prints of ,before and ,after4 ,the two pictures1 from which these prints are taken1 were painted at the particular request of a certain vicious nobleman1 whose name deserves no commemoration4 ,the hero of them is said to have been designed for ,chief ,justice ,willes4 ,hogarth repented of having engraved them2 and almost every possessor of his works will wish they had been with-held from the public1 as often as he is obliged to shew the volume that contains them to ladies4 ,to omit them1 is to mutilate the collection2 to pin the leaves1 on which they are pasted1 together1 is a circumstance that tends only to provoke curiosity2 and to display them1 would be to set decency at defiance4 ,the painter who indulges himself1 or his employers1 in such representations1 will forfeit the general praise he might have gained by a choice of less offensive subjects4 ,we have an artist of no common merit1 who has frequently disgraced his skill by scenes too luxuriant to appear in any situation but a brothel2 and yet one of the most meretricious of his performances1 but a few years ago1 was exhibited by the ,royal ,academy4 ,these prints1 however1 display almost the only instance in which ,hogarth condescended to execute a subject proposed to him2 for ,i am assured by one who knew him well1 that his obstinacy on these occasions has often proved invincible4 ,like ,shakspeare's ,tully1 ----he would never follow any thing ,that other men began4 ,in the later impressions from these plates1 the scroll-work on the head-cloth1 c4 of the bed1 is rendered indistinct1 by an injudicious attempt to strengthen the engraving4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has the first sketch in oil of ,before4#a #a ,the originals of both are at the earl of ,besborough's seat at ,roehampton4 #b4 ,the ,sleeping ,congregation4 ,the preacher was designed as the representative of ,dr4 ,desaguliers4 ,this print was first published in #agcf4 ,it was afterwards retouched and improved#a by the author in #agfb1 and is found in three different states4 ,in the first1 ,dieu ,mon ,droit is wanting under the ,king's ,arms2 the angel with one wing and two pair of thighs1 that supports this motto1 is smoking a pipe2 and the lion has not his present magnificent genitals4 ,in the second1 the words already mentioned are added2 the angel's pipe is obliterated2 the insignia of the lion's sex rendered ostentatiously conspicuous2 and the lines of the triangle under the angel are doubled4 ,the other distinctions are chiefly such as a reiteration of engraving would naturally produce1 by adding strength to the fainter parts of the composition4 ,changes of this slender kind are numberless in all the repaired prints of our artist4 ,there is also a pirated copy of this plate4 ,it is not ill executed1 but in size is somewhat shorter than its predecessor1 and has no price annexed4 ,in the original picture1 in the collection of ,sir ,edward ,walpole1 the clerk's head is admirably well painted1 and with great force2 but he is dozing1 and not leering at the young woman near him1 as in the print4 #a ,i wish1 for the sake of some future edition of the present work1 these improvements could be ascertained4 ,to me they are invisible1 like those in the re-published ,march to ,finchley4 #c4 ,the ,distressed ,poet4#a ,in a back ground1 a picture of ,pope threshing ,curll4 ,over the head of ,pope we read1 ,pope's ,letters2 out of his mouth comes ,veni1 vidi1 vici2 and under ,curll lies a letter1 directed--to ,curll4 ,the distressed bard is composing ,poverty1 a poem4 ,at the bottom of the plate are the following lines from ,the ,dunciad1 ,i4 iii4 ,studious he sate1 with all his books around1 ,sinking from thought to thought1 a vast profund6 ,plung'd for his sense1 but found no bottom there2 ,then writ1 and flounder'd on in mere despair4 ,in the subsequent impressions1 dated ,december #ae1 #agdj1 the triumphs of ,pope are changed to a view of the gold mines of ,peru2 and our hero of the garret is employed in celebrating the praise of ,riches4 ,the lines already quoted are effaced4 ,the original painting is at lord ,grosvenor's house at ,milbank1 ,westminster4 #a ,in ,the ,craftsman1 ,march #ab1 #agcf-g1 occurs1 ,this day is published1 price #cs4 a print representing a ,distressed ,poet4 ,also1 five etchings1 of different characters of heads in groups1 viz4 a ,chorus of ,singers2 a pleased ,audience at a ,play2 ,scholars at a ,lecture2 and ,quacks in ,consultation2 price #f;d4 each4 ,to be had either bound together with all ,mr4 ,hogarth's late engraved works 7except the ,harlot's ,progress71 or singly1 at the ,golden ,head1 in ,leicester ,fields2 and at ,mr ,bakewell's1 printseller1 next the ,horn ,tavern1 ,fleet-street4 ,and ,april #b and #i1 #agcg1 ,just published1 price #cs4 ,a print representing a ,distressed ,poet4 ,designed and engraved by ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,also four etchings1 viz4 ,a pleased ,audience2 a ,chorus of ,singers2 ,scholars at a ,lecture2 and a ,consultation of ,quacks1 price #f;d4 each4 ,to be had at the ,golden ,head1 in ,leicester ,fields2 and at ,mr4 ,bakewell's1 print-seller1 next the ,horn ,tavern1 in ,fleet-street4 ,where may be had1 bound or otherwise1 all ,mr4 ,hogarth's late engraved works1 viz4 ,a ,midnight ,conversation2 ,southwark ,fair2 the ,rake's ,progress1 in eight prints2 a sleepy ,congregation in a ,country ,church2 ,before and ,after1 two prints4 #d4 ,right ,hon4 ,frances ,lady ,byron4 ,whole length1 mezzotinto4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinxit4 ,j4 ,faber fecit4 ,the most beautiful impressions of this plate were commonly taken off in a brown colour4 #e4 ,the same1 shortened into a three-quarters length4 #f4 ,consultation of ,physicians4 ,arms of the ,undertakers4 ,in this plate1 amongst other portraits1 is the well-known one of ,dr4 ,ward#a 7who was called ,spot ,ward1 from the left side of his face being marked of a claret colour72 and that of the elder ,taylor1#b a noted oculist1 with an eye on the head of his cane2 ,dr4 ,pierce ,dod1#c ,dr4 ,bamber2#d and other physicians of that time4 ,the figure with a bone in its hand1 between the two demi-doctors 7i4 e4 ,taylor and ,ward71 is said to have been designed for ,mrs4 ,mapp1 a famous masculine woman1 who was called the bone-setter1 or shape-mistress4 ,i am told1 that many of her advertisements may be found in ,mist's ,journal1 and still more accounts of her cures in the periodical publications of her time4 ,her maiden name was ,wallin4 ,her father was also a bone-setter at ,hindon1 ,wilts2 but quarrelling with him1 she wandered about the country1 calling herself crazy ,sally4 ,on her success in her profession she married1 ,august #aa1 #agcf1e one ,hill ,mapp1 a servant to ,mr4 ,ibbetson1 mercer on ,ludgate-,hill4 ,in most cases her success was rather owing to the strength of her arms1 and the boldness of her undertakings1 than to any knowledge of anatomy or skill in chirurgical operations4 ,the following particulars relative to her are collected from the ,the ,grub-street ,journal1 c4 and serve at least to shew1 that she was a character considerable enough to deserve the satire of ,hogarth4 ,august #ai1 #agcf1 ,we hear that the husband of ,mrs4 ,mapp1 the famous bone-setter at ,epsom1 ran away from her last week1 taking with him upwards of #ajj guineas1 and such other portable things as lay next hand4 ,several letters from ,epsom mention1 that the footman1 whom the female bone-setter married the week before1 had taken a sudden journey from thence with what money his wife had earned2 and that her concern at first was very great3 but soon as the surprize was over1 she grew gay1 and seemed to think the money well disposed of1 as it was like to rid her of a husband4 ,he took just #ajb guineas4 ,the following verses were addressed to her in ,august #agcf4 ,of late1 without the least pretence to skill1 ,ward's grown a fam'd physician by a pill2#f ,yet he can but a doubtful honour claim1 ,while envious ,death oft blasts his rising fame4 ,next travell'd ,taylor fill'd us with surprize1 ,who pours new light upon the blindest eyes2 ,each journal tells his circuit thro' the land2 ,each journal tells the blessings of his hand3 ,and lest some hireling scribbler of the town ,injures his history1 he writes his own4 ,we read the long accounts with wonder o'er2 ,had he wrote less1 we had believ'd him more4 ,let these1 ,o ,mapp6 thou wonder of the age6 ,with dubious arts endeavour to engage3 ,while you1 irregularly strict to rules1 ,teach dull collegiate pedants they are fools3 ,by merit1 the sure path to fame pursue2 ,for all who see thy art1 must own it true4 ,september #b1 #agcf1 ,on ,friday several persons1 who had the misfortune of lameness1 crowded to ,the ,white-hart ,inn1 in ,white-chapel1 on hearing ,mrs4 ,mapp the famous bone-setter was there4 ,some of them were admitted to her1 and were relieved as they apprehended4 ,but a gentleman1 who happened to come by1 declared ,mrs4 ,mapp was at ,epsom1 on which the woman thought proper to move off4 ,september #i1 #agcf4 ,advertisement4 ,whereas it has been industriously 7,i wish ,i could say truly7 reported1 that ,i had found great benefit from a certain female bone-setter's performance1 and that it was to a want of resolution to undergo the operation1 that ,i did not meet with a perfect cure3 this is therefore to give notice1 that any persons afflicted with lameness 7who are willing to know what good or harm others may receive1 before they venture on desperate measures themselves7 will be welcome any morning to see the dressing of my leg1 which was sound before the operation1 and they will then be able to judge of the performance1 and to whom ,i owe my present unhappy confinement to my bed and chair4 ,thomas ,barber1 ,tallow-chandler1 ,saffron-hill4 ,september #af1 #agcf4 ,on ,thursday1 ,mrs4 ,mapp's plate of ten guineas was run for at ,epsom4 ,a mare1 called ',mrs4 ,mapp1' won the first heat2 when ,mrs4 ,mapp gave the rider a guinea1 and swore if he won the plate she would give him #ajj2 but the second and third heat was won by a chestnut mare4 ,we hear that the husband of ,mrs4 ,mapp is returned1 and has been kindly received4 ,september #bc1 #agcf4 ,mrs4 ,mapp continues making extraordinary cures3 she has now set up an equipage1 and on ,sunday waited on her ,majesty4 ,saturday1 ,october #af1 #agcf4 ,mrs4 ,mapp1 the bone-setter1 with ,dr4 ,taylor1 the oculist1 was at the play-house1 in ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields1 to see a comedy called ',the ,husband's ,relief1 with the ,female ,bone-setter and ,worm ,doctor2' which occasioned a full house1 and the following epigram3 ',while ,mapp to th'actors shew'd a kind regard1 ,on one side ,taylor sat1 on the other ,ward3 ,when their mock persons of the ,drama came1 ,both ,ward and ,taylor thought it hurt their fame2 ,wonder'd how ,mapp cou'd in good humour be-- ,zoons6 cries the manly dame1 it hurts not me2 ,quacks without art may either blind or kill2 ,but#g demonstration shews that mine is skill4' ,and the following was sung upon the stage3 ',you surgeons of ,london1 who puzzle your pates1 ,to ride in your coaches1 and purchase estates1 ,give over1 for shame1 for your pride has a fall1 ,and the doctress of ,epsom has outdone you all4 ,derry down1 c4 ',what signifies learning1 or going to school1 ,when a woman can do1 without reason or rule1 ,what puts you to nonplus1 and baffles your art8 ,for petticoat-practice has now got the start4 ',in physics1 as well as in fashions1 we find1 ,the newest has always the run with mankind2 ,forgot is the bustle 'bout ,taylor and ,ward2 ,now ,mapp's all the cry1 and her fame's on record4 ',dame ,nature has given her a doctor's degree1 ,she gets all the patients1 and pockets the fee2 ,so if you don't instantly prove it a cheat1 ,she'll loll in her chariot1 whilst you walk the street4 ,derry down1 c4' ,october #ai1 #agcf1 ,london ,daily ,post4 ,mrs4 ,mapp1 being present at the acting of ,the ,wife's ,relief1 concurred in the universal applause of a crowded audience4 ,this play was advertised by the desire of ,mrs4 ,mapp1 the famous bone-setter from ,epsom4 ,october #ba1 #agcf1 ,on ,saturday evening there was such a concourse of people at the ,theatre-royal in ,lincoln's-,inn ,fields1 to see the famous ,mrs4 ,mapp1 that several gentlemen and ladies were obliged to return for want of room4 ,the confusion at going out was so great1 that several gentlemen and ladies had their pockets picked1 and many of the latter lost their fans1 c4 ,yesterday she was elegantly entertained by ,dr4 ,ward1 at his house in ,pall-,mall4 ,on ,saturday and yesterday ,mrs4 ,mapp performed several operations at ,the ,grecian ,coffee-house1 particularly one upon a niece of ,sir ,hans ,sloane1 to his great satisfaction and her credit4 ,the patient had her shoulder-bone out for about nine years4 ,on ,monday ,mrs4 ,mapp performed two extraordinary cures2 one on a young lady of ,the ,temple1 who had several bones out from the knees to her toes1 which she put in their proper places3 and the other on a butcher1 whose knee-pans were so misplaced that he walked with his knees knocking one against another4 ,yesterday she performed several other surprizing cures2 and about one set out for ,epsom1 and carried with her several crutches1 which she calls trophies of honour4 ,november #ah1 #agcf1 ,mrs4 ,mapp1 the famous bone-setter1 has taken lodgings in ,pall-,mall1 near ,mr4 ,joshua ,ward's1 c4 ,november #be1 #agcf1 ,in this bright age three wonder-workers rise1 ,whose operations puzzle all the wise4 ,to lame and blind1 by dint of manual slight1 ,mapp gives the use of limbs1 and ,taylor sight4 ,but greater ,ward1 c4 ,december #af1 #agcf1 ,on ,thursday1 ,polly ,peachum 7,miss ,warren1 that was sister to the famous ,mrs4 ,mapp7 was tried at ,the ,old ,bailey for marrying ,mr4 ,nicholas2 her former husband1 ,mr4 ,somers1 being living1 c4 ,december #bb1 #agcg1 ,died last week1 at her lodgings near ,the ,seven ,dials1 the much-talked-of ,mrs4 ,mapp1 the bone-setter1 so miserably poor1 that the parish was obliged to bury her4 ,the plate is thus illustrated by the engraver3 ,the ,company of ,undertakers beareth ,sable1 an ,urinal proper1 between twelve ,quack ,heads of the second1 and twelve ,cane ,heads1 ,or1 ,consultant4 ,on a ,chief1#h ,nebul1#i ,ermine1 one compleat ,doctor#aj issuant1 checkie1 sustaining in his right hand a baton of the second4 ,on his dexter and sinister sides two demi-doctors issuant of the second1 and two ,cane ,heads issuant of the third2 the first having one eye couchant1 towards the dexter side of the escutcheon2 the second faced per pale proper and gules1 guardant1 with this motto--,et plurima mortis imago4 #a ,joshua ,ward was one of the younger sons of an ancient and respectable family settled at ,guisborough in ,yorkshire1 where he was born some time in the last century4 ,he seems1 from every description of him1 to have had small advantages from education1 though he indisputably possessed no mean natural parts4 ,the first account we have of him is1 that he was a associated in partnership with a brother named ,william1 as a dry-salter1 in ,thames-street4 ,after they had carried on this business some time1 a fire broke out in an adjoining house1 which communicated itself to their warehouses1 and entirely destroyed all their property4 ,on this occasion ,mr4 ,ward1 with a gentleman from the country who was on a visit to him1 escaped over the tops of the houses in their shirts4 ,in the year #agag he was returned member for ,marlborough2 but1 by a vote of the ,house of ,commons1 dated ,may #ac1 was declared not duly elected4 ,it is imagined that he was in some measure connected with his brother ,john ,ward 7who is stigmatized by ,mr4 ,pope1 ,dunciad ,,iii4 #cd47 in secreting and protecting illegally the property of some of the ,south ,sea directors4 ,be this as it may1 he soon after fled from ,england1 resided some years abroad1 and has been frequently supposed to have turned ,roman ,catholic4 ,while he remained in exile1 he acquired that knowledge of medicine and chemistry1 which afterwards was the means of raising him to a state of affluence4 ,about the year #agcc he began to practise physic1 and combated1 for some time1 the united efforts of ,wit1 ,learning1 ,argument1 ,ridicule1 ,malice1 and ,jealousy1 by all of which he was opposed in every shape that can be suggested4 ,at length1 by some lucky cures1 and particularly one on a relation of ,sir ,joseph ,jekyl ,master of the ,rolls1 he got the better of his opponents1 and was suffered to practise undisturbed4 ,from this time his reputation was established3 he was exempted1 by a vote of the ,house of ,commons1 from being visited by the censors of the college of physicians1 and was even called in to the assistance of ,king ,george the ,second1 whose hand he cured1 and received1 as a reward1 a commission for his nephew the late ,general ,gansel4 ,it was his custom to distribute his medicines and advice1 and even pecuniary assistance1 to the poor1 at his house1 gratis2 and thus he acquired considerable popularity4 ,indeed1 in these particulars his conduct was entitled to every degree of praise4 ,with a stern outside1 and rough deportment1 he was not wanting in benevolence4 ,after a continued series of success1 he died ,dec4 #ba1 #agfa1 at a very advanced age1 and left the secret of his medicines to ,mr4 ,page1 member for ,chichester1 who bestowed them on two charitable institutions1 which have derived considerable advantages from them4 ,his will is printed in ,the ,gentleman's ,magazine1 #agfb1 p4 #bjh4 #b ,i was assured by the late ,dr4 ,johnson1 that ,ward was the weakest1 and ,taylor the most ignorant1 of the whole empiric tribe4 ,the latter once asserted1 that when he was at ,st4 ,petersburg1 he travelled as far as ,archangel to meet ,prince ,herculaneum4 ,now ,archangel being the extreme point from ,european ,asia1 had the tale been true1 the oculist must have marched so far backwards out of the route of ,prince ,heraclius1 whose name he had blundered into ,herculaneum4 ,the present likeness of our oculist1 however1 we may suppose to have been a strong one1 as it much resembles a mezzotinto by ,faber1 from a picture painted at ,rome by the ,chevalier ,riche4 ,under it is the following inscription3 ,joannes ,taylor1 ,medicus in ,optica expertissimus multisque in ,academiis celeberrimis ,socius4 ,eight ,latin verses follow1 which are not worth transcription4 ,taylor made presents of this print to his friends4 ,it is now become scarce4 #c ,one of the physicians to ,st4 ,bartholomew's ,hospital4 ,he died ,august #f1 #aged4 ,his merits were thus celebrated by ,dr4 ,theobald1 a contemporary physician3 ,o raro merito quem juncta scientia dudum ,illustrem sacris medico stellam addidit orbi ,auspiciis1 pura nunquam non luce corusce6 ,utcunque incolumem virtutum aversa tueri ,gens humana solet1 non ni post fata corona ,donandam merita1 potitus melioribus astris1 ,invidia major1 tu prsens alter haberis ,hippocrates1 pleno jam nunc cumulatus honore4 ,te seu1 corporea tandem compage soluta1 ,accipiet1 doctis clarescentem artibus1 alta ,coi sphra senis2 seu tu venerabilis aureo ,romani ,celsi rite effulgebis in orbe2 ,o sit adhuc tarda illa dies1 sit tarda1 precamur1 ,illa dies1 nostris et multum ferior annis1 ,cum tua mens1 membris seducta fluentibus1 almas ,advolet1 angelicis immixta cohortibus1 arces6 ,hic potius ,musas1 thematis dulcedine captas1 ,delecta1 atque audi laudes vel ,apolline dignas4 #d ,a celebrated anatomist1 physician1 and man-midwife1 to whose estate the present ,gascoyne family succeeded1 and whose surname has been given as a ,christian name to two of them4 #e ,some indifferent verses on this event were printed in ,the ,gentleman's ,magazine1 #agcf1 p4 #dhd4 #f ,general ,churchill was the primary puffer of ,ward's pill at court2 and ,lord ,chief ,baron ,reynolds soon after published its miraculous effects on a maid servant1 as ,i learn by some doggrel verses of ,sir ,william ,browne1 addressed to ,dr4 ,ward1 a ,quack1 of merry memory1 under the title of ,the ,pill-,plot4 ,on ,the ,daily ,courant's miraculous ,discovery1 upon the ever-memorable #bhth day of ,november #agcd1 from the ,doctor himself being a ,papist1 and distributing his ,pills to the poor gratis1 by the hands of the ,lady ,gage also a ,papist1 that the ,pill must be beyond all doubt a deep-laid ,plot1 to introduce popery4 #g ,this alludes to some surprizing cures she performed before ,sir ,hans ,sloane at ,the ,grecian ,coffee-house 7where she came once a week from ,epsom in her chariot with four horses73 viz4 a man of ,wardour-street1 whose back had been broke nine years1 and stuck out two inches2 a niece of ,sir ,hans ,sloane in the like condition2 and a gentleman who went with one shoe heel six inches high1 having been lame twenty years of his hip and knee1 whom she set strait1 and brought his leg down even with the other4 ,gent4 ,mag4 #agef1 p4 #fag4 #h ,a chief betokeneth a senator1 or honourable personage borrowed from the ,greeks1 and is a word signifying a head2 and as the head is the chief part of a man1 so the chief in the escutcheon should be a reward of such only whose high merits have procured them chief place1 esteem1 or love amongst men4 #i ,the bearing of clouds in armes 7saith ,upton7 doth import some excellencie4 #aj ,originally printed docter1 but afterwards altered in this print4 99 99 99 99 99 #agcg4 #a4 ,the ,lecture4 ,datur vacuum4 ,the person reading is well known to be the late ,mr4 ,fisher1 of ,jesus ,college1 ,oxford1 and ,registrar of that ,university4 ,this portrait was taken with the free consent of ,mr4 ,fisher2 who died ,march #ah1 #agfa4 ,there are some impressions in which ,datur vacuum is not printed1 that leaf being entirely blank2 published ,january #bj1 #agcf-g2 the other ,march #c1 #agcf4 ,hogarth at first marked these words in with a pen and ink4 #b4 neas in a ,storm4 ,the following advertisement appeared in ,the ,london ,daily ,post1 ,january #ag1 #agcf-g4 ,this day is published1 price sixpence1 a hieroglyphical print called neas in a ,storm4 ,tanta hc mulier potuit suadere malorum4 ,sold by the booksellers and printsellers in town and country4 ,of whom may be had1 a print called ,tartuff's ,banquet1 or ,codex's ,entertainment4 ,price one shilling4 --populus me sibilat1 at mihi plaudo ,ipse domi4 ,the same paper mentions the ,king's arrival at ,loestoff on the #afth of ,january1 and afterwards at ,st4 ,james's on the #agth4 ,the author of this print1 whoever he was1 did not venture to put his name to so ludicrous a representation of the tempest which happened on ,king ,george the ,second's return from ,hanover4 ,his ,majesty is supposed to have kicked his hat overboard4 ,this1 it seems1 was an action customary to him when he was in a passion4 ,to the same circumstance ,loveling has alluded in his ,sapphic ,ode ad ,carolum ,b----4#a ,concinet majore poeta plectro ,georgium1#b quandoque calens furore ,gestiet circa thalamum ferire ,calce galerum4 ,i have been told1 that ,mr4 ,garrick1 when he first appeared in the character of ,bayes1 taking the same liberty1 received instantly such a message from one of the stage boxes1 as prevented him from practising so insolent a stroke of mimickry a second time4 ,in spite of the confidence with which this plate has been attributed to ,hogarth1 ,i by no means believe it was his performance4 ,it more resembles the manner of ,vandergucht1 who was equally inclined to personal satire1 however his talents might be inadequate to his purposes4 ,witness several scattered designs of his in the very same style of engraving4 ,i may add1 that he always exerted his talents in the service of the ,tory faction4 ,besides1 there is nothing in the plate before us which might not have been expected from the hand of any common artist4 ,the conceit of the blasts issuing from the posteriors of the olian tribe1 is borrowed from one of the prints to ,scarron's ,travesty of ,virgil2 and the figure of ,britannia is altogether insipid and unworthy of ,hogarth4 ,our artist also was too much accustomed to sailing parties1 and too accurate an observer of objects on ,the ,thames1 not to have known that our ,royal ,yachts are vessels without three masts1 c4 #a ,bunbury4 #b ,the author had here left a blank1 which ,i have ventured to fill up with the royal name4 99 99 99 99 99 #agch4 #a4 ,the ,four ,parts of the ,day4#a ,invented1 painted1 engraved1 and published by ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,mr4 ,walpole observes that these plates1 except the last1 are inferior to few of his works4 ,we have been told that ,hogarth's inclination to satire once cost him a legacy4 ,it seems that the figure of the ,old ,maid1 in the print of ,morning1 was taken either from an acquaintance or relation of his4 ,at first she was well enough satisfied with her resemblance2 but some designing people teaching her to be angry1 she struck the painter out of her will1 which had been made considerably in his favour4 ,this story we have heard often related by those whom1 on other occasions1 we could readily believe4 ,in the same print is a portrait of ,dr4 ,rock1 who formerly attended ,covent-,garden market every morning4 ,to the propriety of ,hogarth's having introduced a scene of riot within ,king's ,coffee-house1 the following quotation from ,the ,weekly ,miscellany for ,june #i1 #agci1 bears sufficient testimony3 ,monday ,mrs4 ,mary ,king of ,covent-,garden was brought up to the ,king's ,bench ,bar at ,westminster1 and received the following sentence1 for keeping a disorderly house2 viz4 to pay a fine of 4#bjj1 to suffer three months imprisonment1 to find security for her good behaviour for three years1 and to remain in prison till the fine be paid4 ,as it was impossible she could carry on her former business1 as soon as the time of her imprisonment was ended1 she retired with her savings1 built three houses on ,haverstock hill1 near ,hampstead1 and died in one of them1 ,september #agdg4 ,her own mansion was afterwards the last residence of the celebrated ,nancy ,dawson2#b and the three together are still distinguished by the appellation of ,moll ,king's ,row4 ,perhaps the use of the mirror in reversing objects was not yet understood by our engravers1 for in ,hogarth's painting the late ,mr4 ,west's house 7now ,lowe's ,hotel7 is properly situated on the left of ,covent-garden church4 ,in the print it appears on the contrary side4 ,the ,crying ,boy in ,noon was sketched by ,hogarth from a picture by ,n4 ,poussin of the ,rape of the ,sabines1 at ,mr4 ,hoare's at ,stourhead4 ,the school boy's kite lodged on the roof of a building1 was introduced only to break the disagreeable uniformity of a wall4 ,our artist1 in the scene of ,evening1 inserted the little girl with the fan1 as an after-thought1 some friend having asked him what the boy cried for4 ,he therefore introduced the girl going to take the play-thing from her brother4 ,nothing is more common than to see children cry without reason4 ,the circumstance1 however1 shews that this great ,genius did not always think himself above advice1 as some have alledged to have been the case with him4 ,in the early impressions of this plate1 the face and neck of the woman are coloured with red1 to express heat2 and the hand of her husband is tinged with blue1 to intimate that he was by trade a ,dyer4 ,the purchasers of the plate1 intituled ,evening1 are hereby cautioned against imposition4 ,in a modern copy of it1 sold to the late ,mr4 ,ingham ,foster1 the face of the woman had been washed over with vermilion1 that it might pass 7as it chanced to do7 for a first impression4 ,in the true ones1 and none but these1 the face and bosom were printed off with red1 and the hand with blue ink4 ,only the traces of the graver1 therefore1 ought to be filled by either colour1 and not the whole surface of the visage1 c4 as in the smeary counterfeit4 ,i have been told that a few copies of plate ,,iii4 were taken off before the fan was inserted1 but have not hitherto met with one of them4 ,in ,night1 the drunken ,free-mason has been supposed to be ,sir ,thomas de ,veil2 but ,sir ,john ,hawkins assures me1 it is not the least like him4 ,the ,salisbury ,flying-,coach implies a satire on the right honourable inventor of that species of carriage4 ,the two first of these pictures were sold to the ,duke of ,ancaster1 for #eg ,guineas2 the remaining pair to ,sir ,william ,heathcote for #fd4 #a ,hogarth advertises in ,the ,london ,daily ,post1 ,january #bj1 #agcg-h1 five copper plates1 viz4 ,morning1 ,noon1 ,evening and ,night1 and a ,company of ,strolling ,actresses dressing in a barn1 for one guinea1 half to be paid at the time of subscribing1 half on the delivery4 ,after the subscription1 to be raised to five shillings a plate4 #b ,a hornpipe dancer at ,covent ,garden4 ,she was mistress to ,shuter the comedian1 c4 c4 c4 #b4 ,strolling ,actresses#a dressing in a ,barn4 ,invented1 painted1 engraved1 and published by ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,mr4 ,walpole observes that this piece1 for wit and imagination1 without any other end1 is the best of all our artist's works4 ,mr4 ,wood of ,littelton has the original1 for which he paid only #bf ,guineas4 ,dr4 ,trusler1 in his explanation of this plate1 is of opinion1 that some incestuous commerce among the performers is intimated by the names of ,oedipus and ,jocasta appearing above the heads of two figures among the theatrical lumber at the top of the barn4 ,but surely there is no cause for so gross a supposition4 ,painted prodigies of this description were necessary to the performance of ,lee's ,oedipus4 ,see ,act ,,ii4 where the following stage direction occurs2 ,the cloud draws1 that veiled the heads of the figures in the sky1 and shews them crowned1 with the names of ,oedipus and ,jocasta written above1 in great characters of gold4 ,the magazine of dragons1 clouds1 scenes1 flags1 c4 or the woman half naked1 was sufficient to attract the notice of the rustick peeping through the thatch he might be employed to repair4 ,neither is the position of the figures at all favourable to the ,doctor's conceit4 ,incest was also too shocking an idea to have intruded itself among the comic circumstances that form the present representation4 ,when this plate was retouched a second time1 a variety of little changes were made in it4 ,in the two earliest impressions the actress who personates ,flora1 is greasing her hair with a tallow candle1 and preparing to powder herself1 after her cap1 feathers1 c4 were put on4 ,this solecism in the regular course of dress is removed in the third copy1 the cap and ornaments being there omitted4 ,the coiffure of the female who holds the cat1 is also lowered2 and whereas at first we could read in the play-bill depending from the truckle-bed1 that the part of ,jupiter was to be performed by ,mr4 ,bilk-village1 an additional shade in the modern copy renders this part of the inscription illegible4 ,several holes likewise in the thatch of the barn are filled up2 and the whole plate has lost somewhat of its clearness4 ,the same censure is due to the reparations of the ,harlot's and ,rake's ,progresses4 ,had ,hogarth lived1 he would also have gradually destroyed much of that history of dress1 c4 for which his designs have been justly praised by ,mr4 ,walpole4 ,in the first and last scenes of the ,rake's ,progress1 he began to adorn the heads of his females in the fashion prevalent at the time he retraced the plates4 ,in short1 the collector1 who contents himself with the later impressions of his work1 will not consult our artist's reputation4 ,those who wish to be acquainted with the whole extent of his powers1 should assemble the first copies1 together with all the varieties of his capital works4 #a ,i know not why this print should have received its title only from its female agents4 ,not to dwell on the ,jupiter pointing with ,cupid's bow to a pair of stockings1 whoever will examine the linen,a of the weeping figure receiving a dram-glass from the ,syren1 and look for the object that attracts her regard1 may discover an indication that the other sex has also a representative in this theatrical parliament4 ,a ,non sic prcipiti carbasa tensa noto4 99 99 99 99 99 #agci4 #a4 ,several children of ,the ,foundling ,hospital2 the boys with mathematical instruments2 the girls with spinning wheels4 ,over the door of the house they come out of1 are the ,king's-arms4 ,a porter is bringing in a child1 followed by ,capt4 ,coram1 whose benevolent countenance#a is directed towards a kneeling woman4 ,on the right hand is a view of a church2 near it a woman lifting a child from the ground2 at a little distance another infant exposed near a river4 ,in the back of the picture1 a prospect of ships sailing4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 ,f4 ,morellon la ,cave sculp4 ,london4 ,this is prefixed to an engraved ,power of ,attorney1 from the trustees of ,the ,foundling ,hospital1 to those gentlemen who were appointed to receive subscriptions towards the building1 c4 ,the whole together is printed on a half sheet4 #a ,see p4 #bfa4 99 99 99 99 99 #agda4 #a4 ,the ,enraged ,musician1 ,designed1 engraved1 and published by ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,mr4 ,john ,festin1#a the first hautboy and ,german flute of his time1 had numerous scholars1 to each of whom he devoted an hour every day4 ,at nine in the morning he attended ,mr4 ,spencer1 grandfather to the earl of that name4 ,if he happened to be out of town on any day1 he devoted that hour to another4 ,one morning at that hour he waited on ,mr4 ,v----n1 afterwards ,lord ,v----n4 ,he was not up4 ,mr4 ,festin went into his chamber1 and opening the shutter of a window1 sat down in it4 ,the figure with the hautboy was playing under the window4 ,a man1 with a barrow full of onions1 came up to the player1 and sat on the edge of his barrow1 and said to the man1 'if you will play the ,black ,joke1 ,i will give you this onion4' ,the man played it4 ,when he had so done1 the man again desired him to play some other tune1 and then he would give him another onion4 ',this1' said ,festin to me1 'highly angered me2 ,i cried out1 ,z----ds1 sir1 stop here4 ,this fellow is ridiculing my profession3 he is playing on the hautboy for onions4' ,being intimate with ,mr4 ,hogarth1 he mentioned the circumstance to him2 which1 as he said1 was the origin of ',the enraged ,musician4' ,the fact may be depended upon4 ,mr4 ,festin#b was himself the ,enraged ,performer4 ,the story is here told just as he related it to a clergyman1 in whose words the reader now receives it4 ,of this print#c it has been quaintly said1 that it deafens one to look at it4 ,mr4 ,walpole is of opinion that it tends to farce4 ,rouquet says of it1 ,le ,musicien est un ,italien que les cris de ,londres font enrager4 ,the wretched figure playing on a hautbois1 was at that time well known about the streets4 ,for variations1 see the horse's head1 originally white1 but now black4--,sleeve of the child with a rattle1 at first smaller1 as well as of a lighter hue--the milk-woman's face1 cloak1 c4 boy's dragg1 cutler's hatchet1 dog1 c4 c4 more darkened than in the first impressions4 ,these1 however1 can scarcely be termed varieties1 as they were occasioned only by retouching the plate1 and adding a few shadows4 ,hogarth1 however1 made several alterations and additions in this plate when it appeared to be finished4 ,he changed in some measure all the countenances1 and indeed the entire head and limbs of the chimney-sweeper1 who had originally a grenadier's cap on4 ,miss had also a ,doll1 significantly placed under the trap composed of bricks1 near which some sprigs from a tree are set in the ground1 the whole contrivance being designed by some boy for the purpose of taking birds2 but when occupied by ,miss's ,play-thing1 became emblematic of the art of catching men4 ,what relates1 however1 to this young lady from a boarding-school1 was gross enough without such an amplification4 ,the play-bill1 sow-gelder1 cats1 dragg1 c4 were not introduced1 nor the pewterer's advertisement1 nor the steeple in which the ringers are supposed4 ,it is remarkable that the dustman was without a nose4 ,the proofs of the plate in this condition are scarce4 ,i have seen only one of them4#d ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has the original sketch4 #a ,mr4 ,festin has not been dead ten years4 ,he was brother to the ,festin who led the band at ,ranelagh4 #b ,in the second edition of these anecdotes1 ,i had said the musician was undoubtedly ,castrucci2 though one gentleman assured me it was ,veracini4 ,the error is here acknowledged1 to shew the danger of receiving information upon trust4 ,in the first edition1 ,i had fallen into a less pardonable mistake1 by supposing it was ,cervetto1 whom ,i described to be then lately dead4 ,but ,hogarth's musician1 as a friend on that occasion suggested to me1 is represented with a violin2 whereas ,cervetto's instrument was the violoncello2 but1 however that may be1 he is now certainly living4 ,he lodges at ,friburg's snuff-shop1 in ,the ,haymarket1 and may be seen every day at ,the ,orange ,coffeehouse1 although he completed his #ajast4 year in ,november #agha4 ,this extraordinary character in the musical world came to ,england in the hard frost1 and was then an old man4 ,he soon after was engaged to play the bass at ,drury-lane theatre1 and continued in that employment till a season or two previous to ,mr4 ,garrick's retiring from the stage4 ,he died ,june #ad1 #aghc1 in his #ajc;d year4 ,one evening when ,mr4 ,garrick was performing the character of ,sir ,john ,brute1 during the drunkard's muttering and dosing till he falls fast asleep in the chair 7the audience being most profoundly silent and attentive to this admirable performer71 ,cervetto 7in the orchestra7 uttered a very loud and immoderately-lengthened yawn6 ,the moment ,garrick was off the stage1 he sent for the musician1 and with considerable warmth reprimanded him for so ill-timed a symptom of somnnolency1 when the modern ,naso1 with great address1 reconciled ,garrick to him in a trice1 by saying1 with a shrug1 ,i beg ten tousand pardon6 but ,i alvays do so ven ,i am ver much please6 ,mr4 ,cervetto was distinguished among his friends in the galleries by the name of ,nosey4 ,see ,gentleman's ,magazine1 #aghc1 p4 #ie4 #c ,london ,daily ,post1 ,november #bd1 #agdj4 ,shortly will be published1 a new print called ,the ,provoked ,musician1 designed and engraved by ,mr ,william ,hogarth2 being a companion to a print representing a ,distressed ,poet1 published some time since4 ,to which will be added1 a ,third on ,painting1 which will compleat the set2 but as this subject may turn upon an affair depending between the right honourable the ,l--d ,m---r and the author1 it may be retarded for some time4 ,query to what affair does ,hogarth allude8 ,humphrey ,parsons was then ,lord ,mayor4 #d ,in the collection of ,mr4 ,crickitt4 99 99 99 99 99 #agdb4 #a4 ,martin ,folks1 ,esq4 half length4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinxit sculpsit4 ,an engraving4 ,to some impressions of this print1 which are not proofs1 the name of ,hogarth is wanting4 #b4 ,the same1 half length mezzotinto4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinx4 #agda2 ,j4 ,faber fecit4 #agdb4 ,the original of both is now in the meeting-room of the ,royal ,society1 in ,somerset ,place4 #c4 ,charmers of the ,age4#a ,a sketch4 ,no name4 ,it was intended to ridicule ,mons4 ,desnoyer#b and ,signora ,barberini1 the two best dancers that ever appeared in ,london4 ,this plate exhibits the internal prospect of a theatre4 ,the openings between the side scenes are crowded with applauding spectators4 ,the two performers are capering very high4 ,a sun over head 7,i suppose the emblem of public favour7 is darting down its rays upon them4 ,the representatives of ,tragedy and ,comedy are candle-holders on the occasion4 ,underneath is the following inscription3 ,the prick'd lines show the rising height4 ,there are also a few letters of direction1 so situated as to convey no very decent innuendo4 ,the whole is but a hasty outline1 executed1 however1 with spirit1 and bitten uncommonly deep by the aqua fortis4 ,i ascribe it to ,hogarth without hesitation4 ,of this print there is a copy by ,livesay4 ,all the three pieces of our artist that satirize the stage1 c4 are peculiarly scarce4 ,we may suppose them1 therefore1 to have been suppressed by the influence of the managers for the time being1 who were not1 like our present ones1 become callous through the incessant attacks of diurnal criticks in the news-papers4 #a ,hogarth designed to have published this print1 with some explanation at the bottom of it in #agda-b4--,see the inscription almost effaced1 a circumstance to which the copier did not attend4 #b ,i learn from ,the ,grub-street ,journal for ,october #ag1 #agcd1 that ,monsieur ,desnoyer was just arrived from ,poland1 together with ,mademoiselle ,roland from ,paris 7this lady is still alive74 ,again1 from the same paper1 ,august #ai1 #agef1 that ,monsieur ,desnoyer1 the famous dancer at ,drury-lane1 is gone to ,paris1 by order of ,mr4 ,fleetwood1 to engage ,mademoiselle ,sallee for the ensuing winter4 ,in some future expedition1 we may suppose1 he prevailed on ,signora ,barberini to come over for the same purpose4 #d4 ,taste in ,high ,life4 ,a beau1 a fashionable old lady1 a young lady1 a black boy1 and a monkey4 ,painted by ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,it was sold by ,mr4 ,jarvis1 in ,bedford-street1 ,covent-,garden4 ,published ,may #bdth1 no year4 ,the original picture is in the possession of ,mr4 ,birch1 surgeon1 ,essex-street1 in ,the ,strand4 ,it displays 7as we learn from an inscription on the pedestal under a ,venus dressed in a hoop-petticoat7 the reigning modes of the year #agdb4 ,it was painted for the opulent ,miss ,edwards1 who paid our artist sixty guineas for it4 ,her reason for choosing such a subject was rather whimsical4 ,by her own singularities having incurred some ridicule1 she was desirous1 by the assistance of ,hogarth1 to recriminate on the publick4 ,as he designed after her ideas1 he had little kindness for his performance1 and never would permit a print to be taken from it4 ,the present one was from a drawing made by connivance of her servants4 ,the original was purchased by the father of its present owner1 at her sale at ,kensington4 ,the figure of the beau holding the china-saucer is said to have been that of ,lord ,portmore1 dressed as he first appeared at court after his return from ,france4 ,the young female was designed for a celebrated courtezan1 who was the ,kitty ,fisher of her time4 ,her familiarity with the black boy alludes to a similar weakness in a noble duchess1 who educated two brats of the same colour4 ,one of them afterwards robbed her1 and the other was guilty of some offence equally unpardonable4 ,the pictures with which the room is adorned1 contain many strokes of temporary satire4 ,see the ,venus with stays1 a hoop1 and high-heel'd shoes2 ,cupid burning all these parts of dress1 together with a modish wig1 c42 a second ,cupid paring down a plump lady to the fashionable standard2 and in a framed picture classed with a number of insects the figure of ,desnoyer the dancing-master in a grand ballet4 ,the ridicule on the folly of collecting old china1 c4 c4 are alike circumstances happily introduced1 and explanatory of the fashions then in vogue4 ,the colouring is better than that in most of ,hogarth's pictures4 ,the plate is now the property of ,mr4 ,sayer4 99 99 99 99 99 #agdc4 #a4 ,benjamin ,hoadly1 bishop of ,winchester4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinx4 ,b4 ,baron sculp4 ,the plate belongs to ,mrs4 ,hoadly4 #b4 ,captain ,thomas ,coram1 who obtained the charter#a for ,the ,foundling ,hospital4 ,mezzotinto2 a three-quarters4 ,the first print published by ,m',ardell4 ,the original is a whole length4 ,the captain has the seal of the charter in his hand4 ,before him is a globe2 at a distance a prospect of the sea4 ,this is perhaps the best of all ,hogarth's portraits1 and is thus described in the ,scandalizade1 a satire published about #agdi4 ,lo6 old ,captain ,coram1#b so round in the face1 ,and a pair of good chaps plump'd up in good case1 ,his amiable locks hanging grey on each side ,to his double-breast coat o'er his shoulders so wide1 c4 #a ,in which the name of ,william ,hogarth stands enrolled as one of the earliest governors of the charity4 #b ,mr4 ,coram was bred to the sea1 and spent the first part of his life as master of a vessel trading to our colonies4 ,while he resided in that part of the metropolis which is the common residence of seafaring people1 business often obliging him to come early into the city and return late2 he had frequent occasions of seeing young children exposed1 through the indigence or cruelty of their parents4 ,this excited his compassion so far1 that he projected ,the ,foundling ,hospital2 in which humane design he laboured #ag years1 and at last1 by his sole application1 obtained the royal charter for it4,a ,he died at his lodgings near ,leicester-,square1 ,march #bi1 #agea1 in his #hdth year3 and was interred under the chapel of the ,foundling ,hospital1 where the following inscription perpetuates his memory3 ,captain ,,thomas ,,coram1 whose ,name will never want a ,monument so long as this ,hospital shall subsist1 was born about the year #affh2 a ,man eminent in that most eminent ,virtue1 the ,love of ,mankind2 little attentive to his private ,fortune1 and refusing many ,opportunities of encreasing it1 his ,time and ,thoughts were continually employed in endeavours to promote the public ,happiness1 both in this ,kingdom and elsewhere1 particularly in the ,colonies of ,north ,america2 and his ,endeavours were many ,times crowned with the desired ,success4 ,his unwearied ,solicitation1 for above ,seventeen ,years together1 7which would have battled the ,patience and ,industry of any ,man less zealous in doing ,good7 and his ,application to ,persons of ,distinction of both ,sexes1 obtained at ,length the ,charter of the ,incorporation 7bearing ,date the #agth of ,october1 #agci7 ,,for ,,the ,,maintenance ,,and ,,education ,,of ,,exposed ,,and ,,deserted ,,young ,,children1 by which many ,thousands of ,lives may be preserved to the ,public1 and employed in a frugal and honest ,course of ,industry4 ,he died the #bith of ,march1 #agca1 in the #hdth ,year of his ,age1 poor in worldly ,estate1 rich in good ,works2 was buried1 at his own ,desire1 in the ,vault underneath this ,chapel2 7the first here deposited7 at the ,east ,end thereof2 many of the ,governors and other ,gentlemen attending the ,funeral1 to do ,honour to his ,memory4 ,reader1 thy ,actions will shew whether thou art sincere in the ,praises thou may'st bestow on him2 and if thou hast ,virtue enough to commend his ,virtues1 forget not to add also the ,imitation of them4 ,a ,for his other charitable projects1 see ,biog4 ,dict4 #aghd1 vol4 ,,iv4 p4 #abj4 #c4 ,the same engraving1 for the ,london ,magazine4 #d4 ,characters and ,caricaturas1 to show that ,leonardo da ,vinci exaggerated the latter4 ,the subscription-ticket to ,marriage la ,mode4 99 99 99 99 99 #agde4 #a4 ,marriage la ,mode4#a ,six plates4 ,in #agdf was published1 ,marriage la ,mode3 an ,humourous ,tale1 in ,six ,canto's1 in ,hudibrastic ,verse2 being an ,explanation of the ,six ,prints lately published by the ingenious ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,london3 printed for ,weaver ,bickerton1 in ,temple-,exchange ,passage1 in ,fleet-,street1 #agdf4 ,price ,one ,shilling4 ,of this pamphlet it will be sufficient to extract the ,preface and the arguments of the several ,canto's2 the poem itself 7if such it may be called7 being extended to the length of #ei pages4 ,the prints of ,marriage la ,mode1 being the latest production of that celebrated ,artist who had before obliged the town with several entertaining pieces1 have1 ever since their publication1 been very justly admired2 the particular vein of humour1 that runs through the whole of his works1 is more especially preserved in this4 ,if the ,comic ,poet who draws the characters of the age he lives in1 by keeping strictly up to their manners in their speeches and expressions2 if satirizing vice and encouraging virtue in dialogue1 to render it familiar1 is always reckoned amongst the liberal arts2 and the authors1 when dead1 dignified with busts and monuments sacred to their memory2 sure the master of the pencil1 whose traits carry1 not only a lively image of the persons and manners1 but whose happy genius has found the secret of so disposing the several parts1 as to convey a pleasing and instructive moral through the history he represents1 may claim a rank in the foremost class1 and acquire1 if the term is allowable1 the appellation of the ,dramatic ,painter4 ,the ,modish ,husband1 incapable of relishing the pleasures of true happiness1 is here depicted in his full swing of vice1 'till his mistaken conduct drives his wife to be false to his bed1 and brings him to a wretched end2 killed in revenging the loss of that virtue which he would never cherish4 ,the ,lady is equally represented as a true copy of all the fine ladies of the age1 who1 by indulging their passions1 run into all those extravagances1 that at last occasion a shameful exit4 ,if the gentlemen of the long robe1 who ought to know the consequences1 are guilty of committing such a breach of hospitality as is here described1 they are properly reprimanded3 the penurious ,alderman1 and the profligate old ,nobleman1 are a fine contrast2 the ,quack ,doctor1 the ,italian ,singer1 c4 are proofs of the ,inventor's judgement and distinction1 both in high and low life4 ,though these images are pleasing to the eye1 yet many have complained that they wanted a proper explanation1 which we hope will plead an excuse for publication of the following ,canto's1 as the desire to render these pieces more extensive may atone for the many faults contained in this poem1 for which the ,hudibrastic style was thought most proper4 ,,the ,,arguments4 ,,canto ,i4 ,the joys and plagues that wedlock brings1 ,the ,limner paints1 the ,poet sings2 ,how the old dads weigh either scale1 ,and set their children up to sale2 ,how1 void of thought1 the ,viscount weds ,the nymph1 who such a marriage dreads2 ,and1 whilst himself the ,fop admires1 ,m----y with love her soul inspires4 ,,canto ,,ii4 ,the wedding o'er1 the ill-match'd pair ,are left at large1 their fate to share2 ,all public places he frequents1 ,whilst she her own delight invents2 ,and1 full of love1 bewails her doom1 ,when drunk i'th' morning he comes home2 ,the pious stew'rd1 in great surprize1 ,runs from them with uplifted eyes4 ,,canto ,,iii4 ,my ,lord now keeps a common ,miss1 ,th' effects describ'd of amorous bliss1 ,venereal taints infect their veins1 ,and fill them full of aches and pains2 ,which to an old ,french ,doctor drives 'em1 ,who with his pill1 a grand p--x gives 'em2 ,a scene of vengeance next ensues1 ,with which the ,muse her tale pursues4 ,,canto ,,iv4 ,fresh honours on the ,lady wait1 ,a ,countess now she shines in state2 ,the toilette is at large display'd1 ,where whilst the morning concert's play'd1 ,she listens to her lover's call1 ,who courts her to the midnight-ball4 ,,canto ,v4 ,the dismal consequence behold1 ,of wedding girls of ,london mould2 ,the ,husband is depriv'd of life1 ,in striving to detect his ,wife2 ,the ,lawyer naked1 in surprize1 ,out of the ,bagnio window flies3 ,whilst ,madam1 leaping from the bed1 ,doth on her knee for pardon plead4 ,,canto ,,vi4 ,the ,lawyer meets his just reward1 ,nor from the triple tree is spar'd2 ,the ,father takes my ,lady home1 ,where1 when she hears her ,lover's doom1 ,to desperate attempts she flies1 ,and with a dose of poison dies4 ,in these plates only a single variation is detected4 ,in the very first impressions of the second of them 7perhaps a few only were taken off7 a lock of hair on the forehead of the lady is wanting4 ,it was added by our artist1 after ,baron had finished the plate4 ,in the early copies he inserted it with ,indian ink4 ,a passage in the ,analysis#b will perhaps account for this supplemental ornament3 ,a lock of hair falling cross the temples1 and by that means breaking the regularity of the oval1 has an effect too alluring to be strictly decent4 ,the room represented in this plate is adorned with a melange of pictures on wanton and devotional subjects4 ,mr4 ,walpole has remarked1 that the works of ,hogarth have little obscurity4 ,this position is true in general1 though ,marriage la ,mode may supply an exception to it2 no two persons1 perhaps1 having hitherto agreed in their explanation of ,plate the third4#c ,when this set of plates was to be engraved1 ,ravenet1 a young artist1 then just coming into employ1 was recommended to ,mr4 ,hogarth2 and a hard bargain was made4 ,ravenet went through two of the plates1 but the price proved far inadequate to the labour4 ,he remonstrated1 but could obtain no augmentation4 ,when the ,sigismunda was to be engraved1 ,mr4 ,ravenet was in a different sphere of life4 ,the painter1 with many compliments1 solicited his assistance as an engraver1 but ,ravenet indignantly declined the connexion4 ,in the fourth of these plates#d are the following portraits3 ,mrs4 ,lane 7afterwards ,lady ,bingley7 adoring ,carestini2 her husband ,fox ,lane asleep4 ,rouquet only calls him ,un gentilhomme campagnard1 fatigu d'une course aprs quelque renard ou quelque cerf1 s'endort4 ,this idea seems to be countenanced by the whip in his hand4 ,the same explainer adds1 speaking of the two next figures1 ,ici on voit en papillotes un de ces personages qui passent toute leur vie tcher de plaire sans y ressir2 la1 un eventail au poing1 on reconnot un de ces hrtiques en amour1 un sectateur d',anacreon4 ,the former of these has been supposed to represent ,monsieur ,michel1 the ,prussian ambassador4 ,weideman is playing on the ,german flute4--,the pictures in the room are properly suited to the bed-chamber of a profligate pair--,jupiter and ,io1 ,lot with his ,daughters1 ,ganymede and the ,eagle1 and the ,young ,lawyer who debauches the ,countess4 ,the child's coral1 hanging from the back of the chair she sits in1 serves to shew she was already a mother2 a circumstance that renders her conduct still more unpardonable4 ,some of her new-made purchases1 exposed on the floor1 bear witness to the warmth of her inclinations4 ,these will soon be gratified at the fatal masquerade1 for which her paramour is offering her a ticket4 ,the pompous picture on the right hand of the window in the nobleman's apartment1 ,plate ,i4 also deserves attention4 ,it appears to be designed as a ridicule on the unmeaning flutter of ,french portraits1 some of which 7particularly those of ,louis ,,xiv47 are painted in a style of extravagance equal at least to the present parody by ,hogarth4 ,this ancestor of our peer is invested with several foreign orders4 ,at the top of one corner of the canvas1 are two winds blowing across each other1 while the hero's drapery is flying quite contrary directions4 ,a comet is likewise streaming over his head4 ,in his hand he grasps the lightning of ,jove1 and reposes on a cannon going off1 whose ball is absurdly rendered an object of sight4 ,a smile1 compounded of self-complacency and pertness1 is the characteristic of his face4 ,on the cieling of this magnificent saloon is a representation of ,pharaoh and his ,host drowned in the ,red ,sea4 ,the pictures underneath are not on the most captivating subjects--,david killing ,goliath--,prometheus and the ,vulture--the ,murder of the ,innocents--,judith and ,holofernes--,st4 ,sebastian shot full of ,arrows--,cain destroying ,abel--and ,st4 ,laurence on the ,gridiron4 ,among such little circumstances in this plate as might escape the notice of a careless spectator1 is the ,thief in the ,candle1 emblematic of the mortgage on his ,lordship's estate4 ,when engravings on a contracted scale are made from large pictures1 a few parts of them will unavoidably become so small1 as almost to want distinctness4 ,it has fared thus with a number of figures that appear before the unfinished edifice1#e seen through a window in the first plate of this work4 ,hogarth designed them for the lazy vermin of his ,lordship's hall1 who1 having nothing to do1 are sitting on the blocks of stone1 or staring at the building2#f for thus ,rouquet has described them1 ,une troupe de lacquais oisifs1 qui sont dans le cour de ce batiment1 acheve de caracteriser le faste ruineux qui environne le comte4 ,the same illustrator properly calls the ,citizen ,echevin 7i4 e4 sheriff7 of ,london1 on account of the chain he wears4 ,plate ,,ii4 ,from the late ,dr4 ,ducarel ,i received the following anecdote2 but there must be some mistake in it1 as ,herring was not archbishop till several years after the designs for ,marriage la ,mode were made4 ,edward ,swallow1 butler to ,archbishop ,herring1 had an annuity of ten pounds given to him in his ,grace's will4 ,for the honesty and simplicity of his physiognomy1 this old faithful servant was so remarkable1 that ,hogarth1 wanting such a figure in ,marriage la ,mode1 accompanied the late dean of ,sarum1 ,dr4 ,thomas ,greene1 on a public day1 to ,lambeth1 on purpose to catch the likeness4 ,as they were coming away1 he whispered1 ',i have him6' ,and he may now be seen to the life preserved in the old steward1 in ,plate ,,ii4 with his hands held up1 c4 ,in ,plate ,v4 the back ground1 which is laboured with uncommon delicacy 7a circumstance that will be remarked by few except artists71 was the work of ,mr4 ,ravenet's wife4 ,solomon's wise judgement is represented on the tapestry4 ,when ,ravenet's two plates were finished1 ,hogarth wanted much to retouch the faces1#g and many disputes happened between him and the engraver on this subject4 ,the first impressions1 however1 escaped without correction4 ,those who possess both copies1 may discover evident marks of ,hogarth's hand in the second4 ,see particularly the countenance of the dying nobleman1 which is fairly ploughed up by his heavier burin4 ,i have been told that our artist took the portrait of the female1 who is so placed1 that the legs of a figure in the tapestry supply the want of her own1 from a coarse picture of a woman called ,moll ,flanders4 ,plate the sixth of this set1 affords ,rouquet an opportunity of illustrating the following remark1 which he had made at the outset of his undertaking3 ,ce qu'un ,anglois lit1 pour ainsi dire1 en jettant les yeux sur ces estampes1 va exiger de vous la lecture de plusieurs pages4 ,speaking of our citizen's parsimony1 says he--,voyez-vous ces pipes conserves dans le coin d'un armoire8 ,vous ne devineriez pas1 vous qui n'tes pas jamais venu en ,angleterre1 qu'elles sont aussi une marque d'economie2 mais il faut vous dire que les pipes sont si communes ici1 qu'on ne fume jamais deux fois dans la mme4 ,la pasan1 l'artizan le plus vil prend une pipe gratis dans le premier cabaret o il arrte3 il continue son chemin en achevant de la fumer1 et la jette ses pieds4 ,as ,rouquet observes1 ,ce qui sert garnir cet apartement ne contribue pas l'orner4 ,tout y indique une conomie basse4 ,the scarcity of the real dinner--the picture exhibiting plenty of provision--the starved dog--the departing physician--the infected and ricketty condition of the child who is brought to take a last kiss of its dying mother--are circumstances too striking to be overlooked4 ,the ,daily ,advertiser of #agej affords the following illustration of our artist's history3 ,mr4 ,hogarth proposes to publish by subscription two large prints1 one representing ,moses brought to ,pharaoh's daughter2 the other ,paul before ,felix2 engraved after the pictures of his painting which are now hung up in ,the ,foundling ,hospital and ,lincoln's-,inn ,hall4 ,five ,shillings to be paid at the time of subscribing1 and ,five ,shillings more on the delivery of the print4 ,on the first payment a receipt will be given1 which receipt will contain a new print 7in the true ,dutch taste7 of ,paul before ,felix4 ,note1 ,the above two prints will be ,seven ,shillings and ,six ,pence each after the subscription is over2 and the receipt-print will not be sold at a less price than ,one ,guinea each4 ,subscriptions are taken in till the #fth of ,june next1 and no longer1 at ,the ,golden-,head in ,leicester-,fields1 where the drawings may be seen2 as likewise the author's six pictures of ,marriage--la-,mode1 which are to be disposed of in the following manner3 ,that every bidder sign a note with the sum he intends to give4 ,that such note be deposited in the drawer of a cabinet1 which cabinet shall be constantly kept locked by the said ,william ,hogarth2 and in the cabinet1 through a glass door1 the sums bid will be seen on the face of the drawer1 but the names of the bidders may be concealed till the time of bidding shall be expired4 ,that each bidder may1 by a fresh note1 advance a further sum if he is outbid1 of which notice shall be sent him4 ,that the sum so advanced shall not be less than ,three ,guineas4 ,that the time of bidding shall continue till twelve o'clock the #fth of ,june next1 and no longer4 ,that no dealer in pictures will be admitted a bidder4 ,as 7according to the standard of judgement1 so righteously and laudably established by picture-dealers1 picture-cleaners1 picture-frame-makers1 and other connoisseurs7 the works of a painter are to be esteemed more or less valuable as they are more or less scarce1 and as the living painter is most of all affected by the inferences resulting from this and other considerations equally uncandid and edifying2 ,mr4 ,hogarth1 by way of precaution1 not puff1 begs leave to urge1 that1 probably1 this will be the last suit or series of pictures he may ever exhibit1 because of the difficulty of vending such a number at once to any tolerable advantage1 and that the whole number he has already exhibited of the historical or humourous kind does not exceed fifty1 of which the three sets called ,the ,harlot's ,progress1 ,the ,rake's ,progress1 and that now to be sold1 make twenty2 so that whoever has a taste of his own to rely on1 not too squeamish for the production of a ,modern1 and courage enough to own it1 by daring to give them a place in his collection 7till ,time1 the supposed finisher1 but real designer of paintings1 has rendered them fit for those more sacred repositories where ,schools1 ,names1 ,heads1 ,masters1 c4 attain their last stage of preferment71 may from hence be convinced that multiplicity at least of his 7,mr4 ,hogarth's7 pieces will be no diminution of their value4 ,mr4 ,lane1 of ,hillingdon near ,uxbridge1 bought the six original pictures for #abj guineas1 at ,hogarth's auction4#h #a ,london ,daily ,post1 ,april #g1 #agdc4 ,mr4 ,hogarth intends to publish by subscription ,six ,prints from copper plates1 engraved by the best masters in ,paris1 after his own paintings 7the heads1 for the better preservation of the characters and expressions1 to be done by the author71 representing a variety of modern occurrences in high life1 and called ,marriage a-la-mode4 ,particular care is taken that the whole work shall not be liable to exception on account of any indecency or inelegancy1 and that none of the characters represented shall be personal4 ,the subscription will be one guinea2 half1 c4 #b ,see p4 #cbe4 #c ,in the third plate of this work1 the figure of the female unclasping a penknife1 is said to have been designed for the once celebrated ,betty ,careless4 ,this remark is supposed to be countenanced by the initials ,e4 ,c4 on her bosom4 ,from being in a state to receive company1 this woman had been long reduced to show it1 and1 after repeated confinements in various prisons1 was buried from the poor's house of ,st4 ,paul1 ,covent ,garden1 ,april #bb1 #ageb1 about seven years after this set of prints had been published4 ,such a representation of her decline from beauty1 as may be given in the plate before us1 is justified by various passages in ,loveling's poems1 ,latin and ,english1 written about the year #agch1 and published in #agda4 ,thus in his ode1 ,ad ,sextum1 ,carlesis turpis macies decentem ,occupat vultum---- ,again more amply in his ,elegiac ,epistle1 ,ad ,henricum3 ,nympha ,coventini qu gloria sulferat ,horti1 ,cui vix vidisset ,druria vestra parem1 ,exul1 inops1 liquit proprios miseranda ,penates1 ,fortun extremas sustinuitque vices1 ,nunc trahit infaustam tenebroso in carcere vitam1 ,et levat insolito mollia membra toro4 ,carlesis1 ah6 quantum1 quantum mutaris ab ill1 ,carlese1 qu ,veneris maxima cura fuit6 de tua risre olim ,charitesque ,jocique1 ,hic fuerant ,paphi currus arma ,de2 ,arsrunt ,cives1 arsit ,judus ,apella1 ,et te ,bellorum deperire chori4 ,jam sordes1 pallensque genas1 flaccida mammas1 ,non oculi1 quondam qui micuere1 micant4 ,heu6 ubi formos referentes lilia mal6 ,labra ubi purpureis qu rubure rosis6 ,te puer ,idalius1 te fastiditque juventus ,tam marcescentem1 dissimilemque tui4 ,siccine tam fidam curas ,erycina ministram8 ,hccine militi praemia digna tu8 ,o ,venus6 nimium1 nimiumque oblita tuarum6 ,carlesis an meruit sortis acerba pati8 ,qu posthc arisve tuis imponet honorem1 ,ardebit posthc vel tua castra sequi8 ,omnigenas quo circumspice lumine mchas ,quas tua pellicibus ,druria dives alit1 ,qu cellas habitant1 vicos peditesve peragrant1 ,aut qu ,wappinios incolure lares2 ,invenienda fuit nusquam lascivior1 artus ,mobilior1 sacris vel magis apta tuis4 ,carlesis ah nostris flenda fleta ,camnis6 ,accedat vestris nulla medela malis8 ,te vereor miseram fortuna tenaciter anget1 ,nec veniet rebus mollior aura tuis4 ,again in his ,ode1 ,ad ,carolum ,b4444444 -----------------relinquent ,carlesis quondam miser ,penates ,douglasa ,johnson1 duo pervicacis ,fulmina lingu4 ,again in a ,copy of ,verses on ,betty ,close's coming to ,town1 c4 ,roberts will curse all whores-- ,from worn-out ,careless to fair ,kitty ,walker4 ,again in an ,ode intituled ,meretrices ,britannic4 ,alma scortorum ,drurique custos ,orta ,neptuno6 tibi cura pulchr2 ,carlesis satis data1 tu secund ,carlesis regnes4 ,these lines will serve to enforce the moral of ,the ,harlot's ,progress1 while they aim at the illustration of a single circumstance in ,marriage la ,mode2 where if this female is introduced at all1 it seems to be in the character of an opulent procuress1 either threatening the peer for having diseased her favourite girl1 or preparing to revenge herself on the quack whose medicines had failed to eradicate his lordship's disorder4 ,that heroine must have been notorious1 who could at once engage the pencil of ,hogarth and the pens of ,loveling and ,fielding1 who in the sixth chapter of the first book of ,amelia has the following story3 ,i happened in my youth to sit behind two ladies in a side-box at a play1 where1 in the balcony on the opposite side was placed the inimitable ,betty ,careless1 in company with a young fellow of no very formal1 or indeed sober1 appearance4 ,one of the ladies1 ,i remember1 said to the other--',did you ever see any thing look so modest and so innocent as that girl over the way8 ,what pity it is such a creature should be in the way of ruin1 as ,i am afraid she is1 by her being alone with that young fellow6' ,now this lady was no bad physiognomist2 for it was impossible to conceive a greater appearance of modesty1 innocence1 and simplicity1 than what nature had displayed in the countenance of that girl2 and yet1 all appearances notwithstanding1 ,i myself 7remember1 critic1 it was in my youth7 had a few mornings before seen that very identical picture of those engaging qualities in bed with a rake at a bagnio1 smoaking tobacco1 drinking punch1 talking obscenity1 and swearing and cursing with all the impudence and impiety of the lowest and most abandoned trull of a soldier4 ,we may add1 that one of the mad-men in the last plate of ,the ,rake's ,progress has likewise written charming ,betty ,careless on the rail of the stairs1 and wears her portrait round his neck4 ,perhaps between the publication of ,the ,rake's ,progress and ,marriage la ,mode1 she sunk from a wanton into a bawd4 ,mrs4 ,heywood's ,betsey ,thoughtless was at first entitled ,betsey ,careless1 but the name was afterwards changed for obvious reasons4 ,the ,london ,daily ,post1 ,nov4 #bh1 #agce1 contains the following advertisement from this notorious female3 ,mrs4 ,careless1 from the ,piazza in ,covent-,garden1 not being able to make an end of her affairs so soon as she expected1 intends on ,monday next to open a coffee-house in ,prujean's-,court1 in ,the ,old ,bailey1 where she hopes her friends will favour her with their company1 notwithstanding the ill situation of the place2 since her misfortunes oblige her still to remain there4 ,n4 ,b4 ,it is the uppermost house in the court1 and coaches and chairs may come up to the door4 ,again in ,the ,london ,daily ,post1 ,oct4 #ba1 #agda1 ,mrs4 ,careless advertises ,the ,beggar's ,opera1 at the theatre in ,james-,street1 ,haymarket1 for her benefit1 ,oct4 #bg4 ,at the bottom of the advertisement she says1 ,mrs4 ,careless takes this benefit because she finds a small pressing occasion for one3 and as she has the happiness of knowing she has a great many friends1 hopes not to find an instance to the contrary by their being absent the above-mentioned evening2 and as it would be entirely inconvenient1 and consequently disagreeable1 if they should1 she ventures to believe they won't fail to let her have the honour of their company4 ,in the bill of the day she says--,n4 ,b4 ,mrs4 ,careless hopes her friends will favour her according to their promise1 to relieve her from terrible fits of the vapours proceeding from bad dreams1 though the comfort is they generally go by the contraries4 ,tickets to be had at ,mrs4 ,careless's ,coffee-house1 the ,playhouse-,passage1 ,bridges-,street4 ,would the public1 at this period of refinement1 have patiently endured the familiar address of such a shameless1 superannuated1 advertising strumpet8 ,the reader will perhaps smile1 when1 after so much grave ratiocination1 and this long deduction of particulars1 he is informed that the letters are not ,e4 ,c4 but ,f4 ,c4 the initials of ,fanny ,cock1 daughter to the celebrated auctioneer of that name1 with whom our artist had had some casual disagreement4 ,the following1 somewhat different1 explanation has also been communicated to me by ,charles ,rogers1 esq4 who says it came from ,sullivan1 one of ,hogarth's engravers3 ,the nobleman threatens to cane a quack-doctor for having given pills which proved ineffectual in curing a girl he had debauched2 and brings with him a woman1 from whom he alledges he caught the infection2 at which she1 in a rage1 is preparing to stab him with her clasp knife4 ,this wretch is one of the lowest class1 as is manifest by the letters of her name marked with gunpowder on her breast4 ,she1 however1 is brought to the ,french barber-surgeon for his examination and inspection1 and for which purpose he is wiping his spectacles with his coarse muckender4 ,the explanation given by ,rouquet1 however1 ought not to be suppressed1 as in all probability he received it from ,hogarth4 ,il falloit indiquer la mauvaise conduite du hros de la piece4 ,l'auteur pour cet effet l'introduit dans l'appartement d'un empirique1 o il ne peut gures se trouver qu'en consequence de ses dbauches2 il fait en mme tems rencontrer chez cet empirique une de ces femmes qui perdues depuis long-tems1 font enfin leur mtier de la perte des autres4 ,il suppose un dml entre cette femme et son hros1 dont le sujet parot tre la mauvaise sant d'un petite fille1 du commerce de laquelle il ne s'est pas bien trouv4 ,la petite fille au reste fait ici contraste par son ge1 sa timidit1 sa douceur1 avec le caractre de l'autre femme1 qui parot un compos de rage1 de fureur1 et de tous les crimes qui accompagnent d'ordinaire les dernires dbauches chez celles de son sexe4 ,l'empirique et son appartement sont des objets entirement pisodiques4 ,quoique jadis barbier1,a il est aujourdhui1 si l'on en juge par l'etalage1 non seulment chirurgien1 mais naturaliste1 chimiste1 mechanicien1 medecin1 apoticaire2 et vous remarquerez qu'il est ,franois pour comble de ridicule4 ,l'auteur pour achever de le caracteriser suivant son ide1 lui fait inventer des machines extrmement composes pour les oprations les plus simples1 comme celles de remettre un membre disloqu1 ou de dboucher une bouteille4 ,je ne deciderai pas si l'auteur est aussi heureux dans le choix des objets de sa satire1 quand il les prend parmi nous1 que lorsqu'il les choisit parmi ceux de sa nation2 mais il me semble qu'il doit mieux connotre ceux-ci2 et je crois que cette planche vous en parotra un exemple bien marqu4 ,il tourne ici en ridicule ce que nous avons de moins mauvais2 que deviendroit le reste s'il toit vrai qu'il nous connt assez pour nous depeindre8 ,a ,this circumstance seems to be implied by the broken comb1 the pewter bason1 and the horn so placed as to resemble a barber's pole1 all which are exhibited either above1 or within the glass case1 in which the skeleton appears whispering a man who had been exsiccated by some mode of embalming at present unknown4 ,about the time of the publication of this set of prints1 a number of bodies thus preserved were discovered in a vault in ,whitechapel church4--,our ,quack is likewise a virtuoso4 ,an ancient spur1 a high-crowned hat1 old shoes1 c4 together with a model of the gallows1 are among his rarities4--,on his table is a skull1 rendered carious by the disease he is professing to cure4--,these two last objects are monitory as well as characteristic4 #d ,scotin engraved the first and sixth2 ,baron the second and third2 ,ravenet the fourth and fifth4 #e ,the blunders in architecture in this unfinished nobleman's seat1 on the same account1 are seen to disadvantage4 #f ,this edifice seems at a stand for want of money1 no workman appearing on the scaffolds1 or near them4 #g ,in his advertisement for this set of plates1 he had engaged to engrave all the faces with his own hand4 ,see note #a above4 #h ,the account given in a former edition of this volume concerning the sale of the original pictures of ,marriage--la-mode1 being somewhat erroneous1 ,i am happy in the present opportunity of acknowledging my obligations to ,mr4 ,lane abovementioned1 who has corrected my mistakes by a communication of the following particulars relative to the purchase3 ,some time after they had been finished1 perhaps six or seven years1 during which period ,mr4 ,hogarth had been preparing and publishing prints from them1 in the year #agej he advertised the sale of the originals by a kind of auction not carried on by personal bidding1 but by a written ticket on which every one was to put the price he would give1 with his name subscribed to it4 ,these papers were to be received by ,mr4 ,hogarth for the space of one month2 and the highest bidder1 at twelve o'clock on the last day of the month1 was to be the purchaser3 and none but those who had in writing made their biddings were to be admitted on the day that was to determine the sale4 ,this nouvelle method of proceeding probably disobliged the public2 and there seemed to be at that time a combination against poor ,hogarth1 who perhaps1 from the extraordinary and frequent approbation of his works1 might have imbibed some degree of vanity1 which the town in general1 friends and foes1 seemed resolved to mortify4 ,if this was the case 7and to me it is very apparent71 they fully effected their design2 for on the memorable sixth of ,june #agej1 which was to decide the fate of this capital work1 about eleven o'clock ,mr4 ,lane1 the fortunate purchaser1 arrived at the ,golden ,head3 when1 to his great surprize1 expecting 7what he had been a witness to in #agde1 when ,hogarth disposed of many of his pictures7 to have found his painting-room full of noble and great personages1 he only found the painter and his ingenious friend ,dr4 ,parsons1 secretary to the ,royal ,society1 talking together1 and expecting a number of spectators at least1 if not of buyers4 ,mr4 ,hogarth then produced the highest bidding1 from a gentleman well known1 of #abj4 ,nobody coming in1 about ten minutes before twelve1 by the decisive clock in the room1 ,mr4 ,lane told ,mr4 ,hogarth he would make the pounds guineas4 ,the clock then struck twelve1 and ,hogarth wished ,mr4 ,lane joy of his purchase1 hoping it was an agreeable one4 ,mr4 ,lane answered1 ,perfectly so4 ,now followed a scene of disturbance from ,hogarth's friend the ,doctor1 and1 what more affected ,mr4 ,lane1 a great appearance of disappointment in the painter1 and truly with great reason4 ,the ,doctor told him1 he had hurt himself greatly by fixing the determination of the sale at so early an hour1 when the people at that part of the town were hardly up4 ,hogarth1 in a tone and manner that could not escape observation1 said1 ,perhaps it may be so6 ,mr4 ,lane1 after a short pause1 declared himself to be of the same opinion1 adding1 that the artist was very poorly rewarded for his labour1 and1 if he thought it would be of service to him1 would give him till three o'clock to find a better purchaser4 ,hogarth warmly accepted the offer1 and expressed his acknowledgements for the kindness in the strongest terms4 ,the proposal likewise received great encomiums from the ,doctor1 who proposed to make it public4 ,this was peremptorily forbidden by ,mr4 ,lane1 whose concession in favour of our artist was remembered by him to the time of his death4--,about one o'clock1 two hours sooner than the time appointed by ,mr4 ,lane1 ,hogarth said he would no longer trespass on his generosity1 but that1 if he was pleased with his purchase1 he himself was abundantly so with the purchaser4 ,he then desired ,mr4 ,lane to promise that he would not dispose of the pictures without previously acquainting him of his intention1 and that he would never permit any person1 under pretence of cleaning1 to meddle with them1 as he always desired to take that office on himself4 ,this promise was readily made by ,mr4 ,lane1 who has been tempted more than once by ,hogarth to part with his bargain at a price to be named by himself4 ,when ,mr4 ,lane bought the pictures1 they were in ,carlo ,marratt frames which cost the painter four guineas apiece4 ,the memory of this occurrence ought always to attend the work which afforded ,mr4 ,lane an opportunity of displaying so much disinterested generosity4 ,another correspondent begins the same story as follows--,a little time before the auction1 ,hogarth publickly declared1 that no picture-dealer should be allowed to bid4 ,he also called on his friends1 requesting them not to appear at the sale1 as his house was small1 and the room might be over crowded4 ,they obeyed his injunctions4 ,early in this mortifying day he dressed himself1 put on his tye-wig1 strutted away one hour1 and fretted away two more1 no bidder appearing1 c4 c4 #b4 ,a small print of ,archbishop ,herring1 at the head of the speech he made to the clergy of ,york1 ,september #bd1 #agde4 ,william ,hogarth pinx4 ,c4 ,moseley sculp4 #c4 ,the same head cut out of the plate1 and printed off without the speech4 #d4 ,the ,battle of the ,pictures4 ,ticket to admit persons to bid for his works at an auction4 ,on the plate called ,the ,battle of the ,pictures is written1 ,the bearer hereof is entitled 7if he thinks proper7 to be a bidder for ,mr4 ,hogarth's pictures1 which are to be sold on the last day of this month ,february1 #agdd-e44 #e4 ,a festoon1 with a mask1 a roll of paper1 a palette1 and a laurel4 ,subscription ticket for ,garrick in ,richard the ,third4 ,a very faithful copy from this receipt was made by ,r4 ,livesay1 #agha4 ,it is to be sold at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's house in ,leicester-square4 99 99 99 99 99 #agdf4 #a4 ,simon ,lord ,lovat4#a ,drawn from the life1 and etched in aquafortis by ,william ,hogarth4--,hogarth said himself1 that ,lord ,lovat's portrait was taken 7at the ,white-,hart1 at ,st4 ,alban's7 in the attitude of relating on his fingers the numbers of the rebel forces4--,such a general had so many men1 c4 and remarked1 that the muscles of ,lovat's neck appeared of unusual strength1 more so than he had ever seen4 ,when the painter entered the room1 his lordship1 being under the barber's hands1 received his old friend with a salute1 which left much of the lather on his face4--,the second impressions are marked1 ,price ,one ,shilling4 ,when ,hogarth had finished this plate1 a printseller offered its weight in gold for it4 ,the impressions could not be taken off so fast as they were wanted1 though the rolling-press was at work all night for a week together4 ,for several weeks afterwards he is said to have received at the rate of #ab l4 per day4 #a ,this powerful laird1 it has been observed1 was one of the last ,chieftains that preserved the rude manners and barbarous authority of the early feudal ages4 ,he resided in a house which would be esteemed but an indifferent one for a very private1 plain country gentleman in ,england2 as it had1 properly1 only four rooms on a floor1 and those not large4 ,here1 however1 he kept a sort of court1 and several public tables2 and had a numerous body of retainers always attending4 ,his own constant residence1 and the place where he received company1 even at dinner1 was in the very same room where he lodged2 and his lady's sole apartment was her bed-room2 and the only provision for the lodging of the servants1 and retainers1 was a quantity of straw1 which they spread every night1 on the floors of the lower rooms1 where the whole inferior part of the family1 consisting of a very great number of persons1 took up their abode4 ,see ,mr4 ,king's observations on ancient ,castles1 in the ,archologia1 vol4 ,,iv4 ,sir ,william ,young1 one of the managers appointed by the ,commons of ,great ,britain1 for conducting the prosecution against this ,nobleman for ,high ,treason1 in the year #agde1 makes the following observation3 ,your ,lordships have already done national justice on some of the principal traitors1 who appeared in open arms against his ,majesty1 by the ordinary course of law2 but this noble ,lord1 who1 in the whole course of his life1 has boasted of his superior cunning in wickedness1 and his ability to commit frequent treasons with impunity1 vainly imagined that he might possibly be a traitor in private1 and rebel only in his heart1 by sending his son and his followers to join the ,pretender1 and remaining at home himself1 to endeavour to deceive his ,majesty's faithful subjects2 hoping he might be rewarded for his son's services1 if successful2 or his son alone be the sufferer for his offences1 if the undertaking failed3 diabolical cunning6 monstrous impiety6 ,see ,state ,trials1 vol4 ,,ix4 p4 #fbg4 #b4 ,mr4 ,garrick#a in the character of ,richard ,,iii4 ,painted by ,wm4 ,hogarth2 engraved by ,wm4 ,hogarth and ,c4 ,grignion4 ,the late ,mr4 ,duncombe1 of ,duncombe ,park in ,yorkshire1 gave #bjj l4 for the original picture1 which is now in the possession of his family4 ,the expression of the countenance is happily hit off1 but the figure is abundantly too large and muscular4 ,this print was afterwards1 by ,hogarth's permission1 copied for a watch-paper4 #a ,mr4 ,garrick had several of ,hogarth's paintings2 and the latter designed for him1 as president of the ,shakespeare club1 a mahogany chair richly carved1 on the back of which hangs a medal of the poet carved by ,hogarth out of the mulberry-tree planted at ,stratford by ,shakespeare4 ,anecdotes of ,painting1 vol4 ,,iv4 p4 #ahj4 edit4 #hvo1 #aghb4 #c4 ,a stand of various weapons1 bag-pipes1 c4 and a pair of scissars cutting out the arms of ,scotland4 ,a subscription-ticket for the ,march to ,finchley2 of which the original price was only #g s4 #f d4 ,it was to be raised to #aj s4 #f d4 on closing the subscription4 ,the additional three shillings afforded the subscriber a chance for the original picture4 99 99 99 99 99 #agdg4 #a4 ,stage-coach4 ,an election procession in the yard4 ,designed and engraved by ,william ,hogarth4 ,in this plate there is a variation4 ,the early impressions have a flag behind the wheel of the coach1 inscribed ,,no ,,old ,,baby1 which was the cry used by the opponents of the honourable ,john ,child ,tylney 7then ,viscount ,castlemain and now ,earl ,tylney#a7 when he stood member for the county of ,essex1 against ,sir ,robert ,abdy and ,mr4 ,bramston4 ,the figure still carries a horn-book1 and a rattle in its hands4 ,at the election1 a man was placed on a bulk with an infant in his arms1 and exclaimed1 as he whipt the child1 ,what1 you little ,child1 must you be a member8 ,the family name was changed from ,child to ,tylney by an act of parliament in #agce4 ,in this disputed election1 it appeared from the register-book of the parish where ,lord ,castlemain was born1 that he was but #bj years of age4 ,some pains have been taken to ascertain the particular inn-yard in which the scene is laid1 but without success1 so many of the publick-houses between ,whitechapel and ,chelmsford in ,essex having been altered1 or totally rebuilt4 #a ,since dead4--,inter ,socraticos notissima fossa cindos4 #b4 ,industry and ,idleness1 in twelve plates4#a ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 that they have more merit in the intention than execution4 ,at first they were printed off on very thin paper4 ,plate ,v4 ,the scene is ,cuckold's ,point1 below ,london ,bridge4 ,plate ,,vi4 ,in a few first impressions1 ,goodchild and ,west is written under the sign1 instead of ,west and ,goodchild4 ,hogarth had inadvertently placed the name of the junior partner first4 ,some mercantile friend1 however1 pointing out the mistake1 when as yet only a few copies were taken off1 our artist corrected it1 to avoid the criticisms of ,cheapside and ,cornhill4 ,in this plate is a figure of ,philip in the ,tub1 a well-known beggar and cripple1 who was a constant epithalamist at weddings in ,london1 and had visited ,ireland and ,the ,seven ,provinces4 ,the ,french clergyman in ,plate ,,viii4 was designed for ,mr4 ,platell1 curate of ,barnet4 ,plate ,,xi4 ,the scene is in a cellar of a noted house that went by the name of ,the ,blood ,bowl ,house1 from the various scenes of blood that were there almost daily exhibited1 and where there seldom passed a month without the commission of a murder4 ,blood ,bowl-alley is down by the fishmonger's1 near ,water-lane1 ,fleet-street2 and ,i am assured1 that the house and event1 that gave rise to the name1 were there4 ,in ,plate ,,xi4 is ,tiddy ,doll1 the well-known vender of gingerbread4 ,just behind him1 in a cart1 to bring away the body of the criminal1 is his mother4 ,though her face is concealed1 she is distinguished by her excess of sorrow1 and the black hood she has worn throughout the foregoing representations of her4 ,plate ,,xii4 ,frederick ,prince of ,wales1 and the ,princess of ,wales1 in the balcony4 ,the standards of the ,blacksmiths' and ,stationers' ,companies appear in the procession4 ,the flag1 at the corner of one of the stands1 belongs to the ,pinners and ,needlers4 ,the hint for this series of prints was evidently taken from the old comedy of ,eastward-hoe1 by ,jonson1 ,chapman1 and ,marston1 reprinted in ,dodsley's ,collection of ,old ,plays4 ,the scenes of ,bedlam and the gaming-house1 as ,mr4 ,walpole well observes1 are inimitable representations of our serious follies1 or unavoidable woes2 and the concern shown by the lord-mayor1 when the companion of his childhood is brought before him as a criminal1 is a touching picture1 and big with humane admonition and reflection4 ,the late comedian ,mr4 ,james ,love 7otherwise ,dance1 and brother to the painter of that name7 dramatized this series of prints2 and ,mr4 ,king1 now deputy-manager of ,drury-lane1 performed the character of the ,good ',prentice4 ,these ,plates were retouched by ,hogarth2 but1 as usual1 whatever they gained in respect to force1 they lost in the article of clearness4 ,they offer no variations1 except such as are occasioned by his having thrown a few of the figures into shade1 that others might appear more prominent4 ,dr4 ,ducarel informed me1 that the passages of ,scripture applicable to the different scenes were selected for ,mr4 ,hogarth1 by his friend the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,arnold ,king4 ,in the following year was published1 price one shilling 7being an explanation of the moral of twelve celebrated prints lately published1 and designed by the ingenious ,mr4 ,hogarth71 ,the ,effects of ,industry and ,idleness1 illustrated in the ,life1 ,adventures1 and various ,fortunes of ,two ,fellow ',prentices of the ,city of ,london3 shewing the different ,paths1 as well as ,rewards of ,virtue and ,vice2 how the good and virtuous ',prentice1 by gradual ,steps of ,industry1 rose to the highest ,pitch of ,grandeur2 and how1 by contrary ,pursuits1 his ,fellow-',prentice1 by ,laziness and ,wickedness1 came to die an ignominious ,death at the ,gallows4 ,this little book ought to be read by every ',prentice in ,england1 to imprint in their hearts these two different examples1 the contrary effects each will produce on their young minds being of more worth than a hundred times the price1 i4 e4 an abhorrence of the vice and wickedness they perceive in the one boy1 and1 on the contrary1 an endeavour after an imitation of the actions of the other4 ,and is a more proper present to be given to the ,chamber of ,london1 at the binding and enrolling an apprentice1 than any other book whatever4 ,printed by ,charles ,corbett1 at ,addison's ,head in ,fleet street4 #a ,the following description of ,hogarth's design is copied from his own hand-writing3 ,industry and ,idleness exemplified in the conduct of two ,fellow ',prentices3 where the one1 by taking good courses1 and pursuing points for which he was put apprentice1 becomes a valuable man and an ornament to his country2 the other1 by giving way to idleness1 naturally falls into poverty1 and ends fatally1 as is expressed in the last print4 ,as the prints were intended more for use than ornament1 they were done in a way that might bring them within the purchase of whom they might most concern2 and1 lest any print should be mistaken1 the description of each print is engraved at top4 #c4 ,jacobus ,gibbs1 architectus4 ,w4 ,hogarth delin4 ,b4 ,baron sculp4 #d4 ,jacobus ,gibbs1 architectus4 ,w4 ,hogarth delin4 ,j4 ,mc ,ardell fec4 ,partly mezzotinto1 partly graved4 ,no date4 #e4 ,to this period may be referred the arms of ,the ,foundling ,hospital1 printed off on the tops of the indentures2 together with #f4 ,the same1 but smaller2 employed as a frontispiece to ,psalms1 ,hymns1 and ,anthems2 for the ,use of the ,children of the ,hospital for the ,maintenance and ,education of exposed and deserted ,young ,children4 ,they are both classed here1 because the original drawing 7see under the year #agha7 is dated in #agdg4 99 99 99 99 99 #agdh4 #a4 ,a monk leading an ass with a ,scotch man and woman on it1 c4 ,a wooden cut4 ,head-piece to the ,jacobite's ,journal4 ,this was a news-paper set up and supported by ,henry ,fielding1 and carried on for a few months with some success4 ,the wooden-cut was only prefixed to six or seven of the papers4 ,being faintly executed1 it was soon worn out1 and has lately been copied in aqua tinta by ,mr4 ,livesay4 #b4 ,pool of ,bethesda1 from the picture#a he painted for ,st4 ,bartholomew's ,hospital4 ,engraved by ,ravenet for ,s4 ,austen1 as a frontispiece for ,stackhouse's ,bible4 ,in this plate1 ,i am assured by an old acquaintance of ,mr4 ,hogarth1 is a faithful portrait of ,nell ,robinson1 a celebrated courtezan1 with whom1 in early life1 they had both been intimately acquainted4 #a ,of this picture ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has a large sketch in oil4 99 99 99 99 99 #agdi4 #a4a ,the ,gate of ,calais4#b ,engraved by ,c4 ,mosley and ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,his own head sketching the view4 ,he was arrested when he was making the drawing1 but set at liberty when his purpose was known4 ,see above1 p4 #di4 ,mr4 ,walpole also observes1 that in this piece1 though it has great merit1 the caricatura is carried to excess4 ,mr4 ,pine the engraver sat for the portrait of the ,friar1 a circumstance of which he afterwards repented2#c for1 thereby obtaining the nick-name of ,friar ,pine1 and being much persecuted and laughed at1 he strove to prevail on ,hogarth to give his ,ghostly father another face4 ,indeed1 when he sat to our artist1 he did not know to what purpose his similitude would afterwards be applied4 ,the original picture is in the possession of the ,earl of ,charlemont4 ,soon after it was finished1 it fell down by accident1 and a nail ran through the cross on the top of the gate4 ,hogarth strove in vain to mend it with the same colour1 so as to conceal the blemish4 ,he therefore introduced a starved crow1 looking down on the roast-beef1 and thus completely covered the defect4 ,the figure of the half-starved ,french centinel has since been copied at the top of more than one of the printed advertisements for recruits1 where it is opposed to the representation of a well-fed ,british soldier4 ,thus the genius of ,hogarth still militates in the cause of his country4 ,a copy of this print was likewise engraved at the top of a ,cantata1 intituled1 ,the ,roast ,beef of ,old ,england4 ,as it is probable that the latter was published under the sanction of our artist1 ,i shall1 without scruple1 transcribe it4 ,,recitative4 ',twas at the ,gates of ,calais1 ,hogarth tells1 ,where sad ,despair and ,famine always dwells1 ,a meagre ,frenchman1 ,madam ,grandsire's cook1 ,as home he steer'd his carcase1 that way took1 ,bending beneath the weight of fam'd ,sir-loin1 ,on whom he often wish'd in vain to dine4 ,good ,father ,dominick by chance came by1 ,with rosy gills1 round paunch1 and greedy eye2 ,who1 when he first beheld the greasy load1 ,his benediction on it he bestow'd2 ,and while the solid fat his finger press'd1 ,he lick'd his chaps1 and thus the knight address'd3 ,,air4 ,a lovely ,lass to a ,friar came1 c4 ,o rare ,roast ,beef6 lov'd by all mankind1 ,if ,i was doom'd to have thee1 ,when dress'd and garnish'd to my mind1 ,and swimming in thy gravy1 ,not all thy country's force combin'd ,should from my fury save thee4 ,renown'd ,sir-loin1 oft-times decreed ,the theme of ,english ballad1 ,e'en kings on thee have deign'd to feed1 ,unknown to ,frenchman's palate2 ,then how much more thy taste exceeds ,soup-meagre1 frogs1 and sallad4 ,,recitative4 ,a half-starv'd soldier1 shirtless1 pale and lean1 ,who such a sight before had never seen1 ,like ,garrick's frighted ,hamlet1 gaping stood1 ,and gaz'd with wonder on the ,british food4 ,his morning's mess forsook the friendly bowl1 ,and in small streams along the pavement stole2 ,he heav'd a sigh1 which gave his heart relief1 ,and then in plaintive tone declar'd his grief4 ,,air4 ,ah1 sacre ,dieu6 vat do ,i see yonder1 ,dat looks so tempting1 red and white8 ,begar ,i see it is de ,roast ,beef from ,londre1 ,o grant to me one letel bite4 ,but to my guts if you give no heeding1 ,and cruel ,fate dis boon denies1 ,in kind compassion to my pleading1 ,return1 and let me feast my eyes4 ,,recitative4 ,his fellow guard1 of right ,hibernian clay1 ,whose brazen front his country did betray1 ,from ,tyburn's fatal tree had hither fled1 ,by honest means to get his daily bread2 ,soon as the well-known prospect he espy'd1 ,in blubbering accents dolefully he cried3 ,,air4 ,ellen a ,roon1 c4 ,sweet ,beef1 that now causes my stomach to rise4 ,sweet ,beef1 that now causes my stomach to rise1 ,so taking thy sight is1 ,my joy that so light is1 ,to view thee1 by pailfuls runs out at my eyes4 ,while here ,i remain1 my life's not worth a farthing1 ,while here ,i remain1 my life's not worth a farthing1 ,ah6 hard-hearted ,lewy1 ,why did ,i come to ye8 ,the gallows1 more kind1 would have sav'd me from starving4 ,,recitative4 ,upon the ground hard by poor ,sawney sate1 ,who fed his nose1 and scratch'd his ruddy pate2 ,but when ,old ,england's bulwark he descry'd1 ,his dear-lov'd mull1 alas6 was thrown aside4 ,with lifted hands he bless'd his native place1 ,then scrub'd himself1 and thus bewail'd his case3 ,,air4 ,the ,broom of ,cowdenknows1 c4 ,how hard1 ,o ,sawney6 is thy lot1 ,who was so blyth of late1 ,to see such meat as can't be got1 ,when hunger is so great6 ,o the ,beef1 the bonny bonny ,beef6 ,when roasted nice and brown1 ,i wish ,i had a slice of thee1 ,how sweet it would gang down4 ,ah1 ,charley6 hadst thou not been seen1 ,this ne'er had hapt to me3 ,i would the ,de'el had pickt mine eyne ,ere ,i had gang'd with thee4 ,o the ,beef1 c4 ,,recitative4 ,but see6 my ,muse to ,england takes her flight1 ,where ,health and ,plenty chearfully unite4 ,where smiling ,freedom guards great ,george's throne1 ,and chains1 and racks1 and tortures are not known2 ,whose ,fame superior bards have often wrote4-- ,an ancient fable give me leave to quote4 ,,air4 ,the ,roast ,beef of ,old ,england4 ,as once on a time a young ,frog1 pert and vain1 ,beheld a large ,ox grazing on the wide plain1 ,he boasted his size he could quickly attain4 ,oh6 the ,roast ,beef1 c4 ,then eagerly stretching his weak little frame1 ,mamma1 who stood by1 like a knowing old dame1 ,cried1 ,son1 to attempt it you're greatly to blame4 ,oh6 the ,roast ,beef1 c4 ,but1 deaf to advice1 he for glory did thirst1 ,an effort he ventured1 more strong than the first1 ,till swelling and straining too hard1 made him burst4 ,oh6 the ,roast ,beef1 c4 ,then1 ,britons1 be valiant2 the moral is clear3 ,the ,ox is ,old ,england1 the ,frog is ,monsieur1 ,whose puffs and bravadoes we need never fear4 ,oh6 the ,roast ,beef1 c4 ,for while by our commerce and arts we are able ,to see the brave ,ox smoaking hot on our table1 ,the ,french must e'en croak1 like the ,frog in the fable4 ,oh6 the ,roast ,beef1 c4 ,printed for ,r4 ,sayer1 at the ,golden ,buck in ,fleet-street2 and ,j4 ,smith1 at ,hogarth's ,head in ,cheapside4 ,at the end of a pamphlet which ,i shall have occasion to mention under the year #agee1 was announced1 as speedily to be published under the auspices of our artist1 ,a ,poetical ,description of ,mr4 ,hogarth's celebrated print1 ,the ,roast ,beef of ,old ,england1 or the ,french surprized at the ,gate of ,calais4 #a ,in ,the ,general ,advertiser1 ,march #i1 #agdh-i1 appeared the following3 ,this day is published1 price #es4 ,a ,print1 designed and engraved by ,mr4 ,hogarth1 representing a ,,prodigy which lately appeared before the ,gate of ,calais4 ,o the ,roast ,beef of ,old ,england6 ,to be had at the ,golden-,head1 in ,leicester-,square1 and at the ,print ,shops4 #b ,the following lines were written by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,townley1 ,master of ,merchant ,taylors' ,school1 and spoken by one of the ,scholars1 ,october #bb1 #agfg1 ,,assa ,,bubula4 ,littore in opposito1 qu turrim ,dubris in altum ,ostentans1 undas imperiosa regit1 ,ferrea stat1 multo cum milite1 porta ,calesi3 7,ingenium pinxit talia1 ,hogarthe1 tuum74 ,eo6 sudans carnis portat latus ille bovile1 ,quem1 trepidis genibus1 grande fatigat onus2 ,obstupet hic fixis oculis atque ore patenti1 ,et tenue1 invitus1 jus cito mittit humi3 ,accedit monachus1 digito tangente rubentem ,carnem1 divinum prodigiumque colit4 ,omnia visa placent animum2 non pascis inani ,pictur1 pariter qu placet atque docet4 ,egregius patri proprios dat pictor honores2 ,et palmam jussa est ferre bovina caro4 #c ,mr4 ,walpole's new edition of his ,anecdotes of ,painting having been published whilst the present page was preparing for the second edition1 ,i took the earliest opportunity of letting that admirable writer speak for himself1 in answer to a particular in which ,i had presumed to differ from him4 ,if ,hogarth indulged his spirit of ridicule in personalities1 7,i now use the words of ,mr4 ,walpole7 it never proceeded beyond sketches and drawings2 his prints touched the folly1 but spared the person4 ,early he drew a noted miser1 one of the sheriffs1 trying a mastiff that had robbed his kitchen1 but the magistrate's son went to his house and cut the picture in pieces4,a ,i have been reproved for this assertion1 continues our agreeable ,biographer1 and instances have been pointed out that contradict me4 ,i am far from persevering in an error1 and do allow that my position was too positive4 ,still some of the instances adduced were by no means caricaturas4 ,sir ,john ,gonson and ,dr4 ,misaubin in the ,harlot's ,progress were rather examples identified than satires4 ,others1 as ,mr4 ,pine's1 were mere portraits1 introduced by their own desire1 or with their consent4 ,a ,see above1 p4 #fi4 #b4 ,portrait of ,john ,palmer1 esq4 lord of the manor of ,cogenhoe or ,cooknoe1 and patron of the church1 of ,ecton in ,northamptonshire4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinx4 ,b4 ,baron sculp4 ,this small head is inserted under a view of ,ecton ,church4 #c4 ,his own head in a cap1 a pug-dog1 and a palette with the line of beauty1 c4 inscribed ,gulielmus ,hogarth4 ,seipse pinxit sculpsit4 ,very scarce1 because ,hogarth erased his own portrait1 and introduced that of ,mr4 ,churchill1 under the character of a bear1 in its room4 ,see under the year #agfc4 ,on this print1 in its original state1 the ,scandalizade1 a satire published about #agdi1 has the following lines4 ,the author represents himself as standing before the window of a print-shop4 ,there elbowing in 'mong the crowd with a jog1 ,lo6 good father ,tobit1 said ,i1 with his dog6 ,but the artist is wrong2 for the dog should be drawn ,at the heels of his master in trot o'er the lawn1-- ,to your idle remarks ,i take leave to demur1 ',tis not ,tobit1 nor yet his canonical cur1 7,quoth a sage in the crowd7 for ,i'd have you to know1 ,sir1 ',tis ,hogarth himself and his honest friend ,towser1 ,inseparate companions6 and therefore you see ,cheek by jowl they are drawn in familiar degree2 ,both striking the eye with an equal eclat1 ,the biped ,this here1 and the quadruped ,that-- ,you mean--the great dog and the man1 ,i suppose1 ,or the man and the dog--be't just as you chuse4-- ,you correct yourself rightly--when much to be blam'd1 ,for the worthiest person you first should have nam'd1 ,great dog6 why great man ,i methinks you should say4 ,split the difference1 my friend1 they're both great in their way4 ,is't he then so famous for drawing a punk1 ,a harlot1 a rake1 and a parson so drunk1 ,whom ,trotplaid#a delivers to praise as his friend8 ,thus a jacknapes a lion would fain recommend4-- ,the very self same--how boldly they strike1 ,and ,i can't forbear thinking they're somewhat alike4-- ,oh fie6 to a dog would you ,hogarth compare8-- ,not so--,i say only they're alike as it were1 ,a respectable pair6 all spectators allow1 ,and that they deserve a description below ,in capital letters1 ,behold we are ,two4 #a ,the name under which ,fielding wrote a news-paper called ,the ,jacobite's ,journal1 the frontispiece by ,hogarth4 #d4 ,portrait of ,hogarth1 small circle4 ,mr4 ,basire 7to whom this plate has been ascribed7 says it is much in our artist's manner4 ,on enquiry1 however1 it appears to be no other than a watch-paper ,published according to ,act of ,parliament by ,r4 ,sayer1 opposite ,fetter-lane1 ,sept4 #bi1 #agdi1 and certainly copied from the small portrait of our artist introduced in ,the ,roast ,beef of ,old ,england4 ,another head of him1 with a fur cap on1 was also edited by the same printseller1 at the same time4 ,there is likewise a third head of ,hogarth1 in an oval1 prefixed as a frontispiece to ,a ,dissertation on his six prints1 c4 ,gin ,lane1 c4 which appeared in #agea4 99 99 99 99 99 #agej4 #a4 ,thomas ,herring1 ,archbishop of ,canterbury4 ,w4 ,hogarth p4 ,b4 ,baron sculp4 ,of this picture 7which is preserved in ,lambeth-,palace7 the ,archbishop1 in a letter to ,mr4 ,duncombe1 says1 ,none of my friends can bear ,hogarth's picture2 and ,mr4 ,duncombe1 the son1 in a note to this epistle1 observes1 that this picture 7as appears by the print engraved by ,baron in #agej7 exhibits rather a caricature than a likeness1 the figure being gigantic1 the features all aggravated and outrs1 and1 on the whole1 so far from conveying an idea of that os placidum1 moresque benigni1 as ,dr4 ,jortin expresses it1 that engaging sweetness and benevolence1 which were characteristic of this prelate1 that they seem rather expressive of a ,bonner1 who could burn a heretic4 ,lovat's hard features ,hogarth might command2 ,a ,herring's sweetness asks a ,reynolds' hand4 ,hogarth however made the following observation while the ,archbishop was sitting to him3 ,your ,grace1 perhaps1 does not know that some of our chief dignitaries in the church have had the best luck in their portraits4 ,the most excellent heads painted by ,vandyck and ,kneller1 were those of ,laud and ,tillotson4 ,the crown of my works will be the representation of your ,grace4 #b4 ,jacobus ,gibbs1 ,architectus1 ,a4 ,m4 and ,f4 ,r4 ,s4 ,hogarth delin4 ,baron sculp4 ,the same face as that in #agdg1 but in an octagon frame1 which admits more of the body to be shewn1 as well as some architecture in the back ground4 ,there is also a smaller head of ,gibbs1 in a circle1 c4 but whether engraved by ,baron from a picture by ,hogarth1 or any other hand1 is uncertain4 ,perhaps it was designed as a vignette for some splendid edition of ,gibbs's works4 #c4 ,the ,march to ,finchley1#a dedicated to the ,king of ,prussia#b;as an ,encourager of the ,arts1 in resentment for the late king's sending for the picture to ,st4 ,james's1 and returning it without any other notice4 ,this print is engraved by ,luke ,sullivan but afterwards1 as we learn from a note at the bottom of it1 was ,retouched and improved by ,wm4 ,hogarth1 and republished ,june #ab1 #agfa4 ,the improvements in it1 however1 remain to be discovered by better eyes than mine4 ,i am authorized to add1 that soon after the lottery described in a note at the beginning of this article1 our artist waited on the treasurer to the ,foundling ,hospital1 acquainting him that the trustees were at liberty to dispose of the picture by auction4 ,scarce1 however1 was the message delivered1 before he changed his mind1 and never afterwards would consent to the measure he had originally proposed4 ,the late ,duke of ,ancaster offered the hospital #cjj l4 for it4 ,the following complete explanation of it is in ,the ,student1 vol4 ,,ii4 p4 #af4 ,it is supposed to have been written by the ingenious ,mr4 ,bonnel ,thornton4 ,the scene of this representation is laid at ,tottenham ,court ,turnpike2 the ,king's-,head1 ,adam and ,eve1 and the ,turnpike-house1 in full view2 beyond which are discovered parties of the guards1 baggage1 c4 marching towards ,highgate1 and a beautiful distant prospect of the country2 the sky finely painted4 ,the picture1 considered together1 affords a view of a military march1 and the humours and disorders consequent thereupon4 ,near the center of the picture1 the painter has exhibited his principal figure1 which is a handsome young grenadier1 in whose face is strongly depicted repentance mixed with pity and concern2 the occasion of which is disclosed by two females putting in their claim for his person1 one of whom has hold of his right arm1 and the other has seized his left4 ,the figure upon his right hand1 and perhaps placed there by the painter by way of preference 7as the object of love is more desirable than that of duty71 is a fine young girl in her person1 debauched1 with child1 and reduced to the miserable employ of selling ballads1 and who1 with a look full of love1 tenderness1 and distress1 casts up her eyes upon her undoer1 and with tears descending down her cheeks1 seems to say----sure you cannot----will not leave me6 ,the person and deportment of this figure well justifies the painter's turning the body of the youth towards her4 ,the woman upon the left is a strong contrast to this girl2 for rage and jealousy have thrown the human countenance into no amiable or desirable form4 ,this is the wife of the youth1 who1 finding him engaged with such an ugly slut1 assaults him with a violence natural to a woman whose person and beauty is neglected4 ,to the fury of her countenance1 and the dreadful weapon her tongue1 another terror appears in her hand1 equally formidable1 which is a roll of papers1 whereon is wrote1 ,the ,remembrancer2 a word of dire and triple import2 for while it shews the occupation the amiable bearer is engaged in1 it reminds the youth of an unfortunate circumstance he would gladly forget3 and the same word is also a cant expression1 to signify the blow she is meditating4 ,and here1 ,i value myself upon hitting the true meaning1 and entering into the spirit of the great author of that celebrated ,journal called ,the ,remembrancer1 or1 ,a weekly slap on the face for the ,ministry4 ,it is easily discernible that the two females are of different parties4 ,the ballad of ,god save our noble ,king1 and a print of the ,duke of ,cumberland1 in the basket of the girl1 and the cross upon the back of the wife1 with the implements of her occupation1 sufficiently denote the painter's intention3 and1 what is truly beautiful1 these incidents are applicable to the march4 ,the hard-favoured serjeant directly behind1 who enjoys the foregoing scene1 is not only a good contrast to the youth1 but also1 with other helps1 throws forward the principal figure4 ,upon the right of the grenadier is a drummer1 who also has his two ,remembrancers1 a woman and a boy1 the produce of their kinder hours2 and who have laid their claim by a violent seizure upon his person4 ,the figure of the woman is that of a complainant1 who reminds him of her great applications1 as well in sending him clean to guard1 as other kind offices done1 and his promises to make her an honest woman1 which he1 base and ungrateful1 has forgot1 and pays her affection with neglect4 ,the craning of her neck shews her remonstrances to be of the shrill kind1 in which she is aided by the howling of her boy4 ,the drummer1 who has a mixture of fun and wickedness in his face1 having heard as many reproaches as suit his present inclinations1 with a bite of his lip1 and a leering eye1 applies to the instrument of noise in his profession1 and endeavours to drown the united clamour2 in which he is luckily aided by the ear-piercing fife near him4 ,between the figures before described1 but more back in the picture1 appears the important but meagre phiz of a ,frenchman1 in close whisper with an ,independent4 ,the first ,i suppose a spy upon the motion of the army1 the other probably drawn into the croud1 in order to give intelligence to his brethren1 at their next meeting1 to commemorate their noble struggle in support of ,independency4 ,the ,frenchman exhibits a letter1 which he assures him contains positive intelligence1 that #ajjjj of his countrymen are landed in ,england1 in support of liberty and independency4 ,the joy with which his friend receives these glorious tidings1 causes him to forget the wounds upon his head1 which he has unluckily received by a too free and premature declaration of his principles4 ,there is a fine contrast in the smile of innocency in the child at the woman's back1 compared with the grim joy of a gentleman by it2 while the hard countenance of its mother gives a delicacy to the grenadier's girl4 ,directly behind the drummer's quondam spouse1 appears a soldier pissing against a shed2 and some distortions in his countenance indicate a malady too indelicate to describe2 this conjecture is aided by a bill of ,dr4 ,rock's for relief in like cases4 ,directly over him appears a wench at a wicket1 probably drawn there to have a view of the march2 but is diverted from her first intention by the appearance of another object directly under her eye1 which seems to ingross her whole attention4 ,behind the drummer under the sign of the ,adam and ,eve are a group of figures2 two of which are engaged in the fashionable art of bruising3 their equal dexterity is shewn1 by sewed-up peepers on one side1 and a pate well-sconced on the other4 ,and here the painter has shewn his impartiality to the merit of our noble youths1 7whose minds1 inflamed with love of glory1 appear1 not only encouragers of this truly laudable science1 but many of them are also great proficients in the art itself17 by introducing a youth of quality1 whose face is expressive of those boisterous passions necessary for forming a hero of this kind2 and who1 entering deep into the scene1 endeavours to inspire the combatants with a noble contempt of bruises and broken bones4 ,an old woman1 moved by a foolish compassion1 endeavours to force through the croud and part the fray1 in which design she is stopped by a fellow1 who prefers fun and mischief to humanity4 ,above their heads appears a little man#c of meagre frame1 but full of spirits1 who enjoys the combat1 and with fists clenched1 in imagination deals blow for blow with the heroes4 ,this figure is finely contrasted1 by a heavy sluggish fellow just behind4 ,the painter1 with a stroke of humour peculiar to himself1 has exhibited a figure shrinking under the load of a heavy box upon his back1 who1 preferring curiosity to ease1 is a spectator1 and waits in this uneasy state the issue of the combat4 ,upon a board next the sign1 where roots1 flowers1 c4 were said to be sold1 the painter has humorously altered the words1 and wrote thereon1 ,tottenham-,court ,nursery2 alluding to a bruising-booth in this place1 and the group of figures underneath4 ,passing through the turnpike1 appears a carriage laden with the implements of war1 as drums1 halberts1 tent-poles1 and hoop-petticoats4 ,upon the carriage are two old women-campaigners1 funking their pipes1 and holding a conversation1 as usual1 in fire and smoke4 ,these grotesque figures afford a fine contrast to a delicate woman upon the same carriage1 who is suckling a child4 ,this excellent figure evidently proves1 that the painter is as capable of succeeding in the graceful style as in the humorous4 ,a little boy laes at the feet of this figure2 and the painter1 to shew him of martial breed1 has placed a small trumpet in his mouth4 ,the serious group of the principal figures1 in the center1 is finely relieved by a scene of humour on the left4 ,here an officer has seized a milk-wench1 and is kissing her in a manner excessively lewd1 yet not unpleasing to the girl1 if her eye is a proper interpreter of her affections3 while the officer's ruffles suffer in this action1 the girl pays her price1 by an arch soldier1 who in her absence of attention to her pails1 is filling his hat with milk1 and1 by his waggish eye1 seems also to partake of the kissing scene4 ,a chimney-sweeper's boy with glee puts in a request to the soldier1 to supply him with a cap full1 when his own turn is served2 while another soldier points out the fun to a fellow selling pyes1 who1 with an inimitable face of simple joy1 neglects the care of his goods1 which the soldier dexterously removes with his other hand4 ,in the figure of the pye-man1 the pencil has exceeded description----here the sounding epithets of prodigious--excellent--wonderful--and all the other terms used by ,connoisseurs 7when speaking of the beauties of an old picture1 where the objects must have lain in eternal obscurity1 if not conjured out to the apprehension of the spectator1 by the magic of unintelligible description7 are too faint to point out its real merit4 ,the old soldier divested of one spatter-dash1 and near losing the other1 and knocked down by all-potent gin1 upon calling for t'other cogue1 his waggish comrade1 supporting him with one hand1 endeavours to pour water into his mouth with the other1 which the experienced old one rejects with disdain1 puts up his hand to his wife who bears the arms and gin-bottle1 and who1 well acquainted with his taste1 is filling a quartern4 ,and here the painter exhibits a sermon upon the excessive use of spirituous liquors1 and the destructive consequences attending it3 for the soldier is not only rendered incapable of his duty1 but 7what is shocking to behold7 a child begot and conceived in gin1 with a countenance emaciated1 extends its little arms with great earnestness1 and wishes for that liquor1 which it seems well acquainted with the taste of4 ,and here1 not to dwell wholly upon the beauties of this print1 ,i must mention an absurdity discovered by a professed connoisseur in painting--',can there1' says he1 'be a greater absurdity than the introducing a couple of chickens so near such a croud--and not only so--but see--their direction is to go to objects it is natural for 'em to shun--is this is knowledge of nature8--absurd to the last degree6'----,and here1 with an air of triumph1 ended our judicious critic4 ,but how great was his surprize1 when it was discovered to him1 that the said chickens were in pursuit of the hen1 which had made her escape into the pocket of a sailor4 ,next the sign-post is an honest tar throwing up his hat1 crying ',god bless ,king ,george4' ,before him is an image of drunken loyalty2 who1 with his shirt out of his breeches1 and bayonet in his hand1 vows destruction on the heads of the rebels4 ,a fine figure of a speaking old woman1 with a basket upon her head1 will upon view tell you what she sells4 ,a humane soldier perceiving a fellow hard-loaded with a barrel of gin upon his back1 and stopped by the croud1 with a gimblet bores a hole in the head of the cask1 and is kindly easing him of a part of his burthen4 ,near him1 is the figure of a fine gentleman in the army4 ,as ,i suppose the painter designed him without character1 ,i shall therefore only observe1 that he is a very pretty fellow1 and happily the contemplation of his own dear person guards him from the attempts of the wicked women on his right hand4 ,upon the right hand of this petit maitre is a licentious soldier rude with a girl1 who screams and wreaks her little vengeance upon his face1 whilst his comrade is removing off some linen which hangs in his way4 ,you will pardon the invention of a new term--,i shall include the whole ,king's ,head in the word ,cattery1 the principal figure of which is a noted fat ,covent ,garden lady1#d who1 with pious eyes cast up to heaven1 prays for the army's success1 and the safe return of many of her babes of grace4 ,an officer offers a letter to one of this lady's children1 who rejects it2 possibly not liking the cause her spark is engaged in1 or1 what is more probable1 his not having paid for her last favour4 ,above her1 a charitable girl is throwing a shilling to a cripple1 while another kindly administers a cordial to her companion1 as a sure relief against reflection4 ,the rest of the windows are full of the like cattle2 and upon the house-top appear three cats1 just emblems of the creatures below1 but more harmless in their amorous encounters4 ,there is likewise another explanation in ,the ,old ,woman's ,magazine1 vol4 ,i4 p4 #ahb4 ,to elucidate a circumstance1 however1 in this justly celebrated performance1 it is necessary to observe1 that near ,tottenham ,court ,nursery was the place where the famous ,broughton's amphitheatre for boxing was erected4 ,it has been since taken down1 having been rendered useless by the justices not permitting such kind of diversions4 ,this will account for the appearance of the ,bruisers at the left hand corner of the print4 ,one of ,hogarth's ideas in this performance also needs the assistance of colouring1 to render it intelligible4 ,the person to whom the ,frenchman is delivering a letter1 was meant for an old ,highlander in disguise1 as appears from the plaid seen through an opening in his grey coat2 a circumstance in the print that escaped me1 till after ,i had seen the picture1 and perused ,rouquet's explanation of this particular circumstance1 which ,i shall add in his own words1 with his reflections at the end of it4 ,a droite du principal group paroit une figure de ,franois1 qu'on a voulu representer comme un homme de quelque importance1 afin de lui donner plus de ridicule2 il parle un homme dont la nation est indique par l'etoffe de sa veste1 qui est celle dont s'habillent les habitans des montagnes d',ecosse3 le ,franois semble communiquer l',ecossois des lettres qu'il vient de reevoir1 qui ont rapport l'evenement qui donne lieu cette marche4 ,les ,anglois ne se rjouissent jamais bien sans qu'il en coute quelque chose aux ,franois2 leur theatre1 leur conversation1 leurs tableaux1 et sur tout ceux de notre peintre1 portent toujours cette glorieuse marque de l'amour de la patrie2 les romans mme sont orns de traits amusans sur cet ancien sujet2 l'excellent auteur de ,tom ,jones a voulu aussi lcher les siens4 ,mais le pretendu mpris pour les ,franois dont le peuple de ce pais-ci fait profession1 s'explique selon moi d'une faon fort quivoque4 ,le mpris suppose l'oubli2 mais un objet dont on mdit perpetullement est un objet dont on est perpetullement occup3 la satire constitue une attention qui me feroit soupconner qu'on fait aux ,franois l'honneur de les har un peu4 ,all the off tracts from the faces in the original picture of the ,march to ,finchley1 in red chalk on oiled paper1 are still preserved4 ,this representation may be said to contain three portraits1 all of which were acknowledged by the artist3 a noted ,french pye-man2 one of the young fifers then recently introduced into the army by the ,duke of ,cumberland2 and a chimney-sweeper with an aspect peculiarly roguish4 ,the two latter were hired by ,hogarth1 who gave each of them half a crown1 for his patience in sitting while his likeness was taken4 ,among the portraits in the ,march to ,finchley 7says a correspondent7 that of ,jacob ,henriques may also be discovered4 ,i wish it had been pointed out4 ,with this plate 7of which the very few proofs in aqua-fortis1 as well as the finished ones1 are highly valuable7 no unfair stratagems have been practised1 that a number of the various impressions1 taken off at different times1 might be mistaken for the earliest4 ,on copper nothing is more easy than to cover1 alter1 efface1 or re-engrave an inscription1 as often as temporary convenience may require a change in it4#e ,witness1 the several copies of ,the ,lottery1 three of which exhibit the names of three different publishers3 the fourth has none at all4 ,the possessors of this ,march to ,finchley need not vehemently lament their want of the original4 ,the spirit of it is most faithfully transfused on the copper4 ,as to the colouring1 it will hardly delight such eyes are are accustomed to the pictures of ,steen or ,teniers4 ,to me the painting of the ,march to ,finchley appears hard and heavy1 and has much the air of a coloured print4 ,i should not1 on this occasion1 omit to add1 that ,mr4 ,strange1 in his ,inquiry into the ,rise and ,establishment of the ,royal ,academy of ,arts in ,london1 observes1 that the donations in painting which several artists presented to ,the ,foundling ,hospital1 first led to the idea of those ,exhibitions which are at present so lucrative to our ,royal ,academy1 and so entertaining to the publick4 ,hogarth must certainly be considered as a chief among these benefactors4 #a ,general ,advertiser1 ,april #ad1 #agej4 ,mr ,hogarth is publishing1 by subscription1 a print representing the march to ,finchley in the year #agdf1 engraved on a copper-plate1 #bb inches by #ag4 ,the price #g s4 #f d4 ,subscriptions are taken in at ,the ,golden ,head in ,leicester-,fields1 till the #cjth of this instant1 and not longer1 to the end that the engraving may not be retarded4 ,note4 ,each print will be half a ,guinea after the ,subscription is over4 ,in the ,subscription-book1 are the particulars of a proposal whereby each subscriber of three shillings1 over and above the said seven shillings and sixpence for the print1 will1 in consideration thereof1 be entitled to a chance of having the original picture1 which shall be delivered to the winning subscriber as soon as the engraving is finished4 ,general ,advertiser1 ,may #a1 #agej4 ,yesterday ,mr4 ,hogarth's subscription was closed4 #ahdc chances being subscribed for1 ,mr4 ,hogarth gave the remaining #aeg chances to ,the ,foundling ,hospital4 ,at two o'clock the box was opened1 and the fortunate chance was ,n #aida1 which belongs to the said ,hospital2 and the same night ,mr4 ,hogarth delivered the picture to the ,governors4 #b ,,prusia1 in the earliest impressions4 ,i have been assured that only twenty-five were worked off with this literal imperfection1 as ,hogarth grew tired of adding the mark with a pen over one ,s1 to supply the want of the other4 ,he therefore ordered the inscription to be corrected before any greater number of impressions were taken4 ,though this circumstance was mentioned by ,mr4 ,thane1 to whose experience in such matters some attention is due1 it is difficult to suppose that ,hogarth was fatigued with correcting his own mistake in so small a number of the first ,impressions4 ,i may venture to add1 that ,i have seen1 at least1 five and twenty marked in the manner already described3 and it is scarce possible1 considering the multitudes of these plates dispersed in the world1 that ,i should have met with all that were so distinguished4 #c ,the real or nick name of this man1 who was by trade a cobler1 is said to have been ,jockey ,james4 #d ,this figure is repeated in the last print but one of ,industry4 and ,idleness1 and was designed for ,mother ,douglas of the ,piazza4 #e ,proofs were anciently a few impressions taken off in the course of an engraver's process4 ,he proved a plate in different states1 that he might ascertain how far his labours had been successful1 and when they were complete4 ,the excellence of such early impressions1 worked with care1 and under the artist's eye1 occasioning them to be greedily sought after1 and liberally paid for1 it has been customary among our modern printsellers to take off a number of them1 amounting1 perhaps1 to hundreds1 from every plate of considerable value2 and yet their want of rareness has by no means abated their price4 ,on retouching a plate1 it has been also usual1 among the same conscientious fraternity1 to cover the inscription1 which was immediately added after the first proofs were obtained1 with slips of paper1 that a number of secondary proofs might also be created4 ,this device is notorious1 and too often practised1 without discovery1 on the unskilful purchaser4 ,a new print1 in short1 is of the same use to a crafty dealer1 as a fresh girl to a politic bawd4 ,in both instances le fausse pucelage is disposed of many times over4 99 99 99 99 99 #agea4 #a4 ,beer-street2#a two of them1 with variations1 7the former price #a s4 the latter #a s4 #f d471 and ,gin ,lane4 ,the following verses under these two prints are by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,james ,townley1 ,master of ,merchant ,taylors ,school3 ,,beer-,,street4 ,beer1 happy product of our isle1 ,can sinewy strength impart1 ,and1 wearied with fatigue and toil1 ,can chear each manly heart4 ,labour and ,art1 upheld by thee1 ,successfully advance2 ,we quaff thy balmy juice with glee1 ,and water leave to ,france4 ,genius of ,health1 thy grateful taste ,rivals the cup of ,jove1 ,and warms each ,english generous breast ,with ,liberty and ,love4 ,,gin-,,lane4 ,gin1 cursed fiend6 with fury fraught1 ,makes human race a prey2 ,it enters by a deadly draught1 ,and steals our life away4 ,virtue and ,truth1 driven to despair1 ,its rage compels to fly1 ,but cherishes1 with hellish care1 ,theft1 ,murder1 ,perjury4 ,damn'd cup6 that on the vitals preys1 ,that liquid fire contains1 ,which madness to the heart conveys1 ,and rolls it thro' the veins4 ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 that the variation of the butcher lifting the ,frenchman in his hand1 was an after-thought2#b but he is mistaken4 ,this butcher is in reality a blacksmith2 and the violent hyperbole is found in the original drawing1 as well as in the earliest impressions of the plate4 ,the first copies of ,beer-street1 ,gin ,lane1 and ,the ,stages of ,cruelty1 were taken off on very thin paper2 but this being objected to1 they were afterwards printed on thicker4 ,the painter1 who in the former of these scenes is copying a bottle from one hanging by him as a pattern1 has been regarded as a stroke of satire on ,john ,stephen ,liotard1 who 7as ,mr4 ,walpole observes7 could render nothing but what he saw before his eyes4#c ,it is probable that ,hogarth received the first idea for these two prints from a pair of others by ,peter ,breugel 7commonly called ,breugel d'enfer1 or ,hellish ,breugel71 which exhibit a contrast of a similar kind4 ,the one is entitled ,la grasse1 the other ,la maigre ,cuisine4 ,in the first1 all the personages are well-fed and plump2 in the second1 they are starved and slender4 ,the latter of them also exhibits the figures of an emaciated mother and child1 sitting on a straw-mat upon the ground1 whom ,i never saw without thinking on the female1 c4 in ,gin ,lane4#d ,in ,hogarth1 the fat ,english blacksmith is insulting the gaunt ,frenchman2 and in ,breugel1 the plump cook is kicking the lean one out of doors4 ,our artist was not unacquainted with the works of this master1 as will appear by an observation on the ,lilliputians giving ,gulliver a clyster4 ,on the subject of these two plates1 and the four following ones1 was published a stupid pamphlet1 intituled1 ,a ,dissertation on ,mr4 ,hogarth's ,six ,prints lately published1 viz4 ,gin-,lane1 ,beer-street1 and ,the ,four ,stages of ,cruelty1 ,containing1 ,i4 ,a genuine narrative of the horrible deeds perpetrated by that fiery dragon1 ,gin2 the wretched and deplorable condition of its votaries and admirers2 the dreadful havock and devaluation it has made amongst the human species2 its pernicious effects on the soldiers1 sailors1 and mechanicks of this kingdom2 and its poisonous and pestilent qualities in destroying the health1 and corrupting the morals of the people4 ,,ii4 ,useful observations on wanton and inhuman cruelty1 severely satirizing the practice of the common people in sporting with the lives of animals4 ,being a proper key for the right apprehension of the author's meaning in those designs4 ,humbly inscribed to the ,right ,honourable ,francis ,cockayne1 ,esq2 ,lord ,mayor of the ,city of ,london1 and the worshipful ,court of ,aldermen1 who have so worthily distinguished themselves in the measures they have taken to suppress the excessive use of spirituous liquors4 ,london3 ,printed for ,b4 ,dickinson on ,ludgate-,hill4 #agea4 ,price one shilling2 and eleven pence three farthings too dear1 being compiled out of ,reynolds's ,god's ,revenge against ,murder1 c4 #a ,general ,advertiser1 ,february #ac1 #agej-ea4 ,on ,friday next will be published1 price one shilling each4 ,two large ,prints designed and etched by ,mr4 ,hogarth1 called ,beer-street and ,gin-lane4 ,a number will be printed in a better manner for the ,curious at #a s4 #f d4 each4 ,and on ,thursday following will be published1 ,four ,prints on the subject of ,cruelty4 ,price and size the same4 ,n4 ,b4 ,as the subjects of these ,prints are calculated to reform some reigning vices peculiar to the lower class of people1 in hopes to render them of more extensive use1 the author has published them in the cheapest manner possible4 ,to be had at the ,golden ,head in ,leicester ,fields1 where may be had all his other works4 #b ,i am sorry to perceive that this observation remains in the octavo edition of the ,anecdotes of ,painting1 vol4 ,,iv4 p4 #adg4 #c ,the opinion which ,hogarth entertained of the writings of ,dr4 ,hill may be discovered in his ,beer-,street1 where ,hill's critique upon the ,royal ,society is put into a basket directed to the ,trunk-,maker1 in ,st4 ,paul's ,church-,yard4 #d ,this emaciated figure1 who appears drunk and asleep at the corner of this print1 was painted from nature4 #b4 ,the ,stages of ,cruelty1 in four prints4 ,designed by ,wm4 ,hogarth1 price #d s4 ,of the two latter of these there are wooden plates#a on a large scale1 ,invd4 and published by ,wm4 ,hogarth1 ,jan4 #a1 #agej4 ,j4 ,bell sculp4 ,they were done by order of our artist1 who wished to diffuse the salutary example they contain1 as far as possible1 by putting them within the reach of the meanest purchaser2 but finding this mode of executing his design was expensive beyond expectation1 he proceeded no further in it1 and was content to engrave them in his own coarse1 but spirited manner4 ,impressions from the wooden blocks are to be had at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's house in ,leicester-fields4 ,this set of prints1 however1 is illustrated with the following verses3 ,,first ,,stage ,,of ,,cruelty4 ,while various scenes of sportive woe ,the infant race employ1 ,and tortur'd ,victims bleeding shew ,the tyrant in the boy2 ,behold6 a youth of gentler heart1 ,to spare the ,creature's pain1#b ,o take1 he cries--take all my tart1 ,but tears and tart are vain4 ,learn from this fair example--you1 ,whom savage sports delight1 ,how ,cruelty disgusts the view1 ,while pity charms the sight4 ,,second ,,stage ,,of ,,cruelty4 ,the generous steed1 in hoary age1 ,subdu'd by labour lies2 ,and mourns a cruel master's rage1 ,while ,nature strength denies4 ,the tender ,lamb1 o'erdrove and faint1 ,amidst expiring throes1 ,bleats forth it's innocent complaint1 ,and dies beneath the blows4 ,inhuman wretch6 say whence proceeds ,this coward ,cruelty8 ,what int'rest springs from barb'rous deeds ,what joy from misery8 ,,iii4 ,,cruelty ,,in ,,perfection4 ,to lawless ,love when once betray'd1 ,soon crime to crime succeeds2 ,at length beguil'd to ,theft1 the maid ,by her beguiler bleeds4 ,yet learn1 seducing man1 not night ,with all its sable cloud1 ,can skreen the guilty deed from sight3 ,foul ,murder cries aloud4 ,the gaping wounds1 the blood-stain'd steel1 ,now shock his trembling soul3 ,but oh6 what pangs his breast must feel1 ,when ,death his knell shall toll4 ,,iv4 ,,the ,,reward ,,of ,,cruelty4 ,behold1 the ,villain's dire disgrace ,not death itself can end3 ,he finds no peaceful burial-place2 ,his breathless corse1 no friend1 ,torn from the root1 that wicked ,tongue1 ,which daily swore and curst6 ,those eye-balls1 from their sockets wrung1 ,that glow'd with lawless lust4 ,his heart1 exposed to prying eyes1 ,to pity has no claim2 ,but1 dreadful6 from his bones shall rise ,his monument of shame4#c #a ,n4 ,b4 ,the first of these wooden cuts differs in many circumstances from the engraving4 ,in the former1 the right hand of the murderer is visible2 in the latter it is pinioned behind him4 ,comparison will detect several other variations in this plate and its fellow4 #b ,the thrusting an arrow up the fundament of a dog1 is not an idea of ,english growth4 ,no man ever beheld the same act of cruelty practised on any animal in ,london4 ,hogarth1 however1 met with this circumstance in ,callot's ,temptation of ,st4 ,antony1 and transplanted it1 without the least propriety1 into its present situation4 #c ,in the last of these plates1 how delicate and superior1 as ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 is ,hogarth's satire1 when he intimates1 in the ,college of ,physicians and ,surgeons that preside at a dissection1 how the legal habitude of viewing shocking scenes hardens the human mind1 and renders it unfeeling4 ,the president maintains the dignity of insensibility over an executed corpse1 and considers it but as the object of a lecture4 ,in the print of the ,sleeping ,judges1 this habitual indifference only excites our laughter4 ,to render his spectacle1 however1 more shocking1 our artist has perhaps deviated from nature1 against whose laws he so rarely offends4 ,he has impressed marks of agony on the face of the criminal under dissection2 whereas it is well known1 that1 the most violent death once past1 the tumult of the features subsides for ever4 ,but1 in ,hogarth's print1 the wretch who has been executed1 seems to feel the subsequent operation4 ,of this plate ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has the original drawing4 #c4 ,boys peeping at ,nature1 with ,variations4 ,receipt for ,moses brought to ,pharaoh's ,daughter1 and ,st4 ,paul before ,felix4 ,the burlesque ,paul1 c4 being the current receipt for these two prints1 ,i know not why our artist should have altered and vamped up his ,boys peeping at ,nature 7see p4 #ahh47 for the same purpose4 ,this plate was lately found at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's1 but no former impressions from it appear to have been circulated4 ,it might have been a first thought1 before the idea of its ludicrous successor occurred4 ,hogarth1 however1 with propriety1 effaced all the wit in his original design1 before he meant to offer it as a prologue to his uninteresting serious productions4 #d4 ,paul before ,felix1 designed and scratched in the true ,dutch taste1 by ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,this was the receipt for ,pharaoh's daughter1 and for the serious ,paul and ,felix2 and is a satire on ,dutch pictures4 ,it also contains1 in the character of a serjeant tearing his brief1 a portrait of ,hume ,campbell1 who was not over-delicate in the language he used at the bar to his adversaries and antagonists4 ,this1 however1 is said by others to be the portrait of ,william ,king1#a ,,ll4 ,d4 ,principal of ,st4 ,mary ,hall1 ,oxford4 ,in a variation of this print1 the ,devil is introduced sawing off a leg of the stool on which ,paul stands4 ,in the third impression1 as is noted in the collection sold last at ,christie's1 ,hogarth has again taken out the ,devil4 ,by these variations of ,devil and no ,devil1 he glances at ,collectors1 who give great prices for such rarities2 and perhaps he had in his eye the famous print of the ,shepherd's ,offering by ,poilly1 after ,guido1 which sells very dear1 without the ,angels4 ,this1 however1 is erroneous4 ,after the dmon was once admitted1 he was never discarded4 ,the plate in ,mrs4 ,hogarth's keeping confirms my assertion4 ,in the first proof of ,poilly's ,shepherd's ,offering1 the angels are lightly sketched in2 in the finished proof they are totally omitted2 but were afterwards inserted4 ,there are similar variations relative to the arms at the bottom of it4 ,of this burlesque ,paul1 c4 none were originally intended for sale2 but our artist gave them away to such of his acquaintance1 c4 as begged for them4 ,the number of these petitioners1 however1 increasing every day1 he resolved at last to part with no copies of it at a less price than five shillings4#b ,all the early proofs were stained by himself1 to give them that tint of age which is generally found on the works of ,rembrandt4 ,of this plate1 however1 there are two impressions4 ,the inscription under the first is ,paul before ,felix4 ,design'd and scratch'd in the true ,dutch taste by c4 ,under the second1 ,designed and etch'd in the ridiculous manner of ,rembrant1 c4 ,from the former of these ,hogarth took off a few reverses4 ,he must have been severely mortified when he found his ludicrous representation of ,paul before ,felix was more coveted and admired than his serious painting on the same subject4 #a ,of ,dr4 ,king1 who was a tall1 lean1 well-looking man1 there is a striking likeness in ,worlidge's ,view of the ,installation of ,lord ,westmoreland as chancellor of ,oxford in #agfa4 ,some particulars of his life and writings may be seen in the ,anecdotes of ,mr4 ,bowyer1 p4 #eid4 #b ,mr4 ,walpole has honoured a passage in the first edition of this hasty work1 with the following stricture3 7see ,anecdotes of ,painting1 vol4 ,,iv4 p4 #adi74 ,i have been blamed for censuring the indelicacies of ,flemish and ,dutch painters1 by comparing them with the purity of ,hogarth1 against whom are produced many instances of indelicacy1 and some repetitions of the same indelicacy4 ,i will not defend myself by pleading that these instances are thinly scattered through a great number of his works1 and that there is at least humour in most of the incidents quoted1 and that they insinuate some reflection1 which is never the case of the foreigners--but can ,i chuse but smile when one of the nastiest examples specified is from the burlesque of ,paul before ,felix1 professedly in ridicule of the gross images of the ,dutch8 ,in consequence of private remarks from ,mr4 ,w4 this questionable position1 as well as a few others1 had been obviated in my second impression of the trifling performance now offered to the public3 but as our author cannot chuse but smile1 when the occasion of his mirth was no longer meant to be in his way1 ,i would ask1 in defence of my former observation1 if moralists usually attempt to reform profligates by writing treatises of profligacy8 or1 if painters have a right to chastise indelicacy1 by exhibiting gross examples of it in their own performances8 ,to become indecent ourselves1 is an unwarrantable recipe for curing indecency in others4 ,the obscenities of ,juvenal have hitherto met with no very successful vindication3 ,few are the converts ,aretine has made4 ,according to our critic's mode of reasoning1 a homicide might urge that the crime of which he stands accused was committed only as a salutary example of the guilt of murder2 nay1 thus indeed every human offence might be allowed to bring with it its own apology4--,i forbear to proceed in this argument1 or might observe in behalf of our foreigners1 that their incidents insinuate some reflections as well as ,hogarth's4 ,the evacuations introduced in ,dutch pictures1 most certainly inculcate the necessity of temperance1 for those only who eat and drink too much at fairs1 or in ale-houses1 are liable to such public and unseemly accidents as ,heemskirk1 ,ostade1 and ,teniers1 have occasionally represented4 ,if we are to look for ,sermons in stones1 and good in everything1 this inference is as fair as many which ,mr4 ,w4 seems inclined to produce in honour of poor ,hogarth1 who1 like ,shakspeare1 often sought to entertain1 without keeping any moral purpose in view4 ,but was there either wit or morality in ,hogarth's own evacuation against the door of a church1 a circumstance recorded by ,mr4 ,forrest in his ,,ms4 tour1 though prudently suppressed in his printed copy of it8 ,perhaps1 following ,uncle ,toby's advice1 he had better have wiped the whole up1 and said nothing about the matter4 ,our worthy ,tour-writer1 however1 was by no means qualified to be the author of a ,sentimental ,journey4 ,he rather 7and purposely1 as we are told7 resembles ,ben ,jonson's communicative traveller1 who says to his companion1 ----,i went and paid a moccinigo ,for mending my silk stockings2 by the way ,i cheapen'd sprats1 and at ,st4 ,mark's ,i urin'd4 ,faith1 these are politic notes6 99 99 99 99 99 #ageb4 #a4 ,paul before ,felix1 from the original painting in ,lincoln's-,inn ,hall1 painted by ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,there is much less ,dignity in this1 than ,wit in the preceding4 ,under the inscription to the first impressions of this plate is ,published ,feb4 #e1 #ageb4 ,engraved by ,luke ,sullivan4 ,to the second state of it was added the quotation which1 in p4 #fd1 ,i have printed from ,dr4 ,joseph ,warton's ,essay on the ,genius of ,pope4 ,it was covered with paper in the third impression1 and entirely effaced in the fourth4 #b4 ,the same1 as first designed1 but the wife of ,felix was afterwards omitted1 because ,st4 ,paul's hand was very improperly placed before her4 ,i have seen a copy of it1 on which ,hogarth had written1 ,a print off the plate that was set aside as insufficient4 ,engraved by ,w4 ,h4 ,on the appearance of ,dr4 ,warton's criticism on this plate1 ,hogarth caused the whole of it to be engraved under both this and the next mentioned print1 without any comment4 #c4 ,moses brought to ,pharaoh's daughter1 from a picture at ,the ,foundling ,hospital4 ,engraved by ,w4 ,hogarth and ,luke ,sullivan4 ,in the early impressions from this plate 7exclusive of its necessary and usual inscription7 the words ,published ,february #e1 #ageb1 according to ,act of ,parliament1 and ,w4 ,hogarth pinxit1 are found4 ,in subsequent copies they are obliterated2 and we have only ,published as the ,act directs in their room4 ,these were left out1 however1 only to make room for the quotation from ,dr4 ,warton's book already mentioned4#a #a ,it should here be remarked1 that the heads of several of the figures in the original1 differ widely from those in the engraving4 ,the daughter of the ,egyptian ,monarch appears to more advantage in the print than on the canvas1 for there she resembles a wanton under-actress1 who1 half-undrest1 and waiting for her keeper1 employs the interval of time in settling accounts with a washerwoman1 who has her bastard at nurse1 and has just brought him home to convince her that young ,curl-pated ,hugh has no shoes to his feet4 ,the colouring of this piece is beneath criticism4 ,i have just been told the head of ,pharaoh's daughter was copied from one ,seaton1 a smock-faced youth of our artist's acquaintance3 a proper model1 no doubt1 for an ,eastern ,princess6 ,hogarth could not1 like ,guido1 draw a ,venus from a common porter4 99 99 99 99 99 #agec4 #a4 ,columbus breaking the egg4 ,the subscription-ticket to his ,analysis4 ,first payment #e s4 ,hogarth published this print as a sarcasm on those artists who had been inclined to laugh at his boasted line of beauty1 as a discovery which every one might have made4 #b4 ,analysis of ,beauty4 ,two plates4 ,mr4 ,walpole observes1 that ,hogarth's samples of grace in a young lord and lady are strikingly stiff and affected4 ,they are a ,bath beau and a county beauty4 ,the print is found in three different states4 ,in the original plate the principal figure represented the present king1 then prince1 but ,hogarth was desired to alter it4 ,the present figure was taken from the last duke of ,kingston2 yet1 though like him1 is stiff1 and far from graceful4#a ,in ,plate ,i4 ,fig4 #ai4 the fat personage drest in a ,roman habit1 and elevated on a pedestal1 was designed1 as ,hogarth himself acknowledged1 for a ridicule on ,quin in the character of ,coriolanus4 ,essex the dancing-master is also represented in the act of endeavouring to reduce the graceful attitude of ,antinous to modern stiffness4 ,fig4 #bj4 was likewise meant for the celebrated ,desnoyer1 dancing in a grand ballet4 ,dr4 ,beattie1 speaking of the modes of combination1 by which incongruous qualities may be presented to the eye1 or the fancy1 so as to provoke laughter1 observes ,a country dance of men and women1 like those exhibited by ,hogarth in his ,analysis of ,beauty1 could hardly fail to make a beholder merry1 whether he believed their union to be the effect of design or accident4 ,most of those persons have incongruities of their own in their shape1 dress1 or attitude1 and all of them are incongruous in respect of one another2 thus far the assemblage displays contrariety or want of relation3 and they are all united in the same dance2 and thus far they are mutually related4 ,and if we suppose the two elegant figures removed1 which might be done without lessening the ridicule1 we should not easily discern any contrast of dignity and meanness in the group that remains4 ,almost the same remarks might be made on ,the ,enraged ,musician1 another piece of the same great master1 of which a witty author quaintly says1 that it deafens one to look at it4 ,this extraordinary group forms a very comical mixture of incongruity and relation2 of incongruity1 owing to the dissimilar employment and appearances of the several persons1 and to the variety and dissonance of their respective noises2 and of relation1 owing to their being all united in the same place1 and for the same purpose of tormenting the poor fidler4 ,from the various sounds co-operating to this one end1 the piece becomes more laughable1 than if their meeting were conceived to be without any particular destination2 for the greater number of relations1 as well as of contrarieties1 that take place in any ludicrous assembly1 the more ludicrous it will generally appear4 ,yet1 though this group comprehends not any mixture of meanness and dignity1 it would1 ,i think1 be allowed to be laughable to a certain degree1 merely from the juxta-position of the objects1 even though it were supposed to be accidental4 ,essay on ,laughter and ,ludicrous ,composition1 #dto ,edit4 #fjh4 ,i have no new books1 alas6 to amuse myself or you2 so can only return yours of ,hogarth's with thanks4 ,it surprized me agreeably2 for ,i had conceived the performance to be a set of prints only1 whereas ,i found a book which ,i did not imagine ,hogarth capable of writing2 for in his pencil ,i always confided1 but never imagined his pen would have afforded me so much pleasure4 ,as to his not fixing the precise degree of obliquity1 which constitutes beauty1 ,i forgive him1 because ,i think the task too hard to be performed literally3 but yet he conveys an idea between his pencil and his pen1 which makes one conceive his meaning pretty well4 ,lady ,luxborough's ,letters1 p4 #chj4 ,i shall here transcribe as much from the ,analysis as is necessary to communicate our artist's design relative to the various figures that compose the country-dance in the second plate4 ,the reader who neither possesses the book1 nor wishes to accompany the author throughout his technical explanations1 may desire some intelligence concerning the present subject4 ,,chap4 ,,xiv4 ,,of ,,attitude4 --,as two or three lines at first are sufficient to shew the intention of an attitude1 ,i will take this opportunity of presenting my reader with the sketch of a country-dance1 in the manner ,i began to set out the design2 in order to shew how few lines are necessary to express the first thoughts as to different attitudes see fig4 #ga4 ,t4 p4 #b41 which describe1 in some measure1 the several figures and actions1 mostly of the ridiculous kind1 that are represented in the chief part of plate ,,ii4 ,the most amiable person may deform his general appearance by throwing his body and limbs into plain lines2 but such lines appear still in a more disagreeable light in people of a particular make2 ,i have therefore chose such figures as ,i thought would agree best with my first score of lines1 fig4 #ga4 ,the two parts of curves next to #ga1 served for the old woman and her partner at the farther end of the room4 ,the curve and two strait lines at right angles gave the hint for the fat man's sprawling posture4 ,i next resolved to keep a figure within the bounds of a circle1 which produced the upper part of the fat woman between the fat man and the aukward one in a bag-wig1 for whom ,i had made a sort of an ,x4 ,the prim lady1 his partner1 in the riding habit1 by pecking back her elbows1 as they call it1 from the waist upwards1 made a tolerable ,d1 with a straight line under it1 to signify the scanty stiffness of her petticoat2 and a ,z stood for the singular position the body makes with the legs and thighs of the affected fellow in the tye-wig2 the upper part of his plump partner was confined to an ,o1 and this1 changed into a ,p1 served as a hint for the straight lines behind4#b ,the uniform diamond of a card was filled by the flying dress1 c4 of the little capering fellow in the ,spencer wig2 whilst a double ,l marked the parallel position of his poking partner's hands and arms ,n4 ,b4 ,this figure was copied from that of an uncouth young female whom ,hogarth met with at ,isleworth assembly3 and1 lastly1 the two waving lines were drawn for the more genteel turns of the two figures at the hither end4 ,the drawing-room is also ornamented purposely with such statues and pictures as may serve to a farther illustration4 ,henry ,,viii4 ,fig4 #gb4 ,p4 #b makes a perfect ,x with his legs and arms2 and the position of ,charles ,fig4 #ea4 ,p4 #b4 is composed of less-varied lines than the statue of ,edward ,,vi4 ,fig4 #gc4 ,p4 #b42 and the medal over his head is in the like kind of lines2 but that over ,q4 ,elizabeth1 as well as her figure1 is in the contrary2 so are also the two other wooden figures at the end4 ,likewise the comical posture of astonishment expressed by following the direction of one plain curve1 as the dotted line in a ,french print of ,sancho1 where ,don ,quixote demolishes the puppet-show ,fig4 #ge4 ,r4 ,p4 #b1 is a good contrast to the effect of the serpentine lines in the fine turn of the ,samaritan woman ,fig4 #ge4 ,l4 p4 #b4 taken from one of the best pictures ,annibal ,carache ever painted4 ,respecting the plate numbered ,i4 there are no variations4 ,in its companion the changes repeatedly made as to the two principal figures are more numerous than ,i had at first observed4 ,it may1 however1 be sufficient for me to point out some single circumstance in each1 that may serve as a mark of distinction4 ,in the first1 the principal female has scarce any string to her necklace2 in the second it is lengthened2 and still more considerably increased in the third4 ,in the first and second editions also of this plate1 between the young lord and his partner 7and just under the figure of the man who is pointing out the stateliness of some of ,k4 ,henry ,v,i,i,ith's proportions to a lady71 is a vacant easy chair4 ,in the third impression this chair is occupied by a person asleep4 ,i have lately been assured that this country-dance was originally meant to have formed one of the scenes in the ,happy ,marriage4 ,the old gentleman hastening away his daughter1 while the servant is putting on his spatter-dashes1 seems to countenance the supposition2 and having since examined the original sketch in oil1 which is in ,mr4 ,ireland's possession1 ,i observe that the dancing-room is terminated by a large old-fashioned bow-window1 a circumstance perfectly consistent with the scenery of the wedding described in p4 #df1 c4 ,i may add1 that in this picture1 the couple designed for specimens of grace1 appear1 not where they stand in the print1 but at the upper end of the room3 and so little versed was our painter in the etiquette of a wedding-ball1 that he has represented the bride dancing with the bridegroom4#c ,when ,hogarth shewed the original painting1 from which this dance has been engraved1 to my informant1 he desired him to observe a pile of hats in the corner1 all so characteristic of their respective owners1 that they might with ease be picked out1 and given to the parties for whom they were designed4 #a ,anecdotes of ,painting1 #hvo4 vol4 ,,iv4 p4 #aff4 #b ,the idea of making human figures conform to the shape of capital letters1 is by no means new4 ,several alphabets of this kind were engraved above #aej years ago4 #c ,as different fashions1 however1 prevail at different times1 this observation may be wrong4 #c4 ,the ,political ,clyster4 ,nahtanoi ,tfiws4#a ,dr4 ,o',gearth sculp4 ,nll ,mrrg4 ,cht ,nf4 ndw ,lps ec ple c4 c4 shd b4 ,prgd4 ,see ,gulliver's ,speech to the ,honble4 ,house of ,vulgaria in ,lilliput4 ,this was originally published about #agbg1 or #agbh1 under the title of ,the punishment inflicted on ,lemuel ,gulliver1 by applying a ,lilypucian ,fire ,engine to his posteriors for his urinal profanation of the ,royal ,pallace at ,mildendo2 which was intended as a ,frontispiece to his first volume1 but omitted4 ,hog,earth sculp4 ,the superiority of the impressions thus inscribed is considerable4#b ,more than the general idea of this print is stolen from another by ,hellish ,breugel1 whom ,i have already mentioned in a remark on ,beer-street1 and ,gin-lane4 ,the ,dutchman has represented a number of pigmies delivering a huge giant from a load of fces4 ,his postern is thrust out1 like that of ,gulliver1 to favour their operations4 ,breugel has no less than three prints on this subject1 with considerable variations from each other4 ,when ,hogarth's topics were harmless1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1 all his touches were marked with pleasantry and fun4 ,he never laughed1 like ,rabelais1 at nonsense that he imposed for wit2 but1 like ,swift1 combined incidents that divert one from their unexpected encounter1 and illustrate the tale he means to tell4 ,such are the hens roosting on the upright waves in the scene of the ,strollers1 and the devils drinking porter on the altar4 ,the print now before us is1 however1 no very happy exemplification of our critick's remark4 #a ,originally mistaken by ,mr4 ,walpole for the name of a ,lilliputian painter1 but put right in his new edition4 #b ,the present unmeaning title of this plate1 was bestowed on it by its owner1 ,mr4 ,sayer4 99 99 99 99 99 #aged4 #a4 ,crowns1 mitres1 maces1 c4 ,a subscription-ticket for the ,election entertainment4 ,this print has been already described4 ,see p4 #ci4 ,the engraved forms of a receipt annexed to it do not always agree4 ,in one copy 7which ,i suppose to be the eldest7 it contains an acknowledgement for ,five ,shillings1 being the first payment for a print representing an ,election ,entertainment1 which ,i promise to deliver1 when finished1 on the receipt of five shillings and sixpence more4 ,the second is for one guinea1 being the first payment for four prints of an ,election1 which ,i promise1 c4 on the receipt of one guinea more4 ,the third for fifteen shillings1 being the first1 c4 for three prints1 c4 on the payment of sixteen shillings and sixpence more4 #b4 ,frontispiece to ,kirby's ,perspective4#a ,engraved by ,sullivan4 ,satire on false perspective4 ,motto1 ,whoever maketh a design without the knowledge of ,perspective1 will be liable to such absurdities as are shewn in this frontispiece4 ,the occasion of engraving the plate arose from the mistakes of ,sir ,e4 ,walpole1 who was learning to draw without being taught perspective4 ,to point out in a strong light the errors which would be likely to happen from the want of acquaintance with those principles1 this design was produced4 ,it was afterwards given to ,kirby1 who dedicated ,dr4 ,brook ,taylor's ,method of ,perspective to ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,the above anecdote is recorded on the authority of the gentleman already mentioned4 ,the plate1 after the first quantity of impressions had been taken from it1 was retouched1 but very little to its advantage4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has the original sketch4 #a ,this work is in quarto1 containing #agb pages1 and #ea plates1 in the whole2 with a frontispiece designed and drawn by ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ',tis a humourous piece1 shewing the absurdities a person may be liable to1 who attempts to draw without having some knowledge in perspective4 ,as the production of that great genius1 it is entertaining2 and1 though abounding with the grossest absurdities possible1 may pass and please2 otherwise ,i think it is a palpable insult offered to common sense1 and tacitly calling the artists a parcel of egregious blockheads4 ,there is not a finished piece in the book1 but the mason's yard and the landscapes2 so that ,i question if the whole of the plates were forty pounds expence4 ,it was first printed for himself at ,ipswich1 dedicated to ,mr4 ,hogarth1 and published in the year #aged4 ,malton1 ,appendix to ,treatise on ,perspective1 p4 #ajf4 99 99 99 99 99 #agee4 #a4 ,four prints of an ,election4#a ,these1 by ,hogarth1 came out at different times1 viz4 ,plate ,i4 ,feb4 #bd1 #agee 7inscribed to the ,right ,hon4 ,henry ,fox72 ,plate ,,ii4 ,feb4 #bj1 #ageg1 7to his ,excellency ,sir ,charles ,hanbury ,williams1 ,ambassador to the ,court of ,russia72 ,plate ,,iii4 ,feb4 #bj1 #ageh1 7to the ,hon4 ,sir ,edward ,walpole1 ,knight of the ,bath72 ,plate ,,iv4 ,jan4 #a1 #ageh1 7to the ,hon4 ,george ,hay1#b one of the ,lords ,commissioners of the ,admiralty74 ,the original pictures are now in the possession of ,mrs4 ,garrick1 at ,hampton4 ,the inscription on the banner1 ,give us our eleven days1 alludes to the alteration of the ,style in #ageb2 in which year1 from the #b;d to the #adth of ,september1 eleven days were not reckoned by act of parliament4 ,in the election-dinner1 ,mr4 ,hogarth assured the writer of this paragraph1 that there is but one at table intended for a real portrait and that is the ,irish gentleman the present ,sir ,john ,parnell1 nephew to the poet1 and remarkable for a very flat nose1 who is diverting the company by a face drawn with a burnt cork upon the back of his hand1 while he is supposed to be singing--,an old woman cloathed in grey4 ,this gentleman 7then an eminent attorney7 begged it as a favour2 declaring1 at the same time1 he was so generally known1 that the introduction of his face would be of service to our artist in the sale of his prints at ,dublin4 ,notwithstanding ,hogarth's assertion1 the handsome candidate is pronounced to be the late ,thomas ,potter1 esq4 and the effigy1 seen through the window1 with the words ,no ,jews about its neck1 to be meant for the late ,duke of ,newcastle4 ,of yet another real personage we receive notice1 from a pamphlet intituled ,the last ,blow1 or an unanswerable vindication of the ,society of ,exeter ,college1 in reply to the ,vice-chancellor ,dr4 ,king1 and the writers of ,the ,london ,evening ,post4 #dto4 #agee4 p4 #ba4--,the next character1 to whose merits we would do justice1 is the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,c--ff--t 7,cofferat74 ,but as it is very difficult to delineate this fellow in colours sufficiently strong and lively1 it is fortunate for us and the ,doctor1 that ,hogarth has undertaken that task4 ,in the print of an ,election ,entertainment1 the publick will see the ,doctor represented sitting among the freeholders1 and zealously eating and drinking for the sake of the ,new ,interest4 ,his venerable and humane aspect will at once bespeak the dignity and benevolence of his heart4 ,never did alderman at ,guildhall devour custard with half such an appearance of love to his country1 or swallow ale with so much the air of a patriot4 ,these circumstances the pencil of ,mr4 ,hogarth will undoubtedly make manifest2 but it is much to be lamented1 that his words also cannot appear in this print1 and that the artist cannot delineate that persuasive flow of eloquence which could prevail upon ,copyholders to abjure their base tenures1 and swear themselves ,freeholders4 ,but this oratory 7far different from the balderdash of ,tully and ,dr4 ,king1 concerning liberty and our country7 as the genius of mild ale alone could inspire1 this fellow alone could deliver4--,the very paper of tobacco1 inscribed ,kirton's ,best1 has its peculiar significance4 ,this man was a tobacconist by ,st4 ,dunstan's ,church in ,fleet-street1 and ruined his health and constitution1 as well as impaired his circumstances1 by being busy in the ,oxfordshire election of #aged4 ,plate ,,ii4 ,in the painted cloth depending from the sign-post1 the height of ,the ,treasury is contrasted with the squat solidity of ,the ,horse-,guards1 where the arch is so low1 that the state-coachman cannot pass through it with his head on2 and the turret on the top is so drawn as to resemble a beer-barrel4 ,ware the architect very gravely remarked1 on this occasion1 that the chief defect would have been sufficiently pointed out by making the coachman only stoop4 ,he was hurt by ,hogarth's stroke of satire4 ,money is likewise thrown from ,the ,treasury windows1 to be put into a waggon1 and carried into the country4 ,george ,alexander ,stevens1 in his celebrated ,lecture on ,heads1 exhibited the man with a pot of beer1 explaining1 with pieces of a tobacco-pipe1 how ,porto ,bello was taken with six ships only4 ,in ,plate ,,iii4 ,dr4 ,shebbeare1 with fetters on1 is prompting the idiot2 and in ,plate ,,iv4 the old ,duke of ,newcastle appears at a window4 ,a happy parody in the last of these plates may1 perhaps1 have escaped the notice of common observers4 ,le ,brun1 in his battle of the ,granicus1 has represented an eagle hovering above the laurel'd helmet of ,alexander4 ,hogarth has painted a goose flying over the periwig'd head of the successful candidate4 ,during the contested ,oxfordshire election in #aged1 an outrageous mob in the ,old ,interest had surrounded a post-chaise1 and was about to throw it into the river2 when ,captain ,t----1 within-side1 shot a chimney-sweeper who was most active in the assault4 ,the captain was tried and acquitted4 ,to this fact ,hogarth is supposed to allude in the ,monkey riding on the ,bear1 with a cockade in his hat1 and a carbine by his side1 which goes off and kills the little sweep1 who has clambered up on the wall4 ,the member chaired is said to bear more than an accidental resemblance to ,mr4 ,dodington1 afterwards ,lord ,melcombe4 ,in #agei appeared ,a ,poetical ,description of ,mr4 ,hogarth's ,election ,prints1#c in four ,cantos4 ,written under ,mr4 ,hogarth's sanction and inspection1 which ,i shall with the less scruple transcribe at large below1#d as it was originally introduced by the following remarkable advertisement1 dated ,cheapside1 ,march #a1 #agei4 ,for the satisfaction of the reader1 and in justice to the concealed author1 ,i take the liberty1 with the permission of ,mr4 ,hogarth1 to insert in this manner that gentleman's opinion of the following ,cantos1 which is1 ',that the thoughts entirely coincide with his own2 that there is a well-adapted vein of humour preserved through the whole2 and that1 though some of his works have been formerly explained by other hands1 yet none ever gave him so much satisfaction as the present performance4' ,,john ,,smith4 ,in the second state of the first of these plates few variations are discoverable4 ,the perspective in the oval over the stag's horns is improved4 ,a shadow on the wainscot1 proceeding from a supposed window on the left side1 is effaced2 the hand of the beldam kissing the young candidate1 is removed from under her apron1 and now dangles by her side3 a saltseller is likewise missing from the table4 ,in the first impression also1 the butcher who is pouring gin on the broken head of another man1 has ,for our ,country on his cockade2 in the second we find ,pro ,patria in its stead4 ,the lemons and oranges that once lay on a paper1 by the tub in which the boy is making punch1 are taken away2 because ,hogarth1 in all probability1 had been informed that vitriol1 or cream of tartar1 is commonly used1 instead of vegetable acids1 when a great quantity of such liquor is prepared at public houses on public occasions4 ,in the third impression a hat is added to those before on the ground1 and another on the bench4 ,the whole plate has also lost much of its former clearness4 ,the original inscription at one corner of it was--,painted1 and the whole engraved by ,wm4 ,hogarth4#e ,the two ,words in ,italicks were afterwards effaced4 ,i may here observe1 that this performance1 in its original state1 is by far the most finished and laborious of all ,hogarth's engravings4 ,having been two years on sale 7from #agee to #ageg7 it was considerably worn before the publication of ,plate the second2 and was afterwards touched and retouched till almost all the original and finer traces of the burin were either obliterated or covered by succeeding ones4 ,in short1 there is the same difference between the earliest and latest impressions1 as there was between the first and second state of ,sir ,john ,cutler's stockings1 which1 by frequent mending1 from silk degenerated into worsted4 ,i learn also1 on the best authority1 that our artist1 who was always fond of trying to do what no man had ventured to do before him1 resolved to finish this plate without taking a single proof from it as he proceeded in his operation4 ,the consequence of his temerity was1 that he almost spoiled his performance4 ,when he discovered his folly1 he raved1 stamped1 and swore he was ruined1 nor could be prevailed on to think otherwise1 till his passion subsided1 and a brother artist assisted him in his efforts to remedy the general defect occasioned by such an attempt to perform an impossibility4 ,in ,plate ,,ii4 we meet with a fresh proof of our artist's inattention to orthography2 ,party-tool 7used as a proper name7 being here spelt parti-tool4 ,this plate was engraved by ,c4 ,grignion1 and has been retouched1 as the upper-row of the lion's teeth are quite obliterated in the second impression4 ,plate ,,iii4 ,the militia 7or1 as ,hogarth spells it1 milicia7 bill appearing out of the pocket of the maimed voter1 is only found in the second impression4 ,this print was engraved by ,hogarth and ,le ,cave4#f ,the dead man1 whom they are bringing up as a voter1 alludes to an event of the same kind that happened during the contested election between ,bosworth and ,selwyn4 ,why1 says one of the clerks1 you have brought us here a dead man4--,dead6 cries the bringer2 dead as you suppose him1 you shall soon hear him vote for ,bosworth4 ,on this1 a thump was given to the body1 which1 being full of wind1 emitted a sound that was immediately affirmed to be a distinct1 audible1 and good vote for the candidate already mentioned4--,this circumstance1 however1 might have reference to the behaviour of the late ,dr4 ,barrowby1 who persuaded a dying patient he was so much better1 that he might venture with him in his chariot to go and poll for ,sir ,george ,vandeput in ,covent-,garden4 ,the unhappy voter took his physician's advice1 but expired in an hour after his return from the hustings4 ,if ,hogarth1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1 had an emblematic thought1 he expressed it with wit1 rather than by a symbol4 ,such is that of the whore setting fire to the world in ,the ,rake's ,progress4 ,once indeed he descended to use an allegoric personage1 and was not happy in it4 ,in one of his ,election prints plate ,,iii4 ,britannia's chariot breaks down1 while the coachman and footman are playing at cards on the box4 ,in the second impressions of ,plate ,,iv4#g 7which was engraved by ,w4 ,hogarth and ,f4 ,aviline7 the shadow on the sun-dial1 denoting the hour1 and the word indintur 7commonly spelt indenture7 on the scroll hanging out at the attorney's window1 are both added4 ,the fire from the gun is also continued farther2 the bars of the church-gate are darkened2 and the upper sprigs of a tree1 which were bare at first1 are covered with leaves4 ,by these marks1 the unskilful purchaser may distinguish the early from the later impressions4 ,i forbear therefore to dwell on more minute variations4 ,the ruined house adjoining to the attorney's1 intimating that nothing can thrive in the neighbourhood of such vermin1 is a stroke of satire that should not be overlooked4 ,the publick were so impatient for this set of prints1 that ,hogarth was perpetually hastening his coadjutors1 changing some1 and quarrelling with others4 ,three of the plates therefore were slightly executed1 and soon needed the reparations they have since received4 ,the following curious address appeared in the ,public ,advertiser of ,feb4 #bh1 #ageg4 ,mr4 ,hogarth is obliged to inform the subscribers to his ,election ,prints1 that the three last cannot be published till about ,christmas next1 which delay is entirely owing to the difficulties he has met with to procure able hands to engrave the plates2 but that he neither may have any more apologies to make on such an account1 nor trespass any further on the indulgence of the public by encreasing a collection already sufficiently large1 he intends to employ the rest of his time in portrait-painting2 chiefly this notice seems more necessary1 as several spurious and scandalous prints#h have lately been published in his name4 ,all ,mr4 ,hogarth's engraved works are to be had at his house in ,leicester-fields1 separate or together2 as also his ,analysis of ,beauty1 in #dto4 with two explanatory prints1 price #aes4 ,with which will be delivered gratis1 an eighteen-penny pamphlet published by ,a4 ,miller1 called ,the ,investigator1 written in opposition to the principles laid down in the above ,analysis of ,beauty1 by ,a4 ,r41#i a friend to ,mr4 ,hogarth1 an eminent portrait-painter now of ,rome4 ,the foregoing advertisement appears to have been written during the influence of a fit of spleen or disappointment1 for nothing else could have dictated to our artist so absurd a resolution as that of quitting a walk he had trod without a rival1 to re-enter another in which he had by no means distinguished himself from the herd of common painters4 #a ,i learn from ,the ,grub-street ,journal for ,june #ac1 #agcd1 that the same subject had been attempted by an earlier hand1 under the title of ,the ,humours of a ,country ,election4 ,the description of some of the compartments of this work 7which ,i have not seen7 bears particular resemblance to the scenes represented by ,hogarth4 ,the candidates very complaisant to a ,country ,clown1 c4--,the candidates making an entertainment for the electors and their wives4--,at the upper end of the table the ,parson of the ,parish1 c4 #b ,the intimate friend of ,hogarth1 at that time a ,commissioner of the ,admiralty2 afterwards ,sir ,george ,hay1 knight1 ,dean of the ,arches1 ,judge of the ,prerogative ,court1 and also of the ,high ,court of ,admiralty1 who died ,october #f1 #aggh1 aged #fc4 ,he was possessed of several of ,hogarth's paintings1 which are now the property of ,mr4 ,edwards1 and have been mentioned in p4 #ih4 ,our honourable ,judge has the following character in a work of great authority4 ,on the trial of her ,grace the ,duchess of ,kingston1 for bigamy1 before the ,house of ,lords1 in ,april #aggf1 the present ,lord ,chancellor ,thurlow 7then ,attorney-,general7 thus speaks of ,sir ,george as a judge3--,the most loose and unconsidered notion1 escaping in any manner from that able and excellent judge1 should be received with respect1 and certainly will2 if the question were my own1 with the choice of my court1 ,i should refer it to his decision4 ,state ,trials1 ,,xi4 #bba4 #c ,things unattempted yet in prose or rhime4 ,,milton4 #d ,,canto ,i4 ,the ,,humours of an ,,election ,,entertainment4 ,oh1 born our wonder to engage6 ,,hogarth1 thou mirror of the age6 ,permit a ,bard1 though screen'd his name1 ,to court the sanction of your fame2 ,pursue your genius1 taste1 and art1 ,and knowledge of the human heart3 ,just as your pencil1 could my pen ,but trace the various ways of men2 ,express the tokens of the mind1 ,the humours1 follies1 of mankind2 ,then might ,thyself this verse regard1 ,nor deem beneath the task the bard3 ,yet1 though unfit1 perhaps unknown1 ,i supplicate thy aid alone3 ,let others all the ,nine inspire1 ,do ,thou1 ,o ,hogarth1 tune my lyre6 ,let o'er my thoughts thy spirit shine1 ,and thy vast fancy waken mine3 ,i feel the genuine influence now6 ,it glows6--my great ,apollo ,thou6 ,the ,writs are issued3--to the ,town ,the future ,members hasten down2 ,the merry bells their welcome sound1 ,and mirth and jollity abound1 ,the gay retinue now comes in1 ,the crouds1 with emulative din1 ,proclaim th' arrival1 rend the sky1 ,and ,court and ,country's all the cry4 ,each joyous house1 of free access1 ,for patriot plebeians1 more or less1 ,is now reveal'd1 in printed bills2 ,so quacks contrive to vend their pills4 ,so ,bayes makes ,earth1 and ,sun1 and ,moon1 ,discourse melodiously in tune2 ,and1 full of wit and complaisance1 ,cry1 ,first of all we'll have a dance6 ,so at ,elections 'tis discreet ,still first of all to have a treat2 ,the pulse of every man to try1 ,and learn what votes they needs must buy2 ,no freeman well can tell his side1 ,unless his belly's satisfied4 ,behold the festive tables set1 ,the ,candidates1 the ,voters met6 ,and lo1 against the wainscot plac'd1 ,th' escutcheon1 with three guineas grac'd1 ,the motto and the crest explain1 ,which way the gilded bait to gain4 ,there ,william's mangled portrait tells ,what rage in party bosoms dwells2 ,and here the banner speaks the cry ,for ,liberty and ,loyalty4 ,while scratches dignify his face1 ,the tipsy ,barber tells his case2 ,how well he for his ,honour fought6 ,how many devilish knocks he got6 ,while1 forc'd to carry on the joke1 ,the ',squire's just blinded with the smoke2 ,and gives his hand 7for all are free7 ,to one that's cunninger than he3 ,with smart cockade1 and waggish laugh1 ,he thinks himself more wise by half4 ,see ,crispin1 and his blouzy ,kate1 ,attack the other ,candidate6 ,what joy he feels her head to lug6 ,well done1 my ,katy6 coaxing pug6 ,but who is this pray8--,abel ,squatt-- ,what has the honest ,quaker got8 ,why1 presents for each voter's lady1 ,to make their interest sure and steady3 ,for right and well their ,honours know ,what things the ,petticoat can do4 ,discordant sounds now grate the ear1 ,for music's hir'd to raise the cheer2 ,and fiddling ,nan brisk scrapes her strings1 ,while ,thrumbo's bass loud echoing rings1 ,and ,sawney's bagpipes squeaking trill ,god save the ,king1 or what you will4 ,music can charm the savage breast1 ,and lull the fiercest rage to rest2 ,but ,sawney's face bespeaks it plain1 ,that vermin don't regard the strain2 ,a creature1 well to ,scotchmen known1 ,now nips him by the collar-bone3 ,ah1 luckless louse6 in ambush lie1 ,or1 by ,st4 ,andrew1 you must die6 ,ye vers'd in men and manners6 tell ,why ,parsons always eat so well6 ,catch they the spirit from the ,gown1 ,to cram so many plate-fulls down8 ,the feast is o'er with all the rest1 ,but ,mayor and ,parson still contest3 ,i'll hold a thousand6--,lay the bett-- ,the odds are on the ,parson yet3 ,huzza6 the ,black-gown wins the day6-- ,the ,mayor with oysters dies away6--,a ,but softly1 don't exult so fast1 ,his spirit's noble to the last2 ,his mouth still waters at the dish2 ,his hand still holds his favourite fish3 ,bleed him the ,barber-surgeon wou'd2 ,he breathes a vein1 but where's the blood8 ,no more it flows its wonted pace1 ,and chilly dews spread o'er his face3 ,the ,parson sweats2 but be it told1 ,the sweat is more from heat than cold3 ,bring me the chafing-dish6 he cries2 ',tis brought2 the savoury fumes arise3 ,my last tit-bit's delicious so2 ,can oysters vie with venison8--,no4 ,behold1 through sympathy of face1 7,in life a very common case7 ,his ,lordship gives the fidler wine6 ,come1 brother ,chinny6 yours and mine3 ,and o'er a pretty girl confest1 ,the ,alderman1 see6 toasts the best4 ,ye hearty cocks6 who feel the gout1 ,yet briskly push the glass about1 ,observe1 with crutch behind his chair1 ,your honest brother ,chalkstone there6 ,his phiz declares he seems to strain2 ,perhaps the gravel gives him pain3 ,but be it either that or this1 ,one thing is certain--he's at 99 99 99 991 ,a wag1 the merriest in the town1 ,whose face was never meant to frown1 ,see1 at his straining makes a scoff6 ,and1 singing1 takes his features off2 ,while clowns1 with joy and wonder1 stare1 ,gad-zookers6 ,roger1 look ye there6 ,the busy ,clerk the ,taylor plies1 ,vote for his ,honour1 and be wise3 ,these yellow-boys are all your own6 ,but he1 with puritanic tone1 ,cries1 ,satan6 take thy bribes from me2 ,why this were downright perjury6 ,his wife1 with all-sufficient tongue1 ,for rage and scandal glibly hung1 ,replies1 ,thou blockhead6 gold refuse1 ,when here's your child in want of shoes6 ,but hark6 what uproar strikes the ear6 ,th' opposing mob1 incens'd1 draw near3 ,their waving tatter'd ensigns see6 ,here ,liberty and ,property3 ,a label'd ,jew up-lifted high2 ,there ,marry all1 and multiply4 ,these1 these1 are patrotic scenes6 ,but not a man knows what he means4 ,the jordan drives their zeal to cool1 ,with added weight of three-legg'd stool2 ,but all in vain2 and who can't eat1 ,now sally out the foe to beat2 ,for glory be the battle try'd2 ,huzza6 my boys1 the yellow side4 ,observe the loyal work begin1 ,and stones and brick-bats enter in6 ,that knocks a rustic veteran down2 ,this cracks the ,secretary's crown2 ,his minute-book1 of special note1 ,for every sure1 and doubtful vote1 ,now tumbles2 ink the table dyes1 ,and backward poor ,pill-,garlick lies4 ,the ,butcher1 one who ne'er knew dread1 ,a ,surgeon turns for t'other's head2 ,his own already broke and bound1 ,yet with pro patria decked around4 ,behold what wonders gin can do1 ,external and internal too6 ,he thinks a plaster but a jest2 ,all cure with what they like the best3 ,pour'd on1 it sooths the patient's pain2 ,pour'd in1 it makes him fight again4 ,his toes perchance pop out his shoe1 ,yet he's a patriot through and through2 ,his lungs can for his party roar1 ,as loud as twenty men1 or more4 ,ye courtiers6 give your ,broughton praise2 ,the hero of your eleven days1 ',tis his to trim th'opposers round1 ,and bring their standard to the ground4 ,the waiting-boy1 astonish'd1 eyes ,what gin the new-turn'd quack applies2 ,and fills a tub1 that glorious punch ,may make amends for blow and hunch4 ,but stop1 my lad1 put in no more1 ,for t'other side are near the door2 ,nor will their conscience deem it sin1 ,to guzzle all1 if once they're in4 ,reader1 perhaps thy peaceful mind ,is not to noise or blood inclin'd2 ,then1 lest some hurt should happen quick1 ,for see a sword6 and many a stick6 ,we'll leave this inn1 with all my heart1 ,and hasten to the second part4 ,,canto ,,ii4 ,,canvassing for ,,votes4 ,free'd from the madness of the throng1 ,now1 gentle ,reader1 come along2 ,a broken head's no clever joke-- ,sir1 welcome to ,the ,royal ,oak2 ,together let us look about---- ,we'll find that ,show-cloth's meaning out4 ,satire6 'tis thine1 with keenest dart1 ,to shoot the follies of the heart2 ,and1 issuing from the press or stage1 ,reclaim the vain1 the culprit age6 ,from ,rich's dome1 of grand renown1 ,to thatch-torn barn1 in country town2 ,from ,garrick1 monarch of his art1 ,to ,punch1 so comical and smart2 ,satire delights1 in every sphere1 ,to make men laugh at what they are3 ,walk in1 the only show in town2 ,punch candidate for ,guzzle-down6 ,there see the pile1 in modern taste1 ,on top with tub-like turret grac'd6 ,where the cramp'd entrance1 like some shed1 ,knocks off the royal driver's head2 ,lives there a ,wit but what will cry1 ,an arch so low is mighty high6 ,see from the ,treasury flows the gold1 ,to shew that those who're bought are sold6 ,come1 ,perjury1 meet it on the road1 ',tis all your own2 a waggon-load4 ,ye party-tools1 ye courtier-tribe1 ,who gain no vote without a bribe1 ,lavishly kind1 yet insincere1 ,behold in ,punch yourselves appear6 ,and you1 ye fools1 who poll for pay1 ,ye little great men of a day2 ,for whom your favourite will not care1 ,observe how much bewitch'd you are6 ,yet hush6--for see his ,honour near2-- ,truly1 a pretty amorous leer3 ,the ladies both look pleasant too2 ,purchase some trinkets of the ,jew4 ,one points to what she'd have him buy2 ,the other casts a longing eye2 ,and ,shylock1 money-loving soul1 ,impatient waits to touch the cole3 ,but here's a ,porter2 what's the news8-- ,ha1 ha1 a load of billet-doux6 ,humbly to sue th' ,electors' favour1 ,with vows of ,cato-like behaviour2 ,and how the ,borough he'll espouse1 ,when once a ,member of the ,house3 ,though wiser folks will lay a bet1 ,his promises he'll then forget4 ,but pray your ,honour condescend ,an eye on kneeling ,will to lend2 ,grant to the fair the toys they chuse1 ,and what the letter says1 peruse3 ,to ,timothy ,parti-tool1 ,esquire4-- ,your title may in time be higher4 ,ha1 who stands here8--',tis ,farmer ,rye1 ,a man of cunning1 by the bye2 ,in times like this a mighty stirrer1-- ,of some small interest in the ,borough4 ,which side8 you ask--the question's well1 ,but more1 as yet1 than he can tell4 ,the hosts of either party try2 ,to both he casts a knowing eye4 ,sir1 ,i'm commission'd by the ',squire-- ,your company they all desire3 ,my house contains near half the town-- ',tis just at hand1 ,sir2--'tis ,the ,crown4 ,then t'other cries1 ,sure ,i first spoke-- ,this inn is mine6--,the ,royal ,oak-- ,sir1 here's his ,honour's invitation2 ,the greatest ,patriot in the nation4 ,which party shall the voter take1 ,since both the same pretentions make8 ,the same8--sure not--for see each hand6 ,aye1 now he seems to understand3 ,the ,crown ,host fees him o'er his arm2 ,but t'other tips the stronger charm4 ,one1 two1 three1 four--the jobb is done-- ,troth1 cunning ,fatty1 you have won2 ,success in that sly glance is shown2 ,the honest ,farmer's all your own3 ,but don't exult2 for1 being loth ,to disoblige1 he takes from both4 ,oh1 ,britain6 favourite ,isle of ,heaven1 ,when to thy ,sons shall ,peace be given8 ,the treachery of the ,gallic shore ,makes even thy wooden lions roar4 ,that royal beast1 who many a league ,at sea hath sail'd with vengeance big6 ,and oft has scar'd the hostile coast1 ,tho' fix'd in ,inn-,yard1 like a post1 ,still keeps his furious power in use2 ,devouring of the ,flower-de-luce4 ,how certain those expanded paws6 ,how dreadful those extended jaws6 ,behind him sits the ,hostess fair1 ,counting her cash with earned care2 ,while at the door the ,grenadier ,inspects her with a cunning leer2 ,as who should say1 ,when we're alone1 ,some part of that will be my own6 ,but who are those two in the ,bar8 ,guttlers ,i fancy--that they are2 ,the fowl to ,him's a noble feast2 ,he sure makes mouths1 to mock the beast2 ,and t'other hopes to find relief1 ,by eating half the round of beef4 ,from ,george1 who wears the ,british crown1 ,to the remotest country clown1 ,the love of politics extends1 ,and oft makes foes of nearest friends4 ,the ,cobler and the ,barber there1 ,that born to frown1 and this to stare1 ,both positive1 you need not doubt1 ,will argue till they both fall out4 ,well1 says the ,tonsor1 now we'll try1 ,who's in the right1 yourself or ,i3 ,one moment let your tongue be still1 ,or else be judg'd by ,johnny ,hill3 ,vernon he thought a glorious fellow1 ,which made him put up ,porto ,bello4 ,i'll teach you reason1 if ,i can-- ,i should though shave the ,gentleman2 ,but never mind it1 let him wait2-- ,these bits of pipe the case shall state-- ,drink1 cries the ,cobler1 ,i'm adry2 ,pshaw1 damn your nonsense1 what care ,i8 ,i told you first1 and all along1 ,i'll lay this cole you're in the wrong2 ,i hope his worship will excuse1 ,i should1 though1 carry home his shoes4 ,well1 well1 the ,barber makes reply1 ,election-time puts business by3 ,only six ships our ,admiral had2 ,a very slender force1 egad2 ,what then8 our dumplings gave them sport3-- ,here stood one castle2 there the fort4-- ',sblood1 cries the ,cobler1 go to school1 ,you half-learn'd1 half-starv'd1 silly fool6 ,i tell you1 ,barber1 'tis not true2 ,sure ,i can see as much as you4 ,but hark1 what noise our ears assails6 ,a distant1 loud huzza1 prevails2 ,ha1 ha1 they're at their wonted sport2 ,that was a gun1 by the report3 ,behold the rabble at ,the ,crown6 ,damn1 damn1 th' ,excise2 we'll have it down4 ,and all the while1 poor simple elves1 ,they little think 'twill crush themselves4 ,danger again may wait our stay1 ,so1 courteous ,reader1 come away4 ,,canto ,,iii4 ,,polling at the ,,hustings4 ,swift1 reverend wag1 ,ierne's pride1 ,who lov'd the comic rein to guide1 ,has told us1 ,gaolers1 when they please1 ,let out their flock1 to rob for fees4 ,from this sage hint1 in needful cases1 ,the wights1 who govern other places1 ,let out their crew1 for private ends1 ,ergo1 to serve themselves and friends4 ,behold1 here gloriously inclin'd1 ,the ,sick1 and ,lame1 the ,halt1 and ,blind6 ,from ,workhouse1 ,gaol1 and ,hospital1 ,submiss they come1 true ,patriots all6 ,but let's get nearer1 while we stay1-- ,good ,master ,constable1 make way6 ,hoi6 keep the passage clear and fair2-- ,i'll break your shins6--stand backward there2 ,what6 won't you let the ,pollers come3-- ,reader1 they think us so--but mum4 ,now praise and prejudice expand1 ,in printed bills1 from hand to hand2 ,one tells1 the ',squire's a man of worth2 ,generous and noble from his birth3 ,another plainly makes appear1 ,some circumstance1 in such a year4 ,the voice of ,scandal's sure to wait1 ,or true1 or false1 each ,candidate4 ,observe the waving flags applied1 ,to let ,free-holders know their side6 ,hark1 at each vote exult the crew6 ,yellow6 ,huzza6--,huzza6 the ,blue6 ,whoe'er has walk'd through ,chelsea town1 ,which ,buns and ,charity renown1 ,has many a ,college ,veteran seen1 ,with scar-seam'd face1 and batter'd mien1 ,but here's a theme for future story6 ,survey that ,son of ,mars before ye6 ,was ever ,pensioner like him8-- ,what1 almost robb'd of every limb6 ,only one arm1 one leg1 one thigh2 ,gods6 was that man design'd to die8 ,inspect his ancient1 war-like face6 ,see1 with what surly1 manly grace1 ,he gives the ,clerk to understand ,his meaning1 with his wooden hand6 ,perhaps in ,anna's glorious days1 ,his courage gain'd immortal praise3 ,britons1 a people brave and rough1 ,that time lov'd fighting well enough2 ,and1 glad their native land to aid1 ,leg-making was a thriving trade2 ,but now we from ourselves depart1 ,and war's conducted with new art2 ,our ,admirals1 ,generals1 learn to run1 ,and ,leg-makers are all undone4 ,still he's an open1 hearty blade1 ,pleas'd with his sword1 and gay cockade3 ,unbrib'd he votes2 and 'tis his pride2 ,he always chose the honest side4 ,you think he seems of man but half1 ,but1 witty ,clerk1 suppress your laugh2 ,his heart is in its usual place1 ,and that same hook may claw your face4 ,how learnedly that ,lawyer pleads6 ,a vote like this1 ,sir1 ne'er succeeds2 ,the naked hand should touch the book2 ,observe h'as only got a hook4 ,sir1 cries the other1 that's his hand2 7,quibbles1 like you1 ,i understand7 ,and be it either flesh or wood1 ,by ,heavens6 his vote is very good4 ,wise ,counsellor6 you reason right1 ,you'll gain undoubted credit by't2 ,but please to turn your head about1 ,and find that ,idiot's meaning out2 ,dismiss the ,whisperer from his chair1 ',tis quite illegal1 quite unfair2 ,though shackles on his legs are hung1 ,those shackles can't confine his tongue2 ,methinks ,i hear him tell the ,nisey1 ,be sure to vote as ,i advise ye2 ,my writings shew ,i'm always right2 ,the nation sinks2 we're ruin'd quite ,america's entirely lost2 ,the ,french invade our native coast2 ,our ,ministers won't keep us free2--- ,you know all this as well as me4 ,all men of parts are out of place2 ',tis mine1 'tis many a wise man's case2 ,and though so ,cato-like ,i write1 ,i ne'er shall get a farthing by't4 ,good ,clerk1 dispatch them quick1 ,i pray3 ,how easy fools are led astray6 ,he thinks th' insinuation's true1 ,as all the race of ,idiots do4 ,but who comes here8 ,ha1 one just dead1 ,ravish'd from out th' infirmary's bed2 ,through racking follies sad and sick1 ,yet to the cause he'll ever stick2 ,tie the groat favour on his cap1 ,and die ,true ,blue1 whate'er may hap4 ,oh1 ,vice6 through life extends thy reign3 ,when ,custom fixes thy domain1 ,not ,wesley's cant1 nor ,whitfield's art1 ,can chace thee from th' envelop'd heart6 ,behold that wretch6 whom ,venus knows ,has in her revels lost his nose2 ,still with that season'd ,nurse he toys2 ,as erst indulges sensual joys2 ,can drink1 and crack a bawdy joke1 ,and still can quid1 as well as smoke4 ,but1 ,nurse1 don't smile so in his face2 ,sure this is not a proper place2 ,take from your duggs his hand away1 ,and mind your sick-charge better1 pray2 ,consider1 if his faithful side ,should hear that in their cause he died1 ,they'd be so much enrag'd1 ,i vow1 ,they'd punish you6--the ,lord knows how4 ,beside1 you take up too much room1 ,that boy-led ,blind-man wants to come2 ,and 'scap'd from wars1 and foreign clutches1 ,an ,invalid's behind on crutches4 ,the man whose fortune suits his wish1 ,a glutton at each favourite dish2 ,who1 when o'er venison1 ne'er will spare it1 ,and washes down some rounds with claret2 ,that man will have a portly belly1 ,and be of consequence1 they tell ye2 ,grandeur shall 'tend his air and gait1 ,and make him like--that ,candidate3 ,observe him on the hustings sit6 ,fatigu'd1 he sweats1 or seems to sweat2 ,scratching his pate1 with shook-back wig1 ,and puffs1 and blows1 extremely big3 ,perhaps that paper hints about ,votes1 whose legality's a doubt2 ,and will by scrutiny be try'd1 ,unless they're on the proper side4 ,stiff as if ,rackstraw1,b fam'd for skill1 ,for genius1 taste1 or what you will1 ,with temper'd plaister1 stood in haste1 ,from his set face to form the cast2 ,resting on oak-stick stedfastly1 ,the other would-be ,member see6 ,struck with his look1 so fix'd and stout1 ,that ,wag resolves to sketch it out2 ,laughing1 they view the pencil'd phiz4-- ',tis very like him--that it is4 ,hark to yon hawker with her songs6 ,the ,gallows shall redress our wrongs6 ,i warrant1 wrote in humourous style2 ,the hearers laugh2 the readers smile4 ,and lo1 although so thick the rout1 ,they've room to push the glass about6 ,variety her province keeps2 ,one ,beadle watches2 t'other sleeps4 ,but see that chariot6 who rides there8 ,britannia1 ,sir1 a lady fair3 ,to her celestial charms are given2 ,ador'd on earth1 beloved in heaven2 ,her frown makes nations dread a fall2 ,her smile gives joy and life to all4 ,too generous1 merciful1 and kind2 ,her ,servants won't their duty mind2 ,neither their ,mistress' call regards2 ,their study's how to cheat at cards2 ,the reins of power1 oh1 indiscreet6 ,they trample1 careless1 under feet2 ,th' unguided coursers neigh and spurn1 ,and ah1 the car must overturn6 ,just gods1 forbid6--there's comfort yet6 ,for1 lo1 how near that saving ,,pitt6 ,sure ,heaven design'd her that resource1 ,to stop her venal servants course2 ,her peace and safety to restore1 ,and keep from dangers evermore4 ,ha6 see1 yon distant cavalcade6 ,exulting crowds1 and flags display'd6 ,let's to the bridge our foot-steps bend-- ,so cheek by jole1 along1 my friend4 ,,canto ,,iv4 ,,chairing the ,,members4 ,huzza6 the ,country6 not the ,court6--4 ,your ,honour can't have better sport2 ,in old arm-chair aloft you soar-- ,no ,candidate can wish for more4 ,th' election's got1 the day's your own1 ,and be to all their member known6 ,ye ,moths of an exalted size6 ,ye sage ,historians1 learn'd and wise6 ,who pore on leaves of old tradition2 ,vers'd in each prtor exhibition2 ,tell me if1 'midst the spoils of age1 ,and relicks of the moulder'd page1 ,you e'er found why this aukward state ,must 'tend the man who'd fain be great6 ,when ,alexander1 ,glory's son1 ,enter'd in triumph ,babylon1 ,hear ancient annals make confession1 ,how aggrandiz'd was his procession6 ,but this is ,skymington1 ,i trow6---- ,yet ,time proclaims ,we must,c do so4 ,it sure was meant to make folks stare1 ,like cloths hung out at country fair3 ,where painted monsters rage and grin1 ,to draw the gaping bumpkins in4,d ,minerva's sacred bird's an owl2 ,our candidate's1 behold1 a fowl6 ,from which we readily suppose 7,as now his generous ,honour's chose7 ,his voice he'll in the ,senate use2 ,and cackle1 cackle1 like--a goose4 ,but1 hark ye6 you who bear this load ,of patriot worth along the road1 ,methinks you make his ,honour lean2 ,be careful1 ,sirs6--,zounds6 what d' ye mean8 ,off flies his hat1 back leans his chair1 ,and dread of falling makes him stare4 ,his ,lady1 fond to see him ride1 ,with ,nurse and ,black-moor at her side1 ,in church-yard stands to view the sight1 ,and at his danger's in a fright4 ,alack1 alack1 she faints away6 ,the hartshorn1 ,ora--quick1 ,i say6 ,see1 at yon house th' opposing party ,enjoy the joke1 with laughter hearty6 ,well done1 my boys--now let him fall2 ,here's gin and porter for you all6 ,but let's find whence this came about3 ,ha1 lo1 that ,thresher bold and stout6 ,how1 like a hero1 void of dread1 ,he aims to crack that sailor's head6 ,while1 with the purchase of the stroke1 ,behind1 the bearer's pate is broke3 ,the sailor too resolves to drub1 ,wrathful he sways the ponderous club2 ,who to stir up his rage shall dare8 ,he'll fight for ever--for his ,bear4 ,sir ,hudibras agreed1 ,bear-baiting ,was carnal1 and of man's creating2 ,but1 had he like that ,thresher done1 ,i'll hold a wager1 ten to one1 ,his knighthood had not kept him safe2 ,that ,tar had trimm'd both him and ,ralph4 ,in fighting ,george's glorious battles1 ,to save our liberties and chattels2 ,commanded by some former ,howe1 ,ordain'd to make proud ,gallia bow1 ,a cannon-ball took off his leg3 ,what then8 he scorns1 like some1 to beg2 ,that muzzled beast is taught to dance1 ,that ,ape to ape the beaux of ,france2 ,the countryfolks admire the sport1 ,and small collections pay him for't4 ,sailors and ,soldiers ne'er agree2-- ,there's difference twixt the ,land and ,sea2 ,he1 willing not a jest shall 'scape1 ,in uniform riggs out his ,ape3-- ,from which we reasonably infer ,an ,ape may be an ,officer4 ,but1 hey-day6 more disasters still8 ,turn quick thy head1 bold sailor ,will4 ,in vain that fellow1 on his ,ass1 ,attempts to ,hogs at home to pass1 ,the hungry ,bear1 who thinks no crime ,to feast on guts at any time1 ,arrests the garbage in the tub1 ,and with his snout begins to grub4 ,pray is it friendly1 honest brother1 ,that one ,ass thus should ride another8 ,the beast seems wearied with his toil1 ,and1 like the bear1 would munch a while4 ,the good wife thought that every pig ,should in the wash1 then coming1 swig2 ,and went industriously to find ,her family of the hoggish kind2 ,but1 oh1 unhappy fate to tell6 ,behind the ,thresher down she fell3 ,indeed the wonder were no more1 ,had she1 by chance1 fall'n down before3 ,away the sow affrighted runs1 ,attended by her little ones3 ,those gruntings to each other sounding2 ,this squeaking shrill1 through fear of drowning4 ,the lamb thou doom'st to bleed to-day1 ,had he thy reason1 wou'd he play8,e ,and did that ,bear know he'd be beat1 ,would he from out that firkin eat8 ,the ,ass's rider lifts his stick2 ,take out your nose1 old ,bruin1 quick2 ,a grin of vengeance arms his face1 ,presaging torture1 and disgrace4 ,the ,ape1 who dearly loves to ride ,on ,bruin's back1 in martial pride1 ,dejected at the sad occasion1 ,looks up1 with soft commiseration2 ,as if to speak1 ,oh1 spare my friend6 ,avert that blow you now intend6 ',tis complaisant1 good-natur'd too2-- ,much more than many ,apes would do4 ,observe the chimney-sweepers1 there6 ,on gate-post1 how they laugh and stare2 ,those bones1 and emblematic skull1 ,have no effect to make them dull2 ,pleas'd they adorn the death-like head ,with spectacles of gingerbread4 ,when ,london city's bold train-band,f ,march1 to preserve their track of land1 ,each val'rous heart the ,french defying1 ,while drums are beating1 colours flying1 ,how many accidents resound ,from ,tower-hill to th' ,artillery-ground6 ,perhaps some hog1 in frisky pranks1 ,unluckily breaks through their ranks1 ,and makes the captain storm and swear1 ,to form their soldiers1 as they were3 ,or else the wadding1 which they ram1 ,pop into some one's ear they jam2 ,or not alert at gun and sword1 ,when their commander gives the word ,to fire1 amidst the dust and clamour1 ,forget to draw their desperate rammer2 ,and one or two brave comrades hit1 ,as cooks fix larks upon a spit4 ,that ,monkey's sure not of the reg'ment1 ,yet still his arms should have abridgement2 ,the little1 aukward1 martial figure1 ,will wriggle till he pulls the trigger3 ',tis done--and see the bullet fly6-- ,pop down1 you rogue6 or else you'll die4 ,survey1 as merry as a grig1 ,the ,fiddler dancing to his jig6 ,no goat1 by good ,st4 ,david rear'd1 ,could ever boast more length of beard3 ',tis his to wait on ,master ,bruin1 ,and tune away to all he's doing2 ,you think this strange1 but 'tis no more1 ,than ,orpheus did in days of yore2 ,with modern fiddlers so it fares2 ,they often scratch to dancing-bears4 ,he took to scraping in his prime1 ,and plays in tune1 as well as time2 ,elections cheer his merry heart2 ,sure always then to play his part3 ,in toping healths as great a soaker ,as executing ,ally ,croaker4 ,tho' some ,musicians scarce can touch ,the strings1 if drunk a glass too much2 ,yet he'll tope ale1 or stout ,october1 ,and scrape as well when drunk1 as sober4 ,lo1 on yon stone which shows the way4 ,that travellers mayn't go astray2 ,and tells how many miles they lag on1 ,from ,london1 in the drawling waggon1 ,a ,soldier sits1 in naked buff6 ,in troth1 ,sir1 this is odd enough6 ,his head bound up1 his sword-blade broken1 ,and flesh with many a bloody token1 ,declare he fought extremely well2 ,but which had best on't1 who can tell8 ,if he were victor1 'tis confest1 ,to be so maul'd makes bad the best3 ,what though he smart1 he likes the jobb2 ',tis great to head a party-mob4 ,but what reward for all he did8-- ,oh1 ,sir1 he'll never want a--quid4 ,there's somewhat savory in the wind-- ,those ,courtiers1 ,friend1 have not yet din'd3 ,their true ally1 grave ,puzzle-cause1 ,a man right learned in the laws1 7,whose meagre clerk below can't venture1 ,and wishes damn'd the long indenture71 ,as custom bids1 prepares the dinner1 ,for1 though they've lost1 yet he's the winner4 ,see1 the domestic train appear6 ,old ,england bringing up the rear6 ,curse on their stomachs1 who can't brook ,good ,english fare1 from ,english cook6 ,observe lank ,monsieur1 in amaze1 ,upon the valiant soldier gaze6 ,morbleu6 you love de fight1 ve see1 ,but dat is no de dish for ve4 ,behold1 above1 that azure garter-- ,look1 now he whispers1 like a tartar2 ,by button fast he holds the other1 ,the lost election makes a pother4 ,all this parade is idle stuff-- ,we know our interest well enough-- ,we still support what we espouse2 ,we'll bring the matter in the ,house4 ,of some wise man1 perhaps philosopher1 7,if not1 it flings the vice a gloss over7 ,i've read1 who1 ,maudlin-like1 would cry ,soon as he 'ad drunk his barrel dry3 ,yon fellow1 certain as a gun1 ,of that ,philosopher's a ,son3 ,long as the pot the beer could scoop1 ,he scorn'd1 like swine1 to trough to stoop2 ,but1 now 'tis shallow1 kneels devout1 ,eager to suck the last drop out4 ,vociferous ,loyalty's a-dry1 ,and1 lo1 they bear a fresh supply6 ,that all the mob may roar applause1 ,and know they'll never starve the cause4 ,when grey-mare proves the better horse1 ,the man is mis'rable of course2 ,that ,taylor leads a precious life-- ,look at the termagant his wife1 ,she pays him sweetly o'er the head2-- ,get home1 you dog1 and get your bread2 ,shall ,i have nothing to appear in1 ,while you get drunk electioneering8 ,see from the ,town-hall press the crowd1 ,while rustic ,butchers ring aloud6 ,there1 lo1 their cap of liberty6 ,here t'other side in effigy6 ,a notable device1 to call ,the ,courtier party blockheads all3 ,aloft ,true-,blue1 their ensign1 flies1 ,and acclamations rend the skies4 ,reflect1 my friend1 and judge from thence4 ,how idle this extreme expence2 ,what mighty sums are thrown away1 ,to be the pageant of the day6 ,in vain ,desert implores protections2 ,the ,rich are fonder of ,elections4 ,th' ambitious ,peer1 the ,knight1 the ',squire1 ,can buy the ,borough they desire2 ,yet see1 with unassisting eye1 ,arts fade away1 and ,genius die4 ,tir'd with the applauding1 and the sneering1 ,and all that's styl'd ,electioneering1 ,i think to take a little tour1 ,and likely tow'rd the ,gallic shore2 ,the ,muse1 to whom we bear no malice1 ,invites me to the ,gate of ,calais4,g ,that gate to which a knight of worth1 ',yclep'd ,sir ,loin1 of ,british birth1 ,advanc'd1 though not in hostile plight1 ,and put their army in a fright4 ,but more it fits not1 here to tell1 ,so1 courteous ,reader1 fare thee well4 ,a ,in ,the ,european ,magazine for the month of ,oct4 #aghd1 appears a letter on the subject of ,painting1 signed ,c4 ,i4 ,f4 which contains the following extraordinary criticism on the circumstance here described4 ,our own inimitable ,hogarth has1 in some of his latter pieces1 grossly violated this rule2 and1 for the sake of crowding his piece with incidents1 has represented what could not happen at all4 ,in his representation of an ,election ,feast1 he has placed a man at the end of the table with an oyster still upon his fork1 and his fork in his hand1 though his coat must have been stripped up from his arm after he took it up1 by the surgeon1 who has made an ineffectual attempt to let him blood4 ,supposing gluttony to have so far absorbed all the persons present1 even at the end of a feast1 as that none of them should pay the least attention to this incident1 which is1 if not impossible1 improbable in the highest degree1 they must necessarily have been alarmed at another incident that is represented as taking place at the same moment3 a great stone has just broke through the window1 and knocked down one of the company1 who is exhibited in the act of falling2 yet every one is represented as pursuing his purpose with the utmost tranquillity4 ,i must entreat my reader to examine the print1 before ,i can expect belief1 when ,i assure him1 that for this criticism there is not the slightest foundation4--,the magistrate is bled in the right arm1 which is bared for that purpose1 by stripping the coat-sleeve from it4--,it is in his left hand that he holds the fork with the oyster on it1 his coat-sleeve being all the while on his left arm4--,as to the attention of the company1 it is earnestly engaged by different objects2 and ,hogarth perhaps designed to insinuate that accidents1 arising from repletion or indigestion1 are too common at election dinners to attract notice or excite solicitude4--,the brickbat has not noisily forced its way through a window1 but was thrown in at a casement already open2 and a moment must have elapsed before an event so instantaneous could be perceived in an assembly1 every individual of which had his distinct avocation4 ,of this moment our artist has availed himself4 ,till1 therefore1 the accident was discovered1 he has1 with the utmost propriety1 left every person present to pursue his former train of thought or amusement4 ,b ,the ingenious artist in ,fleet-street1 well known to the learned and ingenious1 by his excellence in taking ,busts from the ,life1 and casts from ,anatomical ,dissections4 ,c ,see the ,dial in ,plate ,,iv4 ,d ,see the ,prologue to a farce called ,the ,male ,coquette4 ,e ,see ,pope's ,essay on ,man4 ,f ,this passage will1 perhaps1 be better illustrated by the following paragraph1 printed in a daily paper called ,the ,citizen3--,saturday last1 being the first day of ,august ,old ,stile1 the ,artillery ,company marched according to custom once in three years 7called ,barnes's ,march1 by which they hold an estate73 they went to ,sir ,george ,whitmore's1 and took a dunghill4 ,as they were marching through ,bunhill-,row1 a large hog ran between a woman's legs and threw her down1 by which accident the ranks were broke1 which put the army in the utmost confusion before they could recover4 ,g ,see above1 p4 #bie4 #e ,the earliest impressions of this plate in its second state1 have the same inscription4 #f ,morellon ,le ,cave4 ,mr4 ,walpole1 in his catalogue of ,english engravers1 7octavo edit47 professes to know no more of this artist than that he was a scholar of ,picart and did a head of ,dr4 ,pococke before ,twells's edition of the ,doctor's works4 ,in the year #agci1 however1 he engraved ,captain ,coram1 c4 at the head of the ,power of ,attorney1 c4 7a description of which see p4 #bed4 of the present work7 and afterwards was ,hogarth's coadjutor in this third of his ,election plates4 ,at the bottom of it he is only styled ,le ,cave4 #g ,some of these scenes having been reversed by the engraver1 the figures in them are represented as using their left hands instead of their right4 #h ,query1 what were the scandalous prints to which he alludes8 #i ,this ,a4 ,r4 was ,allan ,ramsay1 but having never met with his performance1 ,i can give no account of it4 99 99 99 99 99 #agef4 #a4 ,france and ,england1 two plates2 both etched by himself4 ,under them are the following verses1 by ,mr4 ,garrick3 ,,plate ,i4 ,,france4 ,with lanthern jaws1 and croaking gut1 ,see how the half-starv'd ,frenchmen strut1 ,and call us ,english dogs6 ,but soon we'll teach these bragging foes1 ,that beef and beer give heavier blows ,than soup and roasted frogs4 ,the priests1 inflam'd with righteous hopes1 ,prepare their axes1 wheels1 and ropes1 ,to bend the stiff-neck'd sinner2 ,but1 should they sink in coming over1 ,old ,nick may fish 'twixt ,france and ,dover1 ,and catch a glorious dinner4 ,,plate ,,ii4 ,,england4 ,see ,john the ,soldier1 ,jack the ,tar1 ,with sword and pistol arm'd for war1 ,should ,mounseer dare come here6 ,the hungry slaves have smelt our food1 ,they long to taste our flesh and blood1 ,old ,england's beef and beer6 ,britons1 to arms6 and let 'em come1 ,be you but ,britons still1 ,strike home1 ,and lion-like attack 'em2 ,no power can stand the deadly stroke ,that's given from hands and hearts of oak1 ,with ,liberty to back 'em4 #b4 ,the ,search ,night1 a copy4 ,j4 ,fielding sculp4 #bast ,march1 #agef4a ,a very bad print1 and ,i believe an imposition4 ,on this plate are sixteen stupid verses1 not worth transcribing4 ,it was afterwards copied again in two different sizes in miniature1 and printed off on cards1 by ,darly1 in #agff4 ,the original1 in a small oval1 was an impression taken from the top of a silver tobacco-box2 engraved by ,hogarth for one ,captain ,johnson1 and never meant for publication4 #a ,there is also a copy of this print1 engraved likewise by ,fielding1 and dated ,august #aa1 #agdf4 99 99 99 99 99 #ageh4 #a4 ,his own portrait1#a sitting1 and painting the ,muse of ,comedy2 ,head profile1 in a cap4 ,the ,analysis of ,beauty on the floor4 ,w4 ,hogarth1 serjeant-painter to his ,majesty4 ,the face engraved by ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,i should observe1 that when this plate was left with the person employed to furnish the inscription1 he1 taking the whole for the production of our artist1 wrote ,engraved by ,w4 ,hogarth under it4 ,hogarth1 being conscious that the face only had been touched by himself1 added1 with his own hand1 ,the ,face ,engraved1 c4 ,in the second impression ,the ,face ,engraved by ,w4 ,hogarth is totally omitted4 ,in the third impression ,serjeant-painter1 c4 is scratched over by the burin1 but remains still sufficiently legible4 ,the fourth impression has the face retouched1 but not so like as the preceding4#b ,comedy also has the face and mask marked with black1#c and inscribed1 ,,comedy1 #agfd4 ,no other inscription but his name1 ,william ,hogarth1 #agfd4 ,the original from which this plate is taken1 is in ,mrs4 ,hogarth's possession at ,chiswick4 ,a whole-length of herself1 in the same size1 is its companion4 ,they are both small pictures4 #a ,among the prints bequeathed by the late ,mr4 ,forrest to his executor ,mr4 ,coxe1 is this head cut out of a proof1 and touched up with ,indian ink by ,hogarth4 ,mr4 ,forrest1 in an inscription on the back of the paper to which it is affixed1 observes it was a present to him from ,mrs4 ,hogarth4 ,with these prints are likewise several early impressions from other plates by our artist2 and in particular a ,march to ,finchley uncommonly fine1 and with the original spelling of ,,prusia uncorrected even by a pen4 ,i am told that both the head and this1 with other engravings in the collection of the late ,mr4 ,forrest1 will be sold by auction in the course of the ,winter #aghf4 #b i4 e4 the two first4 #c ,so in both the third and fourth impressions4 #b4 ,the ,bench4 ,over the top of this plate is written in capitals--,,character4 ,under it of the different meaning of the words ,character1 ,caracatura1 and ,outr1 in painting and drawing1 ,then follows a long inscription on this subject4 ,the original painting is in the collection of ,mr4 ,edwards4 99 99 99 99 99 #agei4 #a4 ,the ,cockpit4 ,designed and engraved by ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,in this plate is a portrait of ,nan ,rawlins1 a very ugly old woman 7commonly called ,deptford ,nan1 sometimes the ,duchess of ,deptford71 and well remembered at ,newmarket4 ,she was a famous cock-feeder1 and did the honours of the gentlemen's ordinary at ,northampton2 while1 in return1 a single gentleman was deputed to preside at the table appropriated to the ladies4 ,the figure with a hump-back1 was designed for one ,jackson1 a once noted jockey at ,newmarket4 ,the blind president is ,lord ,albemarle ,bertie1 who was a constant attender of this diversion4 ,his portrait was before discoverable in the crowd round the bruisers in the ,march to ,finchley4 ,by the cockpit laws1 any person who cannot1 or will not pay his debts of honour1 is drawn up in a basket to the roof of the building4 ,without a knowledge of this circumstance1 the shadow of the man who is offering his watch would be unintelligible4 ,the subject of ,the ,cockpit had been recommended to ,hogarth so long ago as #agdg1 in the following lines1 first printed in ,the ,gentleman's ,magazine of that year1 p4 #bib4 ,where ,dudston's#a walks with vary'd beauties shine1 ,and some are pleas'd with bowling1 some with wine1 ,behold a generous train of ,cocks repair1 ,to vie for glory in the toils of war2 ,each hero burns to conquer or to die3 ,what mighty hearts in little bosoms lie6 ,come1 ,hogarth1 thou whose art can best declare ,what forms1 what features1 human passions wear1 ,come1 with a painter's philosophic sight1 ,survey the circling judges of the fight4 ,touch'd with the sport of death1 while every heart ,springs to the changing face1 exert thy art2 ,mix with the smiles of ,cruelty at pain ,whate'er looks anxious in the lust of gain2 ,and say1 can aught that's generous1 just1 or kind1 ,beneath this aspect1 lurk within the mind8 ,is lust of blood or treasure vice in all1 ,abhorr'd alike on whomsoe'er it fall8 ,are mighty states and gamblers still the same8 ,and war itself a cock-fight1 and a game8 ,are sieges1 battles1 triumphs1 little things2 ,and armies only the game-cocks of kings8 ,which fight1 in ,freedom's cause1 still blindly bold1 ,bye-battles only1 and the main for gold8 ,the crested bird1 whose voice awakes the morn1 ,whose plumage streaks of radiant gold adorn1 ,proud of his birth1 on fair ,salopia's plain1 ,stalks round1 and scowls defiance and disdain4 ,not fiercer looks the proud ,helvetians wear1 ,though thunder slumbers in the arms they bear3 ,nor ,thracia's fiercer sons1 a warlike race6 ,display more prowess1 or more martial grace4 ,but1 lo6 another comes1 renown'd for might1 ,renown'd for courage1 and provokes the fight4 ,yet what1 alas6 avails his furious mien1 ,his ruddy neck1 and breast of varied green8 ,soon thro' his brain the foe's bright weapon flies1 ,eternal darkness shades his swimming eyes2 ,prostrate he falls1 and quivering spurns the ground1 ,while life indignant issues from the wound4 ,unhappy hero1 had thy humbler life ,deny'd thee fame by deeds of martial strife1 ,still hadst thou crow'd1 for future pleasures spar'd1 ,th' exulting monarch of a farmer's yard4 ,like fate1 alas6 too soon th' illustrious prove1 ,the great by hatred fall1 the fair by love2 ,the wise1 the good1 can scarce preserve a name1 ,expung'd by envy from the rolls of fame4 ,peace and oblivion still through life secure1 ,in friendly glooms1 the simple1 homely1 poor4 ,and who would wish to bask in glory's ray1 ,to buy with peace the laurel or the bay8 ,what tho' the wreath defy the lightning's fire1 ,the bard and hero in the storm expire4 ,be rest and innocence my humbler lot1 ,scarce known through life1 and after death forgot6 #a ,a gentleman's seat1 about a mile from ,birmingham1 fitted up for the reception of company1 in imitation of ,vaux-hall ,gardens4 #b4 ,a small oval of ,bishop ,hoadly1 tat4 #hc4 ,hogarth pinx4 ,sherlock sculp4 99 99 99 99 99 #agfj4 #a4 ,frontispiece to ,tristram ,shandy4 ,of this plate there are two copies2 in the first of which the hat and clock are omitted4 ,s4 ,ravenet sculp4 ,in this plate is the portrait of ,dr4 ,burton1 of ,york1 the ,jacobite physician and antiquary1 in the character of ,dr4 ,slop4 ,sterne probably was indebted for these plates 7especially the first of them7 to the following compliment he had paid our author in the first volume of ,tristram ,shandy4 ,such were the outlines of ,dr4 ,slop's figure1 which1 if you have read ,hogarth's ,analysis of ,beauty1 and1 if you have not1 ,i wish you would1 you must know1 may as certainly be caracatured1 and conveyed to the mind by three strokes as three hundred4 #b4 ,frontispiece to ,brook ,taylor's ,perspective of ,architecture4#a ,with an attempt at a new order4 ,w4 ,hogarth1 ,july #agfj4 ,w4 ,woollet sculp4 ,lest any reader should suppose that this idea of forming a new capital out of the ,star of ,st4 ,george1 the ,prince of ,wales's ,feather1#b and a regal ,coronet1 was hatched in the mind of ,hogarth after he had been appointed ,serjeant ,painter1 the following passage in the ,analysis will prove that many years before he had conceived the practicability of such an attempt3 see p4 #dj4 ,i am thoroughly convinced in myself1 however it may startle some1 that a completely new and harmonious order of architecture in all its parts might be produced1 c4 ,again1 p4 #df4 ,even a capital1 composed of the aukward and confined forms of hats and perriwigs1 as ,fig4 #dh4 ,plate ,i4 in a skilful hand might be made to have some beauty4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has the original sketch4 #a ,published in two volumes1 folio1 #agfa1 by ,joshua ,kirby1 ,designer in ,perspective to his ,majesty4--,here is a curious frontispiece1 designed by ,mr4 ,hogarth2 but not in the same ludicrous style as the former 7see p4 #ccc73 it were to be wished that he had explained its meaning2 for1 being symbolical1 the meaning of it is not so obvious as the other4 ,to me it conveys the idea1 which ,milton so poetically describes1 of the angel ,uriel gliding down to ,paradise on a sun-beam2 but the young gentleman has dropped off before he had arrived at his journey's end1 with ,palladio's book of architecture on his knees4 ,a ray of light from the sun1 rising over a distant mountain1 is directed to a scroll on the ground1 on which are two or three scraps of perspective2 over which1 supported by a large block of stone1 is the upper part of a sceptre1 broke off2 the shaft very obliquely and absurdly inclined1 somewhat resembling the ,roman fasces1 and girt above with the ,prince of ,wales's coronet1 as an astragal1 through which the fasces rise1 and swell into a crown1 adorned with embroidered stars2 this is the principal object1 but most vilely drawn4 ,the ray passes through a round temple1 at a considerable distance1 which is also falsly represented1 the curves being for the distance too round1 and consequently the diminution of the columns is too great4 ,it appears to pass over a piece of water2 on this side the ground is fertile and luxuriant with vegetation1 abounding with trees and shrubs2 on the other side it is rocky and barren4,a ,what is indicated by this seems to be1 that1 where the arts are encouraged by the rays of royal favour1 they will thrive and flourish2 but where they are neglected1 and do not find encouragement1 they will droop and languish4 ,malton's ,appendix to his ,treatise on ,perspective4 ,a ,the idea of this contrast between fertility and barrenness is an old one4 ,hogarth probably took it from the engraving known by the name of ,raffaelle's ,dream4 #b ,mr4 ,h4 ,emlyn has lately realised this plan1 by his ,proposals for a new order of architecture1 #agha4 #c4 ,mr4 ,huggins4 ,a small circular plate4 ,hogarth pinx4 ,major sculp4 ,on the left1 a bust1 inscribed1 ,,il ,,divino ,,ariosto4 ,,dante ,l',,inferno1 ,,il ,,purgatorio1 ,,il ,,paradiso4 ,mr4 ,huggins 7of whom see p4 #ai47 had this portrait engraven1 to prefix to his translation of ,dante1 of which no more than a specimen was ever published4 ,the bust of ,ariosto was inserted by the positive order of ,mr4 ,huggins 7after the plate was finished71 though much against the judgement of the engraver1 who was convinced that a still ground would have shewn the countenance of the person represented to much greater advantage4 ,mr4 ,major's charge was only three guineas1 and yet eleven years elapsed before he received even this trifling acknowledgement for his labour4 ,dr4 ,monkhouse has the plate4 99 99 99 99 99 #agfa4 #a4 ,frontispiece and tail-piece to the catalogue of pictures exhibited at ,spring ,gardens4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 ,c4 ,grignion sculp4 ,there is a variation of this print2 a ,latin motto under each in the second edition4 ,in the earliest impressions obit1 corrected afterwards to obiit4 ,the same mark of ignorance1 however1 remains unamended over the monument of the ,judge in the first plate of the ,analysis4 #b4 ,time blackening a picture4 ,subscription-ticket for his ,sigismunda4 ,this1 and the preceding tail-piece1 are satires on ,connoisseurs4 #c4 ,the ,five ,orders of ,perriwigs at the ,coronation of ,george ,,iii4#a ,many of the heads1 as well as wigs1 were known at the time4 ,the first head of the second row was designed to represent ,lord ,melcombe2 and those of ,bishops ,warburton1 ,mawson1 and ,squire1 are found in the groupe4 ,the advertisement annexed1 as well as the whole print1 is said to have been a ridicule on ,mr4 ,stewart's ,antiquities of ,athens1 in which1 with minute accuracy1 are given the measurements of all the members of the ,greek ,architecture4 ,the inscription under the print affords a plentiful crop of false spellings--volumns--advertisment--baso-- c4 ,the second e in advertisement was afterwards added on the neck of the female figure just over it4 ,the first and subsequent impressions will be known by this distinction4 #a ,a ,dissertation on ,mr4 ,hogarth's print of the ,order of ,perriwigs1 viz4 the ,episcopal1 ,aldermanic1 and ,lexonic1 is printed in ,the ,beauties of all the ,magazines1 #agfa1 p4 #eb4 #d4 ,frontispiece to the ,farmer's ,return from ,london1 an ,interlude by ,mr4 ,garrick1#a acted at ,drury ,lane4 ,w4 ,hogarth delin4 ,j4 ,basire sculp4 ,in ,mr4 ,foster's collection is a bad copy of this plate1 no name1 the figures reversed4 ,the original drawing was given to ,mr4 ,garrick1 and is supposed to be in the possession of his widow at ,hampton4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has a sketch of it4 ,an excellent copy of this plate is sometimes sold as the original4 #a ,mr4 ,garrick' publication was thus prefaced3 ,the following interlude was prepared for the stage1 merely with a view of assisting ,mrs4 ,pritchard at her benefit2 and the desire of serving so good an actress is a better excuse for its defects1 than the few days in which it was written and represented4 ,notwithstanding the favourable reception it has met with1 the author would not have printed it1 had not his friend1 ,mr4 ,hogarth1 flattered him most agreeably1 by thinking the ,farmer and his ,family not unworthy of a sketch of his pencil4 ,to him1 therefore1 this trifle1 which he has so much honoured1 is inscribed1 as a faint testimony of the sincere esteem which the writer bears him1 both as a man and an artist4 #e4 ,another frontispiece to ,tristram ,shandy 7for the second volume74 ,his christening4 ,f4 ,ravenet sculp4 #f4 ,the same engraved by ,ryland4 ,this1 as ,i am informed1 was the first1 but was too coarsely executed to suit that prepared for the first volume of the same work4 99 99 99 99 99 #agfb4 #a4 ,credulity1 ,superstition1 and ,fanaticism4 ,satire on ,methodists4 ,for deep and useful satire1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1 the most sublime of all his works4 ,this print1 however1 contains somewhat more than a satire on ,methodism4 ,credulity is illustrated by the figure of the ,rabbit-breeder of ,godalming1 with her supposed progeny galloping from under her petticoats4 ,st4 ,andr's folly furnished ,hogarth with matter for one of his latest1 as well as one of his earliest performances4 ,prim dicte mihi1 summ dicende ,camn4 #b4 ,the ,times4 ,plate ,i4 ,in one copy of this print ,henry ,,viii4 is blowing the flames2 in another ,mr4 ,pitt has the same employment3 ,as this design is not illustrated in ,trusler's ,account of ,hogarth's ,works1 ,i shall attempt its explanation1 and subjoin1 by way of note1 a humourous description of it1 which was printed in a news-paper immediately after it's first appearance in the world4#a ,europe on fire2 ,france1 ,germany1 ,spain1 in flames1 which are extending to ,great ,britain4 ,this desolation continued and assisted by ,mr4 ,pitt1 under the figure of ,king ,henry ,,viii4 with bellows increasing the mischief which others are striving to abate4 ,he is mounted on the stilts of the populace4 ,a ,cheshire cheese depends from his neck1 with #cjjj l4 on it4 ,this alludes to what he had said in ,parliament--that he would sooner live on a ,cheshire cheese and a shoulder of mutton1 than submit to the enemies of ,great ,britain4 ,lord ,bute1 attended by ,english soldiers1 sailors1 and ,highlanders1 manages an engine for extinguishing the flames1 but is impeded by the ,duke of ,newcastle1 with a wheel-barrow full of ,monitors and ,north ,britons1 for the purpose of feeding the blaze4 ,the respectable body under ,mr4 ,pitt are the aldermen of ,london1 worshiping the idol they had set up2 whilst the musical ,king of ,prussia1 who alone is sure to gain by the war1 is amusing himself with a violin amongst his miserable countrywomen4 ,the picture of the ,indian alludes to the advocates for retaining our ,west ,indian conquests1 which1 it was said1 would only increase excess and debauchery4 ,the breaking down of the ,newcastle-arms1 and the drawing up the patriotic ones1 refer to the resignation of that noble ,duke1 and the appointment of his successor4 ,the ,dutchman smoking his pipe1 and a ,fox peeping out behind him1 and waiting the issue2 the ,waggon1 with the treasures of the ,hermione2 the unnecessary marching of the ,militia1 signified by the ,norfolk jig2 the ,dove with the olive-branch1 and the miseries of war2 are all obvious1 and perhaps need no explication4 ,to those already given1 however1 may be added the following doggrel verses3 ,devouring flames with fury roll ,their curling spires from ,pole to ,pole1 ,wide-spreading devastation dire1 ,three kingdoms ready to expire2 ,here realms convulsive pant for breath1 ,and quiver in the arms of death4 ,ill-fated isle6 ,britannia bleeds2 ,the flames her trait'rous offspring feeds3 ,now1 now1 they seize her vital parts-- ,o save her from his murd'rous arts6 ,in air exalted high1 behold6 ,fierce1 noisy1 boisterous1 and bold1 ,swol'n1 like the king of frogs1 that fed ,on mangled limbs of victims dead1 ,with larger bellows in his hand1 ,than e'er a blacksmith's in the land1 ,the flames that waste the world to blow1 ,he points unto the mob below3 ',look1 ,britons1 what a bonfire there6 ,halloo1 be d----'d1 and rend the air4' ,aldermen1 marrow-bones and cleavers1 ,brokers1 stock-jobbers1 and coal-heavers1 ,templars1 and knaves of ev'ry station1 ,the dregs of ,london1 and the nation2 ,contractors1 agents1 clerks1 and all ,who share the plunder1 great and small1 ,join in the halloo at his call4 ,higher they raise the stilts that bore ,the shapeless idol they adore3 ,he1 to increase his weight1 had slung ,a ,mill-stone round his neck1 which hung ,with bulk enormous to the ground1 ,and adds thereto ,three ,thousand ,pound2 ,that none may dare to say henceforth1 ,he wanted either weight or worth4 ,he blows1--the flames triumphant rise1 ,devour the earth1 and threat the skies4 ,when lo6 in peaceful mien appears1 ,in bloom of life1 and youthful years1 ,,george1 ,prince of ,men2 a smile benign ,that goodness looks1 prognostic sign ,of soul etherial1 seems to bode1 ,a world's deliv'rer sent from ,god4 ,array'd in ,majesty serene1 ,like heav'nly spirits when they deign1 ,in pity to mankind1 to come1 ,and stop avenging judgement's doom2 ,behold1 and bless6 just not too late ,t' avert a sinking nation's fate1 ,he comes1 with friendly care to stay ,those flames that made the world their prey4 ,born to reform and bless the age1 ,fearless of faction's madd'ning rage1 ,which1 with united malice1 throngs1 ,to reap the harvest of our wrongs1 ,he labours to defeat our foes1 ,secure our peace1 and ease our woes4 ,before him ,faction dare not shew ,her ghastly face and livid hue1 ,but back retires to ,temple-,bar1 ,where the spectator sees from far ,many a traitor's head erect1 ,to shew what traitors must expect4 ,upon that barefac'd figure look1 ,with empty scull and full peruke2 ,for man or statue it might pass2 ,csar would call't a golden ass4 ,behold the vain malicious thing1 ,squirting his poison at his king1 ,and pointing1 with infernal art1 ,th' envenom'd rancour of his heart4 ,higher in parts and place appears ,his venal race of ,garretteers2 ,a starving1 mercenary tribe1 ,that sell1 for every bidder's bribe1 ,their scantling wits to purchase bread ,and always drive the briskest trade1 ,when ,faction sounds with loudest din1 ,to bring some new ,pretender in4 ,this tribe from their rial station1 ,deluge with scandal all the nation3 ,below contempt1 secure from shame1 ,sure not to forfeit any fame1 ,indifferent what part to choose1 ,with nothing but their ears to lose4 ,not ,virtue on a throne can be ,from tongues below resentment free4 ,of human things such the distraction1 ,with ,liberty we must have ,faction4 ,but look behind the ,temple-gate1 ,near the thick1 clumsy1 stinking seat1 ,where ,london's pageant sits in state2 ,what wild1 ferocious shape is there1 ,with raging looks and savage air8 ,is that the monster without name1 ,whom human art could never tame1 ,from ,indian wilds of late brought o'er1 ,such as no ,briton saw before8 ,i mean the monster ,p99 99 99 presented ,to the late ,king1 who quickly sent it1 ,among his other beasts of prey1 ,safe in a cage with lock and key4 ,some said he was of ,british blood1 ,though taken in an ,indian wood4 ,if he should thus at large remain1 ,without a keeper1 cage1 or chain1 ,raging and roaming up and down1 ,he may set fire to half the town4 ,has he not robb'd the ,bank8--,behold1 ,in either hand1 what bags of gold6 ,monsters are dangerous things let loose3 ,old ,cambrian1 guard thy mansion-house4 ,but here1 what comes8 ,a loaded car1 ,stuff'd1 and high pil'd1 from ,temple-,bar4 ,the labouring wretches hardly move ,the load that totters from above4 ,by their wry faces1 and high strains1 ,the cart some lumpish weight contains4 ',north ,britons--,gentlemen--come1 buy1 ,there's no man sells so cheap as ,i4 ,of the ,north ,briton just a score1 ,and twenty ,monitors or more1 ,for just one penny---- ,north ,britons--,monitors--come1 buy1 ,there's no man sells so cheap as ,i4' ',north ,britons6 ,monitors6 be d----'d6 ,is that the luggage you have cramm'd ,into your stinking cart8 ,be gone1 ,or else ,i'll burn them every one4' ',good ,sir1 ,i'm sure they are not dear1 ,the paper's excellent1 ,i swear-- ,you can't have better any where4 ,come1 feel this sheet1 ,sir--please to choose-- ,they're very soft1 and fit for use4 ,all very good1 ,sir1 take my word-- ,as cheap as any can afford4 ,the ,curate1 ,sir1 ,lord6 how he'll foam6 ,he cannot dine 'till we get home4 ,the ,colonel too1 altho' he be ,so big1 so loud1 so proud1 d'ye see1 ,will have his share as well as he4' ,while on a swelling sack of cheese ,the frugal ,dutchman sits at ease1 ,and smokes his pipe1 and sees with joy ,the flames1 that all the world destroy1 ,keep at a distance from his bales1 ,and sure thereby to raise the sales2 ,good ,mr4 ,reynard1 wiser still1 ,displays you his superior skill3 ,behind the selfish miser's back1 ,he cuts a hole into the sack1 ,his paunch well cramm'd1 he snugly lies1 ,and with himself the place supplies2 ,and now and then his head pops out1 ,to see how things go round about2 ,prepar'd to run1 or stand the fire1 ,just as occasion may require1 ,but willing in the sack to stay1 ,and cram his belly while he may1 ,regardless of the babbling town1 ,and every interest but his own4 ,on yonder plain behold a riddle1 ,that mighty warrior with his fiddle1 ,with sneering nose1 and brow so arch1 ,a-scraping out the ,german march2 ,bellona leading up the dance1 ,with flaming torch1 and pointed lance1 ,and all the ,furies in her train1 ,exulting at the martial strain2 ,pale ,famine bringing up the rear1 ,to crown with woe the wasteful year4 ,there's nought but scenes of wretchedness4 ,horror and death1 and dire distress1 ,to mark their footsteps o'er the plains1 ,and teach the world what mighty gains ,from ,german victories accrue ,to th' vanquish'd and the victors too4 ,the fidler1 at his ease reclin'd1 ,enjoys the woes of human kind2 ,pursues his trade1 destroys by rules1 ,and reaps the spoils of ,knaves and ,fools4 99 99 99 99 ,multa desunt4 ,the first impressions of this print may be known by the following distinction4 ,the smoke just over the ,dove is left white2 and the whole of the composition has a brilliancy and clearness not to be found in the copies worked off after the plate was retouched4 ,i am told that ,hogarth did not undertake this political print merely ex officio1 but through a hope the salary of his appointment as ,serjeant ,painter would be increased by such a show of zeal for the reigning ,ministry4 ,he left behind him a second part1 on the same subject2 but hitherto it has been withheld from the public4 ,the finished ,plate is in the possession of ,mrs4 ,hogarth4 ,there seems1 however1 no reason why this design should be suppressed4 ,the widow of our artist is happily independent of a court2 nor can aught relative to the politics of the year #agfb be of consequence to any party now existing4 ,our ,monarch also1 as the patron of arts1 would rather encourage than prevent the publication of a work by ,hogarth1 even though it should recall the disagreeable ideas of faction triumphant1 and a favourite in disgrace4 #a ,the principal figure in the character of ,henry ,,viii4 appears to be not ,mr4 ,p4 but another person whose power is signified by his bulk of carcase1 treading on ,mr4 ,p4 represented by #cjjj l4 ,the bellows may signify his well-meaning1 though ineffectual1 endeavours to extinguish the fire by wind1 which1 though it will put out a small flame1 will cherish a large one4 ,the guider of the engine-pipe1 ,i should think1 can only mean his ,m------1 who unweariedly tries1 by a more proper method1 to stop the flames of war1 in which he is assisted by all his good subjects1 both by sea and land1 notwithstanding any interruption from ,auditors or ,britons1 ,monitors or ,north ,britons4 ,the respectable body at the bottom can never mean the magistrates of ,london2 ,mr4 ,h4 has more sense than to abuse so respectable a body2 much less can it mean the judges4 ,i think it may as likely be the ,court of ,session in ,scotland1 either in the attitude of adoration1 or with outspread arms intending to catch their patron1 should his stilts give way4 ,the ,frenchman may very well sit at his ease among his miserable countrywomen1 as he is not unacquainted that ,france has always gained by negociating what she lost in fighting4 ,the fine gentleman at the window with his garretteers1 and the barrow of periodical papers1 refer to the present contending parties of every denomination4 ,the breaking of the ,newcastle arms alludes to the resignation of a great personage2 and the replacing of them1 by the sign of the four clenched fists1 may be thought emblematical of the great conomy of his successor4 ,the ,norfolk jig signifies1 in a lively manner1 the alacrity of all his ,majesty's forces during the war2 and ,g4 ,t4 ,george ,townshend fecit1 is an opportune compliment paid to ,lord ,townshend1 who1 in conjunction with ,mr4 ,windham1 published ,a ,plan of ,discipline for the ,use of the ,norfolk ,militia1 #dto4 and had been the greatest advocate for the establishment of our present militia4 ,the picture of the ,indian alive from ,america is a satire on our late uncivilized behaviour to the three chiefs of the ,cherokee nation1 who were lately in this kingdom2 and the bags of money set this in a still clearer point of view1 signifying the sums gained by shewing them at our public gardens4 ,the sly ,dutchman1 with his pipe1 seems pleased with the combustion1 from which he thinks he shall be a gainer4 ,and the ,duke of ,nivernois1 under the figure of a dove1 is coming from ,france to give a cessation of hostilities to ,europe4 #c4 ,t4 ,morell1 ,s4 ,t4 ,p41 ,s4 ,s4 ,a4 ,w4 ,hogarth delin4 ,james ,basire sculp4 ,from a drawing returned to ,mr4 ,hogarth4 ,of this plate there is an admirable copy1 though it has not yet been extensively circulated4 #d4 ,henry ,fielding1 tatis #dh4 ,w4 ,hogarth delin4 ,james ,basire sculp4 ,from a drawing with a pen made after the death of ,mr4 ,fielding4 ,that gentleman1 says ,mr4 ,murphy1 had often promised to sit to his friend ,hogarth1 for whose good qualities and excellent genius he always entertained so high an esteem1 that he has left us in his writings many beautiful memorials of his affection4 ,unluckily1 however1 it so fell out that no picture of him was ever drawn2 but yet1 as if it was intended that some traces of his countenance should be perpetuated1 and that too by the very artist whom our author preferred to all others1 after ,mr4 ,hogarth had long laboured to try if he could bring out any likeness of him from images existing in his own fancy1 and just as he was despairing of success1 for want of some rules to go by in the dimensions and outlines of the face1 ,fortune threw the grand desideratum in the way4 ,a lady1 with a pair of scissars1 had cut a profile1 which gave the distances and proportions of his face sufficiently to restore his lost ideas of him4 ,glad of an opportunity of paying his last tribute to the memory of an author whom he admired1 ,mr4 ,hogarth caught at this outline with pleasure1 and worked1 with all the attachment of friendship1 till he finished that excellent drawing which stands at the head of this work1 and recalls to all1 who have seen the original1 a corresponding image of the man4 ,notwithstanding this authentic relation of ,mr4 ,murphy1 a different account of the portrait has been lately given in one of the news-papers4 ,mr4 ,garrick1 it is there said1 dressed himself in a suit of his old friend's cloaths1 and presented himself to the painter in the attitude1 and with the features1 of ,fielding4 ,our ,roscius1 however1 ,i can assert1 interfered no farther in this business than by urging ,hogarth to attempt the likeness1 as a necessary adjunct to the edition of ,fielding's works4 ,i am assured that our artist began and finished the head in the presence of his wife and another lady4 ,he had no assistance but from his own memory1 which1 on such occasions1 was remarkably tenacious4#a #a ,to this sketch so great justice was done by the engraver1 that ,mr4 ,hogarth declared he did not know his own drawing from a proof of the plate before the ornaments were added4 ,this proof is now in the collection of ,mr4 ,steevens4 99 99 99 99 99 #agfc4 #a4 ,john ,wilkes1 ,esq4 ,drawn from the life1 and etched in aquafortis by ,wm4 ,hogarth4 ,price #as4 ,it was published with the following oblique note4 ,this is a direct contrast to a print of ,,simon ,,lord ,,lovat4#a ,mr4 ,wilkes1 with his usual good humour1 has been heard to observe1 that he is every day growing more and more like his portrait by ,hogarth4 ,in the second impressions of this plate there are a few slight variations1 sufficient at least to shew that the face of the person represented had been retouched4 ,i have been told1 by a copper-plate printer1 that near #djjj copies of this caricature were worked off on its first publication4 ,being kept up for two or three following nights on the occasion1 he has reason to remember it4 #a ,the original drawing1 which was thrown by ,hogarth into the fire1 was snatched out of it by ,mrs4 ,lewis1 and is now in the possession of ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland4 #b4 ,the ,bruiser ,c4 ,churchill1#a in the character of a ,russian ,hercules1 c4 ,the ,russian ,hercules was thus explained1 in ,august1 #agfc1 by an admirer of ,hogarth3 ,the principal figure is a ,russian ,bear 7i4 e4 ,mr4 ,churchill7 with a club in his left paw1 which he hugs to his side1 and which is intended to denote his friendship to ,mr4 ,wilkes3 on the notches of the club are wrote1 ,lye #a1 ,lye #b1 c4 signifying the falsities in ,the ,north ,briton3 in his other paw is a gallon pot of porter1 of which 7being very hot7 he seems going to drink3 round his neck is a clergyman's band1 which is torn1 and seems intended to denote the bruiser4 ,the other figure is a ,pug-dog1 which is supposed to mean ,mr4 ,hogarth himself1 pissing with the greatest contempt on the epistle wrote to him by ,c4 ,churchill4 ,in the centre is a prison begging-box1 standing on a folio1 the title of which is1 ,great ,george-,street4 ,a list of the ,subscribers to the ,north ,briton3 underneath is another book1 the title of which is1 ,a ,new ,way to pay ,old ,debts1 a ,comedy1 by ,massinger4 ,all of which allude to ,mr4 ,wilkes's debts1 to be defrayed by the subscriptions to ,the ,north ,briton4 ,the same design is thus illustrated by a person who thought somewhat differently of our artist3 ,the ,bear1 with the shattered band1 represents the former strength and abilities of ,mr4 ,hogarth3 the full pot of beer likewise shews that he was in a land of plenty4 ,the stump of a headless tree with the notches1 and on them wrote ,lye1 ,signifies ,mr4 ,hogarth's former art1 and the many productions thereof1 wherein he has excelled even ,nature itself1 and which of course must be but lies1 flattery1 and fallacy1 the ,painter's ,prerogative2 and the stump of the tree only being left1 shews that there can be no more fruit expected from thence1 but that it only stands as a record of his former services4 ,the ,butcher's ,dog pissing upon ,mr4 ,churchill's epistle1 alludes to the present state of ,mr4 ,hogarth2 that he is arrived at such an age to be reduced so low1 as1 from the strength of a ,bear1 to a blind ,butcher's ,dog1 not able to distinguish1 but pissing upon his best friend2 or1 perhaps1 giving the public a hint to read that ,epistle1 where his case is more fully laid before them4 ,the next matter to be explained is the subscription-box1 and under it is a book said to contain a list of the ,subscribers to the ,north ,briton1 as well as one of a ,new ,way to pay ,old ,debts4 ,mr4 ,hogarth mentioned ,the ,north ,briton1 to avoid the censure of the rabble in the street1 who1 he knew1 would neither pity nor relieve him2 and as ,mr4 ,churchill was reputed to be the writer of that paper1 it would seem to give a colour in their eyes of its being intended against ,mr4 ,churchill4 ,mr4 ,hogarth meant only to shew his necessity1 and that a book1 entitled ,a ,list of the ,subscribers to the ,north ,briton1 contained1 in fact1 a list of those who should contribute to the support of ,mr4 ,hogarth in old age4 ,by the book entitled ,a ,new ,way to pay ,old ,debts1 he can only mean this1 that when a man is become disabled to get his livelihood1 and much in debt1 the only shift he has left is1 to go a-begging to his creditors4 ,there are likewise some of his old tools in this print1 without any hand to use them4 ,on the same occasion were published the following verses1 on ,mr4 ,hogarth's last delicate performance3 ,what ,merit could from native ,genius boast1 ,to civilize the age1 and please us most1 ,in lasting images each scene to grace1 ,and all the soul to gather in the face1 ,in one small sheet a volume to conceal1 ,yet all the story finely to reveal1 ,was once the glory of our ,hogarth's name2 ,but see1 the short-liv'd eminence of fame ,now dwindles like the exit of a flame1 ,from which when once the unctuous juice is fled1 ,a stinking vapour rises in its stead3 ,so drops our ,painter in his later day1 ,his former virtue worn1 alas6 away1 ,what busy dmon1 for thy cursed design'd1 ,could thus induce the rancour of thy mind ,to strike so boldly1 with an impious hand1 ,against the blessings of thy native land8 ,open and unabash'd thy fury flies1 ,and all regard for liberty denies4 ,when ,catiline1 with more than human hate1 ,resolv'd the ruin of the ,roman state1 ,in secret he pursu'd the hellish plan1 ,nor did his wickedness survive the man4 ,his cruel arts are all by others shown1 ,and thou the brave assertor of thy own3 ,nay1 thy grim sheets thy principles will show1 ,when ,charon wafts thee to the realms below1 ,where all like thee shall unlamented go4 ,and also what the writer called1 ,a ,,slap at ,,both ,,sides4 ,whilst ,bruin and ,pug contend for the prize ,of merit in scandal1 would parties be wise1 ,and with honest derision contemn the dispute1 ,the ,bear would not roar1 and the ,dog would be mute3 ,for they equally both their patrons betray1 ,no sense of ,conviction their reasons convey2 ,so neither may hope one convert to gain1 ,for the ,rhime makes me sick1 and the ,print gives me pain4#b ,this plate1 however1 originally contained our artist's own portrait 7see p4 #bie74 ,to shew the contempt in which he held the ,poetical ,epistle to ,hogarth1#c he makes the pug-dog water on it1 but in a manner by no means natural to his species4 ,perhaps there is the same error relative to the ,monkey in the print of the ,strollers4 ,this kind of evacuation1 however1 appears to have been regarded by ,hogarth as a never-failing joke4 ,on the palette he exhibits the ,north ,britons1 and a begging-box to collect subscriptions for them4 ,designed and engraved by ,w4 ,hogarth4 ,in the first impression of this print three of the upper knots on the club or ragged staff 7viz4 #a4 #c4 #e47 are left white4 ,in the second impression they are completely shaded2 the ruffle on the hand that clasps the pot of porter is likewise hatched over1 and the shoulder of the animal made rounder4 ,minute differences occur in the other knots1 c4 ,the inscription1 instead of ,russian1 reads ,modern ,hercules4 #a ,in a letter written to his friend ,mr4 ,wilkes1 dated ,aug4 #c1 #agfc1 ,churchill says3 ,i take it for granted you have seen ,hogarth's ,print against me4 ,was ever any thing so contemptible8 ,i think he is fairly felo de se--,i think not to let him off in that manner1 although ,i might safely leave him to your ,,notes4 ,he has broke into my pale of private life1 and set that example of illiberality which ,i wished--of that kind of attack which is ungenerous in the first instance1 but justice in return4 ,i intend an ,elegy on him1 supposing him dead2 but 99 99 tells me with a kiss1 he will be really dead before it comes out3 that ,i have already killed him1 c4 ,how sweet is flattery from the woman we love6 and how weak is our boasted strength when opposed to beauty and good sense with good nature6--,in ,mr4 ,churchill's will is the following passage3 ,i desire my dear friend1 ,john ,wilkes1 ,esq4 to collect and publish my ,works1 with the ,remarks and ,explanations he has prepared1 and any others he thinks proper to make4 #b ,in a few days after1 the following ,advertisement1 for a satirical ,print on ,hogarth1 was published3 ,tara1 ,tan1 ,tara6 ,tara1 ,tan1 ,tara6 ,this ,day made its appearance at the noted ,,sumpter's ,political ,booth1 next door to ,the ,brazen ,head1 near ,shoe-,lane1 ,fleet-street1 which began precisely at twelve at noon1 a new humourous performance1 entitled1 ,the ,,bruiser ,,triumphant3 or1 ,the ,whole ,farce of the ,leicester-fields ,pannel ,painter4 ,the principal parts by ,mr4 ,hogarth1 ,mr4 ,wilkes1 ,mr4 ,churchill1 c4 c4 c4 ,walk in1 ,gentlemen1 walk in6 ,no more than #f d4 a-piece6 #c ,the reader shall judge for himself of this ,epistle's power to hurt4 ,amongst the sons of men1 how few are known ,who dare be just to merit not their own6 ,superior virtue1 and superior sense1 ,to knaves and fools will always give offence2 ,nay1 men of real worth can scarcely bear1 ,so nice is ,jealousy1 a rival there4 ,be wicked as thou wilt1 do all that's base1 ,proclaim thyself the monster of thy race2 ,let ,vice and ,folly thy ,black ,soul divide1 ,be proud with meanness1 and be mean with pride6 ,deaf to the voice of ,faith and ,honour1 fall ,from side to side1 yet be of none at all2 ,spurn all those charities1 those sacred ties1 ,which ,nature in her bounty1 good as wise1 ,to work our safety1 and ensure her plan1 ,contriv'd to bind1 and rivet man to man2 ,lift against ,virtue ,power's oppressive rod1 ,betray thy ,country1 and deny thy ,god2 ,and1 in one general comprehensive line1 ,to group1 which volumes scarcely could define1 ,whate'er of ,sin and ,dulness can be said4 ,join to a ,f----'s heart a ,d----'s head4 ,yet mayst thou pass unnotic'd in the throng1 ,and1 free from ,envy1 safely sneak along4 ,the rigid ,saint1 by whom no mercy's shewn ,to ,saints whose lives are better than his own1 ,shall spare thy crimes2 and ,,wit1 who never once ,forgave a ,brother1 shall forgive a ,dunce4 ,after this nervous introduction1 our satirist proceeds3 ,,hogarth--,i take thee1 ,,candour1 at thy word1 ,accept thy proffer'd terms1 and will be heard2 ,thee have ,i heard with virulence declaim1 ,nothing retain'd of ,candour but the name2 ,by thee have ,i been charg'd in angry strains ,with that mean falshood which my soul disdains-- ,,hogarth1 stand forth--,nay hang not thus aloof-- ,now1 ,,candour1 now ,thou shalt receive such proof-- ,such damning proof1 that henceforth ,thou shalt fear ,to tax my wrath1 and own my conduct clear-- ,,hogarth stand forth--,i dare thee to be tried ,in that great ,court1 where ,conscience must preside2 ,at that most solemn bar hold up thy hand2 ,think before whom1 on what account you stand--- ,speak1 but consider well--from first to last ,review thy life1 weigh every action past-- ,nay1 you shall have no reason to complain-- ,take longer time1 and view them o'er again-- ,canst ,thou remember from thy earliest youth1 ,and as thy ,god must judge ,thee1 speak the truth1 ,a single instance where1 ,self laid aside1 ,and ,justice taking place of fear and pride1 ,thou with an equal eye didst ,,genius view1 ,and give to ,merit what was ,merit's due8 ,genius and ,merit are a sure offence1 ,and thy soul sickens at the name of ,sense4 ,is any one so foolish to succeed8 ,on ,,envy',s altar he is doom'd to bleed4 ,,hogarth1 a guilty pleasure in his eyes1 ,the place of ,executioner supplies4 ,see how he glotes1 enjoys the sacred feast1 ,and proves himself by cruelty a priest4 ,whilst the weak ,artist1 to thy whims a slave1 ,would bury all those powers which ,nature gave1 ,would suffer blank concealment to obscure ,those rays1 thy ,jealousy could not endure2 ,to feed thy vanity would rust unknown1 ,and to secure thy credit blast his own1 ,in ,,hogarth he was sure to find a friend2 ,he could not fear1 and therefore might commend4 ,but when his ,spirit1 rous'd by honest ,shame1 ,shook off that ,lethargy1 and soar'd to ,fame1 ,when1 with the pride of ,man1 resolv'd and strong1 ,he scorn'd those fears which did his ,honour wrong1 ,and1 on himself determin'd to rely1 ,brought forth his labours to the public eye1 ,no ,friend in ,thee1 could such a ,rebel know2 ,he had desert1 and ,,hogarth was his foe4 ,souls of a timorous cast1 of petty name ,in ,,envy',s court1 not yet quite dead to shame1 ,may some ,remorse1 some qualms of ,conscience feel1 ,and suffer ,honour to abate their ,zeal3 ,but the ,man1 truly and compleatly great1 ,allows no rule of action but his hate2 ,through every bar he bravely breaks his way1 ,passion his ,principle1 and ,parts his prey4 ,mediums in ,vice and ,virtue speak a mind ,within the pale of ,temperance confin'd2 ,the daring ,spirit scorns her narrow schemes1 ,and1 good or bad1 is always in extremes4 ,man's practice duly weigh'd1 through every age ,on the same plan hath ,,envy form'd her rage4 ',gainst those whom ,fortune hath our rivals made ,in way of ,science1 and in way of ,trade1 ,stung with mean ,jealousy she arms her spite1 ,first works1 then views their ruin with delight4 ,our ,,hogarth here a grand improver shines1 ,and nobly on the general plan refines2 ,he like himself o'erleaps the servile bound2 ,worth is his mark1 wherever ,worth is found4 ,should ,painters only his vast wrath suffice8 ,genius in every walk is ,lawful ,prize4 ',tis a gross insult to his o'ergrown state3 ,his love to merit is to feel his hate4 ,when ,,wilkes1 our ,countryman1 our common friend1 ,arose1 his ,king1 his ,country to defend1 ,when tools of power he bar'd to public view1 ,and from their holes the sneaking cowards drew2 ,when ,rancour found it far beyond her reach ,to soil his honour1 and his truth impeach1 ,what could induce ,thee1 at a time and place1 ,where manly ,foes had blush'd to shew their face1 ,to make that effort1 which must damn thy name1 ,and sink ,thee deep1 deep in thy grave with shame8 ,did ,virtue move ,thee8 no1 'twas ,pride1 rank ,pride1 ,and if thou hadst not done it1 ,thou hadst dy'd4 ,,malice 7who1 disappointed of her end1 ,whether to work the bane of ,foe or ,friend1 ,preys on herself1 and1 driven to the ,stake1 ,gives ,virtue that revenge she scorns to take7 ,had kill'd ,thee1 tottering on life's utmost verge1 ,had ,,wilkes and ,,liberty escap'd thy scourge4 ,when that ,,great ,,charter1 which our ,fathers bought ,with their best blood1 was into question brought2 ,when1 big with ruin1 o'er each ,english head ,vile ,slavery hung suspended by a thread2 ,when ,,liberty1 all trembling and aghast1 ,fear'd for the future1 knowing what was past3 ,when every breast was chill'd with deep despair1 ,till ,reason pointed out that ,,pratt was there2 ,lurking1 most ,ruffian-like1 behind a screen1 ,so plac'd all things to see1 himself unseen1 ,,virtue1 with due contempt1 saw ,,hogarth stand1 ,the murderous pencil in his palsied hand4 ,what was the cause of ,liberty to him1 ,or what was ,honour8 ,let them sink or swim1 ,so he may gratify1 without controul1 ,the mean resentments of his selfish soul4 ,let ,freedom perish1 if1 to ,freedom true1 ,in the same ruin ,,wilkes may perish too4 ,with all the symptoms of assur'd decay1 ,with age and sickness pinch'd1 and worn away1 ,pale quivering lips1 lank cheeks1 and faultering tongue1 ,the spirits out of tune1 the nerves unstrung1 ,the body shrivel'd up1 the dim eyes sunk ,within their sockets deep1 the weak hams shrunk ,the body's weight unable to sustain1 ,the stream of life scarce trembling through the vein1 ,more than half-kill'd by honest truths1 which fell1 ,through thy own fault1 from men who wish'd thee well2 ,canst thou1 e'en thus1 thy thoughts to vengeance give1 ,and1 dead to all things else1 to ,malice live8 ,hence1 ,dotard1 to thy closet1 shut thee in1 ,by deep repentance wash away thy sin1 ,from haunts of men to shame and sorrow fly1 ,and1 on the verge of death1 learn how to die4 ,vain exhortation6 wash the ,ethiop white1 ,discharge the leopard's spots1 turn day to night1 ,controul the course of ,nature1 bid the deep ,hush at thy ,pygmy voice her waves to sleep1 ,perform things passing strange1 yet own thy art ,too weak to work a change in such a heart4 ,that ,,envy1 which was woven in thy frame ,at first1 will to the last remain the same4 ,reason may droop1 may die2 but ,envy's rage ,improves by time1 and gathers strength from age1 ,some1 and not few1 vain triflers with the pen1 ,unread1 unpractis'd in the ways of men1 ,tell us that ,,envy1 who with giant stride ,stalks through the vale of life by ,virtue's side1 ,retreats when she hath drawn her latest breath1 ,and calmly hears her praises after death4 ,to such observers ,,hogarth gives the lie2 ,worth may be hears'd1 but ,envy cannot die2 ,within the mansion of his gloomy breast1 ,a mansion suited well to such a guest1 ,immortal1 unimpair'd1 she rears her head1 ,and damns alike the living and the dead4 ,oft have ,i known ,thee1 ,,hogarth1 weak and vain1 ,thyself the idol of thy aukward strain1 ,through the dull measure of a summer's day1 ,in phrase most vile1 prate long1 long hours away1 ,whilst ,friends with ,friends1 all gaping sit1 and gaze ,to hear a ,,hogarth babble ,,hogarth',s praise4 ,but if athwart thee ,interruption came1 ,and mention'd with respect some ,ancient's name1 ,some ,ancient's name1 who in the days of yore ,the crown of ,art with greatest honour wore1 ,how have ,i seen thy coward cheek turn pale1 ,and blank confusion seize thy mangled tale6 ,how hath thy ,jealousy to madness grown1 ,and deem'd his praise injurious to thy own6 ,then without mercy did thy wrath make way1 ,and ,arts and ,artists all became thy prey2 ,then didst ,thou trample on establish'd rules1 ,and proudly level'd all the ancient schools2 ,condemn'd those works1 with praise through ages grac'd1 ,which you had never seen1 or could not taste4 ',but would mankind have true ,perfection shewn1 ,it must be found in labours of my own4 ,i dare to challenge in one single piece1 ,th' united force of ,,italy and ,,greece4' ,thy eager hand the curtain then undrew1 ,and brought the boasted ,master-piece to view4 ,spare thy remarks--say not a single word-- ,the ,picture seen1 why is the ,painter heard8 ,call not up ,shame and ,anger in our cheeks3 ,without a ,comment ,,sigismunda speaks4 ,poor ,,sigismunda6 what a ,fate is thine6 ,,dryden1 the great ,high-,priest of all the ,nine1 ,reviv'd thy name1 gave what a ,muse could give1 ,and in his ,numbers bade thy ,memory live2 ,gave thee those soft sensations1 which might move ,and warm the coldest ,anchorite to ,love2 ,gave thee that ,virtue1 which could curb desire1 ,refine and consecrate ,love's headstrong fire2 ,gave thee those griefs1 which made the ,stoic feel1 ,and call'd compassion forth from hearts of steel2 ,gave thee that firmness1 which our ,sex may shame1 ,and make ,man bow to ,woman's juster claim1 ,so that our tears1 which from compassion flow1 ,seem to debase thy dignity of woe6 ,but ,o1 how much unlike6 how fall'n6 how chang'd6 ,how much from ,nature and herself estrang'd6 ,how totally depriv'd of all the powers ,to shew her feelings1 and awaken ours1 ,doth ,,sigismunda now devoted stand1 ,the helpless victim of a ,dauber's hand6 ,but why1 my ,,hogarth1 such a progress made1 ,so rare a ,pattern for the sign-post trade1 ,in the full force and whirlwind of thy pride1 ,why was ,heroic ,painting laid aside8 ,why is ,it not resum'd8 ,thy ,friends at ,court1 ,men all in place and power1 crave thy support2 ,be grateful then for once1 and1 through the field ,of ,politics1 thy ,epic ,pencil wield2 ,maintain the cause1 which they1 good lack6 avow1 ,and would maintain too1 but they know not how4 ,through ev'ry ,pannel let thy ,virtue tell ,how ,,bute prevail'd1 how ,,pitt and ,,temple fell6 ,how ,,england',s sons 7whom they conspir'd to bless ,against our ,will1 with insolent success7 ,approve their fall1 and with addresses run1 ,how got1 ,god knows1 to hail the ,,scottish ,sun6 ,point out our fame in war1 when ,vengeance1 hurl'd ,from the strong arm of ,justice1 shook the world2 ,thine1 and thy ,country's honour to increase1 ,point out the honours of succeeding ,peace2 ,our ,moderation1 ,christian-like1 display1 ,shew1 what we got1 and what we gave away4 ,in ,colours1 dull and heavy as the tale1 ,let a ,state-,chaos through the whole prevail4 ,but1 of events regardless1 whilst the ,muse1 ,perhaps with too much heat1 her theme pursues2 ,whilst her quick ,spirits rouze at ,,freedom',s call1 ,and every drop of blood is turn'd to gall1 ,whilst a dear ,country1 and an injur'd ,friend1 ,urge my strong anger to the bitterest end1 ,whilst honest trophies to ,revenge are rais'd1 ,let not ,one real ,virtue pass unprais'd4 ,justice with equal course bids ,satire flow1 ,and loves the ,virtue of her greatest foe4 ,o6 that ,i here could that rare ,virtue mean1 ,which scorns the rule of ,envy1 ,pride and ,spleen1 ,which springs not from the labour'd ,works of ,art1 ,but hath its rise from ,nature in the heart1 ,which in itself with happiness is crown'd1 ,and spreads with joy the blessing all around6 ,but truth forbids1 and in these simple lays ,contented with a different kind of ,praise1 ,must ,,hogarth stand2 that ,praise which ,,genius gives2 ,in ,which to latest time the ,artist lives1 ,but not the ,man2 which1 rightly understood1 ,may make us great1 but cannot make us good1 ,that ,praise be ,,hogarth',s2 freely let him wear ,the ,wreath which ,,genius wove1 and planted there4 ,foe as ,i am1 should ,envy tear it down1 ,myself would labour to replace the ,crown4 ,in walks of ,humour1 in that cast of ,style1 ,which1 probing to the quick1 yet makes us smile2 ,in ,comedy1 his nat'ral road to fame1 ,nor let me call it by a meaner name1 ,where a beginning1 middle1 and an end1 ,are aptly join'd2 where parts on parts depend1 ,each made for each1 as bodies for their soul1 ,so as to form one true and perfect whole1 ,where a plain ,story to the eye is told1 ,which we conceive the moment we behold1 ,,hogarth unrival'd stands1 and shall engage ,unrival'd praise to the most distant age4 ,how could'st ,thou then to shame perversely run1 ,and tread that path which ,nature bade ,thee shun8 ,why did ,ambition overleap her rules1 ,and thy vast parts become the ,sport of ,fools8 ,by different methods different ,men excell1 ,but where is ,he who can do all things well8 ,humour thy ,province1 for some monstrous crime ,pride struck ,thee with the frenzy of ,sublime4 ,but1 when the work was finish'd1 could thy mind ,so partial be1 and to herself so blind1 ,what with ,contempt ,all view'd1 to view with awe1 ,nor see those faults which every ,blockhead saw8 ,blush1 ,thou vain ,man1 and if desire of ,fame1 ,founded on real ,art1 thy thoughts inflame1 ,to quick destruction ,,sigismunda give1 ,and let her memory die1 that thine may live4 ,but should fond ,candour1 for her ,mercy's sake1 ,with pity view1 and pardon this mistake2 ,or should ,oblivion1 to thy wish most kind1 ,wipe off that stain1 nor leave one trace behind2 ,of ,,arts despis'd1 of ,,artists by thy frown ,aw'd from just hopes1 of rising worth kept down1 ,of all thy meanness through this mortal race1 ,canst ,thou the living memory erase8 ,or shall not ,vengeance follow to the grave1 ,and give back just that measure which ,you gave8 ,with so much merit1 and so much success1 ,with so much power to curse1 so much to bless1 ,would ,he have been ,man's friend1 instead of foe1 ,,hogarth had been a little ,god below4 ,why then1 like savage ,giants1 fam'd of old1 ,of whom in ,scripture ,story we are told1 ,dost ,thou in cruelty that strength employ1 ,which ,nature meant to save1 not to destroy8 ,why dost ,thou1 all in horrid pomp array'd1 ,sit grinning o'er the ruins ,thou hast made8 ,most rank ill-nature must applaud thy art2 ,but even ,candour must condemn thy heart4 ,for ,me1 who1 warm and zealous for my ,friend1 ,in spite of railing thousands1 will commend1 ,and1 no less warm and zealous 'gainst my foes1 ,spite of commending thousands1 will oppose1 ,i dare thy worst1 with scorn behold thy rage1 ,but with an eye of ,pity view thy ,age2 ,thy feeble ,age1 in which1 as in a glass1 ,we see how men to dissolution pass4 ,thou wretched ,being1 whom1 on ,reason's plan1 ,so chang'd1 so lost1 ,i cannot call a ,man1 ,what could persuade ,thee1 at this time of life1 ,to launch afresh into the ,sea of ,strife8 ,better for ,thee1 scarce crawling on the earth1 ,almost as much a child as at thy birth1 ,to have resign'd in peace thy parting breath1 ,and sunk unnotic'd in the arms of ,death4 ,why would thy grey1 grey hairs1 resentment brave1 ,thus to go down with sorrow to the grave8 ,now1 by my ,soul1 it makes me blush to know ,my ,spirits could descend to such a foe4 ,whatever cause the vengeance might provoke1 ,it seems rank ,cowardice to give the stroke4 ,sure 'tis a curse which angry ,fates impose1 ,to fortify man's arrogance1 that those1 ,who're fashion'd of some better sort of clay1 ,much sooner than the common herd decay4 ,what bitter pangs must humbled ,,genius feel6 ,in their last hours1 to view a ,,swift and ,,steele6 ,how much ill-boding horrors fill her breast ,when ,she beholds ,men1 mark'd above the rest ,for qualities most dear1 plung'd from that height1 ,and sunk1 deep sunk1 in second ,childhood's night6 ,are ,men1 indeed1 such things1 and are the best ,more subject to this evil than the rest1 ,to drivel out whole years of ,ideot ,breath1 ,and sit the ,monuments of living ,death8 ,o1 galling circumstance to human pride6 ,abasing ,thought1 but not to be denied6 ,with curious ,art the ,brain1 too finely wrought2 ,preys on herself1 and is destroy'd by ,thought4 ,constant ,attention wears the active mind1 ,blots out her powers1 and leaves a blank behind4 ,but let not ,youth1 to insolence allied1 ,in heat of blood1 in full career of pride1 ,possess'd of ,,genius1 with unhallow'd rage1 ,mock the infirmities of reverend age4 ,the greatest ,,genius to this ,fate may bow1 ,,reynolds1 in time1 may be like ,,hogarth now4 #c4 ,the same2 but on the palette is introduced the political print described in p4 #ia4 ,in the second impressions of the plate thus altered1#a we find the letters ,n ,b added on the club1 as well as the epithet infamous prefixed to the word ,fallacy4 ,the shadows on the political print are likewise changed1 and deepened2 and the words ,dragon of ,wantley are added at the end of ,i warrant ye4 #a ,the first was price #as42 the second price #as4 #f;d4 #d4 ,print ,of the ,weighing-house to ,clubbe's ,physiognomy2 a humourous pamphlet in quarto1 published in #agfc1 by ,mr4 ,clubbe#a 7editor of the ,history and ,antiquities of ,wheatfield in ,suffolk71 and dedicated to ,hogarth4 ,w4 ,hogarth del4 ,l4 ,sullivan sculp4 ,it was likewise printed in a collection of this author's works1 published at ,ipswich1 #b vols4 #abmo4 no date1 with a new engraving of the plate4 ,there is also a third engraving of the same design1 perhaps executed in the country1 for some octavo edition of ,mr4 ,clubbe's pamphlet4 #a ,i had said in my first edition1 that ,mr4 ,clubbe was drowned in the moat that surrounded his house at ,wheatfield2 but readily retract that assertion1 having been since informed1 that he died a natural death1 of old age and infirmities4 #e4 ,frontispiece to a pamphlet written by ,dr4 ,gregory ,sharpe1 ,master of ,the ,temple1 against the ,hutchinsonians1 but never published4 ,it represents a witch sitting on the moon1 and watering on a mountain1 whence issue mice1 who are devouring ,sir ,isaac ,newton's ,optics2 one mouse lies dead on ,hutchinson's works1 probably to imply being choaked4 ,the conundrum signifies1 ,front-is-piss4 ,the few impressions from this plate that have strayed into the hands of dealers1 were originally presents from ,dr4 ,sharpe to his friends4 99 99 99 99 99 #agfd4 #a4 ,,finis1 or the ,tail-piece4 ,the ,bathos1 or manner of sinking in sublime painting1 inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures4#a ,,time breathing out his last1 a ruinous tower1 and many other allegorical devices2 among the rest1 he has introduced his own ,times4#b #a ,on this print1 which he called ,finis1 and represents the destruction of all things1 the following epigram1 ascribed to ,charles ,churchill the poet1 and said to have been written by him when at ,mr4 ,dell's1 in ,kew-foot-lane1 ,april #ah1 #agfd1 is printed from ,the ,muse's ,mirrour1 vol4 ,i4 p4 #h4 ,on ,hogarth's print of the ,bathos1 or the ,art of ,sinking in ,painting4 ,all must old ,hogarth's gratitude declare1 ,since he has nam'd old ,chaos for his heir2 ,and while his works hang round that ,anarch's throne1 ,the connoisseurs will take them for his own4 ,mr4 ,walpole's ,anecdotes1 #hvo4 vol1 ,,iv4 p4 #aia4 #b ,a few months before this ingenious artist was seized with the malady which deprived society of one of its greatest ornaments1 he proposed to his matchless pencil the work he has intituled a tail-piece2 the first idea of which is said to have been started in company1 while the convivial glass was circulating round his own table4 ,my next undertaking1 says ,hogarth1 shall be the ,end of all ,things4 ,if that is the case1 replied one of his friends1 your business will be finished2 for there will be an end of the painter4 ,there will so1 answered ,hogarth1 sighing heavily2 and1 therefore1 the sooner my work is done1 the better4 ,accordingly he began the next day1 and continued his design with a diligence which seemed to indicate an apprehension 7as the report goes7 that he should not live till he had completed it4 ,this1 however1 he did in the most ingenious manner1 by grouping every thing which could denote the end of all things--a broken bottle--an old broom worn to the stump--the butt-end of an old musket--a cracked bell--bow unstrung--a crown tumbled in pieces--towers in ruins--the sign-post of a tavern1 called ,the ,world's ,end1 tumbling--the moon in her wane--the map of the globe burning--a gibbet falling1 the body gone1 and the chain which held it dropping down--,phbus and his horses dead in the clouds--a vessel wrecked--,time1 with his hour-glass and scythe broken2 a tobacco-pipe in his mouth1 the last whiff of smoke going out--a play-book opened1 with ,exeunt omnes stamped in the corner--an empty purse--and a statute of bankruptcy taken out against ,nature4--,so far1 so good1 cried ,hogarth2 nothing remains but this1--taking his pencil in a sort of prophetic fury1 and dashing off the similitude of a painter's pallet broken--,finis1 exclaimed ,hogarth1 the deed is done--all is over4--,it is remarkable1 that he died in about a month after this tail-piece4 ,it is also well known he never again took the pencil in hand4 #b4 ,the ,bench4#a ,the same described under the year #ageh2 but with additions4 ,the plate thus varied occurs in two states4 ,in the first of these we have only ,this plate could have been better explained1 had the author lived a week longer4 ,in the second impression of it we are told1 that ,the unfinished group of heads1 in the upper part of this print1 was added by the author in ,october #agfd2 and was intended as a farther illustration of what is here said concerning ,character1 ,caracatura1 and ,outr4 ,he worked upon it a day before his death1 which happened the #bfth of that month4 ,this plate exhibits the inside of the ,common ,pleas1 with portraits of the following judges then belonging to that court3 ,hon4 ,wm4 ,sir ,edw4 ,sir ,john ,hon4 ,mr4 ,justice ,noel4 ,clive4 ,willes1 ,ld4 7now ,earl7 ,ch4 ,justice4 ,bathurst4 ,mr4 ,edwards's picture on this subject 7see p4 #cfg47 differs from both the plates4 #a ,a term peculiarly appropriated to the ,court of ,common ,pleas4 #c4 ,hell-,gate1 ,satan1 ,sin1 and ,death4 ,milton's ,paradise ,lost4 ,book ,,ii4 ,a large print4 ,engraved by ,c4 ,townley1 and intended to have been published ,april #ae1 #agfg4 ,it was dedicated to the late ,mr4 ,garrick1 who possessed the original 7unfinished7 picture painted by ,hogarth4 ,the plate was destroyed1 and only a few of the prints are now remaining4 ,the original is in the possession of ,mrs4 ,garrick4 ,it is impossible to conclude my account of it without observing1 that the united labours of ,teniers1 ,heemskirk1 and ,callot1 could not have furnished a more absolute burlesque of this noble subject1 than ,hogarth1 who went seriously to work on it1 has here produced4 ,how art thou fallen1 ,o ,lucifer1 thou son of the ,morning6 will be the exclamation of every observer1 on seeing this unaccountable performance1 in which ,satan and ,death have lost their terrors1 and ,sin herself is divested of all the powers of temptation4 99 99 99 99 99 #aggb4 #a4 ,the ,good ,samaritan2 by ,ravenet and ,delatre4 ,in ,the ,grub-,street ,journal for ,july #ad1 #agcg1 appeared the following paragraph3 ,yesterday the scaffolding was taken down from before the picture of ,the ,good ,samaritan1#a painted by ,mr4 ,hogarth1 on the ,stair ,case in ,st4 ,bartholomew's ,hospital1 which is esteemed a very curious piece4 ,hogarth paid his friend ,lambert for painting the landscape in this picture1 and afterwards cleaned the whole at his own expence4 ,to the imaginary merits of his coadjutor1 the ,analysis1 p4 #bf1 bears the following testimony3 ,the sky always gradates one way or other1 and the rising or setting sun exhibits it in great perfection2 the imitating of which was ,claud de ,lorain's peculiar excellence1 and is now ,mr4 ,lambert's4 #a ,of this picture ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has a sketch in oil4 #b4 ,the ,pool of ,bethesda2 large1 by ,ravenet and ,picot4 ,a small one1 by ,ravenet1 has been mentioned under #agdh4 ,both very indifferent4 ,mr4 ,walpole justly observes1 that the burlesque turn of our artist's mind mixed itself with his most serious compositions2 and that1 in ,the ,pool of ,bethesda1 a servant of a rich ulcerated lady1 beats back a poor man perhaps woman who sought the same celestial remedy4 ,to this remark ,i may add1 that the figure of the priest1 in ,the ,good ,samaritan1 is supremely comic1 and rather resembles some purse-proud burgomaster1 than the character it was designed to represent4 ,on the top of the staircase at ,st4 ,bartholomew's ,hospital1 and just under the cornice1 is the following inscription1 ,the historical paintings of this staircase were painted and given by ,mr4 ,william ,hogarth1 and the ornamental paintings at his expence1 ,a4 ,d4 #agcf4 ,both pictures1 which appear of an oblong square in the engravings1 in the originals are surrounded with scroll-work which cuts off the corners of them1 c4 ,all these ornaments1 together with compartments carved at the bottom1 were the work of ,mr4 ,richards4 ,mr4 ,boydell had the latter engraved on separate plates1 appended to those above them1 on which sufficient space had not been left4--,hogarth requested that these pictures might never be varnished4 ,they appear therefore to disadvantage1 the decorations about them having1 within these few years past1 been highly glazed4 ,the ,pool of ,bethesda has suffered much from the sun2 and ,the ,good ,samaritan1 when lately cleaned1 was pressed so hard against the straining frame1 that several creases have been made in the canvas4 99 99 99 99 99 #agge4 #a4 ,the ,politician ,mr4 ,tibson1 lately a laceman in ,the ,strand1 from a sketch in oil1 by ,hogarth4 ,etched by ,j4 ,k4 ,sherwin4 ,published ,oct4 #ca1 #agge4 99 99 99 99 99 #agha4 #a4 ,portrait of ,solfull1#a a maker of punches for engravers4 ,w4 ,hogarth del4 ,s4 ,j4 fecit aqua fort4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has the original sketch4 ,this portrait is mentioned by ,mr4 ,walpole under the title of ,two small heads of men in profile in one plate1 etched by ,mr4 ,ireland1 from a sketch in his own collection4 #a ,this was etched a second time1 ,mr4 ,ireland having accidentally lost his first plate4 #b4 ,thomas ,pellet1 ,m4 ,d4 ,president of the ,college of ,physicians4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinxit4 ,c4 ,hall sculpsit4 #c4 ,william ,bullock the ,comedian4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinxit4 ,c4 ,hall sculpsit4 ,it is by no means certain that these two last portraits were painted by ,hogarth4 #d4 ,north and ,south of ,great ,britain4 ,w4 ,hogarth delin4 ,f4 ,b4 i4 e4 ,francis ,bartolozzi sculp4 ,this little print represents a ,scotchman scrubbing against a sign-post2 no sign on it2 with ,edenborough castle in the back ground3--and an ,englishman reposing on a post1 with a pot of ,london porter in his hand2 the sign of an ,ox1 with roast and boild1 by way of inscription1 over his head2 and a view of ,st4 ,paul's at a distance4 ,i do not believe it was designed by our artist1 whose satire was usually of a more exalted kind3 neither are the figures at all in his manner4 ,a sketch imputed to ,hogarth1 and engraved by this matchless ,italian1 however1 carries a double temptation with it1 as it unites with the works of both artists1 which are so much the present objects of pursuit4 ,no man can entertain too high an idea of ,barlolozzi's talents2 but yet1 being sometimes apt to sacrifice similitude to grace1 ,emollit mores1 nec finit esset feros4 ,he therefore is the last person from whom justice to the strong marked characters of ,hogarth could be expected4 ,since the above observations were communicated1 a new impression of this plate has appeared with the name of ,sandby annexed to it4 ,the history of so extraordinary a change deserves notoriety4 ,the publisher was at first assured that the sketch1 from which he designed the engraving1 was not the production of ,hogarth4 ,he1 however1 on his own judgement1 pretended to affirm the contrary1 being at least convinced that1 during the late rage for collecting the works of our artist1 no name was so likely as his to draw in purchasers4 ,having disposed of as many copies as he could in consequence of hanging out such false colours1 he now sets sail again under those of ,sandby1 and would probably make a third voyage with ,mr4 ,bunbury's flag at his mast head1 were not our second ,hogarth at hand1 to detect the imposture4--,the price of this etching1 originally #b s4 #f d4 is now sold at #a s4 though the proprietor has incurred the fresh expence of decorating it in aqua tinta4 ,should it henceforward fail to meet with buyers1 ,i shall not be ready to exclaim1 with ,ovid1 ,flebam successu posse carere dolo4 ,the three last published by ,john ,thane1 ,rupert-street1 ,haymarket4 #e4 ,first sketch of arms for ,the ,foundling ,hospital4 ,wm4 ,hogarth inv4 #agdg4 ,over the ,crest and ,supporters is written--,a ,lamb--,nature--,britannia4 ,in the shield is a naked ,infant3 the ,motto ,,help4 ,this is an accurate fac simile from a drawing with a pen and ink by ,hogarth4 ,published as the ,act directs ,july #ca1 #agha1 by ,r4 ,livesay1 at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's1 ,leicester ,fields4 ,the original is in the collection of the ,earl of ,exeter4 #f4 ,two ,figures1 c4 ,hogarth inv4 ,f4 ,b4 i4 e4 ,francis ,bartolozzi sculp4 ,these figures were designed for ,lord ,melcombe and ,lord ,winchelsea4 ,from a drawing with a pen and ink by ,hogarth4 ,published as the ,act directs1 #ca ,july1 #agha1 by ,r4 ,livesay at ,mrs4 ,hogarth's1 ,leicester-fields4 ,i am informed1 however1 that this drawing was certainly the work of ,lord ,townshend4 ,the original is in the collection of the ,earl of ,exeter4 #g4 ,a mezzotinto portrait of ,hogarth with his hat on1 in a large oval1 from an original begun by ,wheltdon1 and finished by himself1 late in the possession of the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,townley4 ,charles ,townley fec4 ,the family of ,hogarth affect to know nothing of this painting2 and say1 if there is such a thing1 it was only slightly touched over by him4 ,it must be confessed that it bears little1 if any1 resemblance to the representations of our artist edited by himself4 ,the original is now in the possession of ,mr4 ,james ,townley1 as has been mentioned in p4 #ih4 99 99 99 99 99 #aghb4 #a4 ,the ,staymaker4 #b4 ,debates on ,palmistry4 ,the humour in the first of the two preceding prints is not very strong1 and in the second it is scarce intelligible4 ,the ,male ,staymaker seems to be taking professional liberties with a female in the very room where her husband sits1 who is playing with one of his children presented to him by a nurse1 perhaps with a view to call off his attention from what is going forward4 ,the hag shews her pretended love for the infant1 by kissing its posteriors4 ,a maid-servant holds a looking-glass for the lady1 and peeps significantly at the operator from behind it4 ,a boy with a cockade on1 and a little sword by his side1 appears to observe the familiarities already mentioned1 and is strutting up fiercely towards the ,staymaker1 while a girl is spilling some liquor in his hat4 ,the figures employed in the study of ,palmistry seem to be designed for ,physicians and ,surgeons of an ,hospital1 who are debating on the most commodious method of receiving a fee1 unattentive to the complaints of a lame female who solicits assistance4 ,a spectre1 resembling the ,royal ,dane1 comes out behind1 perhaps to intimate that physick and poison will occasionally produce similar effects4 ,a glass case1 containing skeletons1 is open2 a crocodile hangs overhead2 and an owl1 emblematic of this sapient consistory1 is perched on an high stand4 ,i suspect these two to have been discarded sketches--the first of them too barren in its subject to deserve finishing1 and the second a repented effort of hasty spleen against the officers of ,st4 ,bartholomew's1 who might not have treated some recommendation of a patient from our artist with all the respect and attention to which he thought it was entitled4 ,but this is mere supposition4 #c4 ,portrait of ,henry ,fox ,lord ,holland4 #d4 ,portrait of ,james ,caulfield ,earl of ,charlemont4 ,the above four articles are all etched by ,s4 ,haynes1 pupil to the late ,mr4 ,mortimer1 from original drawings in the possession of ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland4 ,the six prints which follow1 were published by subscription by ,mrs4 ,hogarth in ,april #aghb2 of these ,no4 #e4 was engraved by ,bartolozzi1 and the rest by ,r4 ,livesay4 #e4 ,the ,shrimp ,girl1 a head1 from an original sketch in oil1 in the possession of ,mrs4 ,hogarth4 ,this plate1 which is executed in the dotted manner so much at present in fashion1 should have been etched or engraved like those excellent performances by ,bartolozzi after the drawings of ,guercino4 ,spirit1 rather than delicacy1 is the characteristic of our artist's ,shrimp ,girl4 #f4 #g4 ,portraits of ,gabriel ,hunt and ,benjamin ,read1 in aqua tinta1 from the original drawings in the possession of the late ,mr4 ,forrest4 ,the drawing of ,mr4 ,hunt was taken in #agcc1 a period when1 from the number of street-robberies1 it was usual to go armed4 ,hunt's couteau is stuck in one of his button-holes4 ,the figure of ,ben ,read was taken in #ageg4 ,coming one night to the club after having taken a long journey1 he fell asleep there4 ,hogarth had got on his roquelaure1 and was about to leave the room2 but1 struck with the drollery of his friend's appearance1 he exclaimed1 ,heavens6 what a character6 and1 calling for pen and ink1 took the drawing immediately1 without sitting down4 ,to be recorded only as votaries of the bottle and pipe1 is no very flattering mark of distinction to these members of our artist's club4 ,there is scarce a meaner avenue to the ,temple of ,fame4 #h4 ,three plates1 from the original sketches of ,hogarth1 designed for the epitaph and monument of ,george ,taylor4 ,the drawings are the property of ,mr4 ,morrison4 ,george ,taylor was a famous boxer1 who died ,february #ba1 #agej4 ,a writer already quoted speaks of him in these terms3 ,george ,taylor1 known by the name of ,george the ,barber1 sprang up surprisingly4 ,he has beat all the chief boxers but ,broughton4 ,he1 ,i think1 injudiciously fought him one of the first1 and was obliged very soon to give out4 ,doubtless it was a wrong step in him to commence a boxer by fighting the standing champion3 for ,george was not then twenty1 and ,broughton was in the zenith of his age and art4 ,since that he has greatly distinguished himself with others2 but has never engaged ,broughton more4 ,he is a strong able boxer1 who1 with a skill extraordinary1 aided by his knowledge of the small and back swords1 and a remarkable judgement in the cross-buttock fall1 may contest with any4 ,but1 please or displease1 ,i am resolved to be ingenuous in my characters4 ,therefore ,i am of opinion1 that he is not overstocked with that necessary ingredient of a boxer1 called a bottom2 and am apt to suspect that blows of equal strength with his too much affect him and disconcert his conduct4 ,godfrey on the ,science of ,defence1 p4 #fa4 ,on ,taylor's tombstone in ,deptford church-yard is the following epitaph3 ,farewell ye honours of my brow6 ,victorious wreaths farewell6 ,one trip from ,death has laid me low1 ,by whom such numbers fell4 ,yet bravely ,i'll dispute the prize1 ,nor yield1 though out of breath3 ',tis but a fall--,i yet shall rise1 ,and conquer--even ,,death4 ,the idea1 however1 is all that can merit praise in these rough outlines by ,hogarth4 ,some graver critics1 indeed1 may think our artist has treated the most solemn of all events with too great a degree of levity4 #i4 ,nine prints of ,hogarth's ,tour from drawings by ,hogarth1 c4 accompanied with nine pages of letter press4 ,the frontispiece of this work 7,mr4 ,somebody7 was designed by ,hogarth1 as emblematical of their journey1 viz4 that it was a short ,tour by land and water1 backwards and forwards1 without head or tail4 ,the #ith is the tail-piece 7,mr4 ,nobody7 of the same whimsical nature with the first2 the whole being intended as a burlesque on historical writers recording a series of insignificant events intirely uninteresting to the reader4 ,some few copies of the ,tour1 says ,mr4 ,walpole1#a were printed by ,mr4 ,nichols in the preceding year4 ,it was a party of pleasure down the river into ,kent1 undertaken by ,mr4 ,hogarth1 ,mr4 ,scott1 and three of their friends1 in which they intended to have more humour than they accomplished1 as is commonly the case in such meditated attempts4 ,the ,tour was described in verse by one of the company1 and the drawings executed by the painters1 but with little merit1 except the views taken by ,mr4 ,scott4 ,i have transcribed this paragraph lest the readers of the truly valuable work whence it is taken should imagine the ,tour printed by ,j4 ,n4 in #agha1 was the same with that published by ,mr4 ,livesay in #aghb4 ,the former was the production of the ingenious ,mr4 ,gostling of ,canterbury2 the latter was written by one of the company1 and1 with the omission of a single glaring indelicacy1 and many false spellings1 has been faithfully edited by ,mr4 ,livesay4 #a ,vol4 ,,iv4 #hvo4 p4 #aib4 #aj4 ,hogarth's ,crest1 exhibiting the ,line of ,beauty4 ,cyprus and ,variety subjoined by way of mottoes2 but my readers will anticipate me when ,i observe that the universe contains no place in which ,hogarth had so little interest as in the ,cyprian isle1 where ,venus was attended by the ,graces4 ,hogarth's original sketch1 which he delivered to ,mr4 ,catton the coach-painter for the purpose of having it transferred on his carriage1 is now in the possession of ,mr4 ,livesay4 #aa4 ,the card of invitation mentioned in p4 #fc4 is introduced in the title-page of the present publication4 ,it is engraved by ,j4 ,cary1 a young artist1 whose abilities1 more particularly in the line of map-engraving1 will soon raise him into notice4 #ab4 ,an ,old ,man's ,head with a band4 ,in the dotted stile4 ,published by ,livesay4 99 99 99 99 99 #aghe4 #a4 ,orator ,henley ,christening a ,child4 ,etched by ,saml ,ireland from an original sketch in oil--in his possession--by ,hogarth4--,to ,francis ,grose1 ,esq2 ,f4 ,a4 ,s4 an encourager and promoter of the arts1 this etching1 from his favourite ,hogarth1 is inscribed by his obliged friend and servant1 ,,saml ,,ireland4 #b4 ,a ,landscape4 ,etch'd by ,saml ,ireland1 from an original picture in his possession1 said to be the only landscape ever painted by ,hogarth4--,to the ,right ,honourable the ,earl of ,exeter1 an admirer of ,hogarth1 and encourager of the arts1 this etching is inscribed by his ,lordship's most obliged and obedient servant4 ,s4 ,,ireland4 ,the very considerable degree of skill and fidelity1 displayed in the execution of these two plates1 entitles the gentleman who etched them to the warmest thanks of every collector of the works of ,hogarth4--,may a hope be added1 that he will favour us with yet other unpublished designs of the same master8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,prints of uncertain ,date4 ,before ,mr4 ,walpole's enumeration of the following shop-bills1 coats of arms1 c4 made its appearance1 perhaps few of them were known to our collectors4 ,concerning the genuineness of some of these unimportant engravings1 no doubt can be entertained2 but whence is it inferred that all of them were his productions8 ,do we receive them merely on the faith of ,mr4 ,pond8 or are they imputed to our artist for any other reason1 or on the strength of any other testimony8 ,i am assured1 by a gentleman who possesses the chief of them1 and is well acquainted with ,hogarth's manner1 that from mere external evidence several of these could not have been authenticated4 ,it is natural1 however1 to suppose that most of them 7if ,hogarth's7 were the fruits of his apprenticeship4#a ,as such1 therefore1 they should be placed at the beginning of every collection4 #a ,let it be remembered likewise1 that being bound apprentice to the single branch of engraving arms and cyphers1 the majority of his works1 whether on base metal or silver1 must have been long since melted down4 ,during the minority of ,hogarth1 the forms in which plate was made1 could contribute little to its chance of preservation4 ,pot-bellied tankards1 and salvers scalloped like old-fashioned minced-pies1 were the highest efforts of that period4 99 99 99 99 99 #a4 ,people in a shop under the ,king's arms3 ,mary and ,ann ,hogarth4 ,a shop-bill for his two sisters1 who for many years kept a linen-draper's1 or rather what is called a slop-shop4 ,mary and ,ann ,hogarth4 from the ,old ,frock-shop near the corner of ,the ,long ,walk1 facing ,the ,cloysters1 ,removed to ye ,kings ,arms joyning to ye ,little ,britain-gate1 near ,long ,walk4 ,sells ye best and most ,fashionable ,ready ,made ,frocks1 sutes of ,fustian1 ,ticken and ,holland1 stript ,dimmity and ,flael ,wastcoats1 blue and canvas ,frocks1 and bluecoat ,boys ,drars4 ,likewise ,fustians1 ,tickens1 ,hollands1 white stript ,dmitys1 white and stript ,flaels in ye piece4 ,by wholesale or ,retale1 at ,reasonable ,rates4 #b4 ,his own cypher1 with his name under it at length2 a plate he used for his books4 ,i have reason to think it was neither designed nor engraved by ,hogarth4 #c4 ,a ,turk's head4 ,a shop bill1 for ,john ,barker1 goldsmith1 at the ,morocco ,ambassador's head in ,lombard-,street4--,a copy of this has been made4 #d4 ,a shop-bill1 with emblems of ,trade4 ,grand ,duke of ,tuscany's arms at the top2 those of ,florence within the plate4 ,at the four corners1 views of ,naples1 ,venice1 ,genoa1 and ,leghorne4 ,at ,mrs4 ,holt's1 ,italian ,warehouse1 at the two ,olive ,posts in ye broad part of ,the ,strand almost opposite to ,exeter ,change are sold all ,sorts of ,italian ,silks1 as ,lustrings1 ,sattins1 ,padesois1 ,velvets1 ,damasks1 c4 ,fans1 ,legorne ,hats1 ,flowers1 ,lute and ,violin ,strings1 ,books of ,essences1 ,venice ,treacle1 ,balsomes1 c4 ,and in a ,back ,warehouse all ,sorts of ,italian ,wines1 ,florence ,cordials1 ,oyl1 ,olives1 ,anchovies1 ,capers1 ,vermicelli1 ,bolognia ,sausidges1 ,parmesan ,cheeses1 ,naple ,soap1 c4 #e4 ,a large angel1 holding a palm in his left hand4 ,a shop-bill for ,ellis ,gamble ,goldsmith1 at the ,golden-,angel in ,cranbourn-street1 ,leicester-,fields4 ,makes ,buys and ,sells all ,sorts of ,plate1 ,rings and ,jewels c4 ,ellis ,gamble ,orfeure1 a l',enseigne de l',ange d',or dans ,cranbourn-,street1 ,leicester-,fields4 ,fait1 ,achete1 vend toutes sortes d',argenterie1 ,bagues ,bijouxs1 c4 #f4 ,a smaller angel4 ,this is a contracted copy from the preceding1 was another shop-bill for our ,artist's ,master1 and has the same inscription as that already given4 #g4 ,another small angel almost the same as the preceding1 in the collection of ,mr4 ,walpole4 #h4 ,a large oval coat of arms1 with terms of the four seasons4 #i4 ,a coat of arms1 with two slaves and trophies4 ,plate for books4 #aj4 ,another coat of arms1 and two boys as terms4 #aa4 ,a foreign coat of arms2 supporters a savage and an angel4 ,ditto4 #ab4 ,lord ,aylmer's coat of arms4 #ac4 ,two ditto of the ,duchess of ,kendal2 one of them1 an impression from a silver tea table4 #ad4 ,the ,earl of ,radnor's arms1 from a silver cup and cover4 #ae4 ,a grifon1 with a flag4 ,a crest4 #af4 ,minerva1 sitting and holding the arms of ,holland1 four ,cupids round her4 ,done for the books of ,john ,holland1 herald-painter4 ,of this there are two plates4 ,the ,fleurs de ,lys in the one are more numerous and crowded than in the other4 #ag4 ,a ticket for a burial4 ,for the same purpose our artist's contemporary ,coypel likewise engraved a plate1 which is still in use4 #ah4 ,two small for ,milton4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 sculp4 ,it is so singular1 that only plates referring to the first and third books of ,paradise ,lost should be discovered with our artist's name subscribed to them1 that ,i almost suspect they were not executed for any edition of that work1 but rather for some oratorio or operatical performance founded thereon1 though neither performed nor printed4 ,an example of two prints by ,hogarth to a single dramatic piece1 we have already met with in ,perseus and ,andromeda4 ,if the first of the present designs was made for the first book of ,paradise ,lost1 one might almost swear that ,hogarth had never read it1 or he could not have fallen into the strange absurdities and incoherences that his engraving displays4 ,we have on one side a ,dmon exalted in a kind of pulpit1 at the foot of which another infernal spirit lies bound in chains1 while a cannon is pointed at his head4 ,at a distance1 in the centre of an arcade adorned with statues1 is a throne with a personage seated on it4 ,over his head are little beings supporting an emblem of eternity4 ,stars1 c4 appear above them4 ,whether this dignified character was designed for a spirit of health1 or goblin damn'd1 it would be difficult from his figure and attributes to determine4 ,perhaps several works of fancy might be named1 with which the present representation would as naturally connect as with the first book of ,milton's ,poem4 ,the following plate exhibits two celestial characters of equal age4 ,they sit aloft in the clouds1 and listen to a concert of angels playing on various instruments1 and1 among the rest1 on a clumsy organ4 ,a ray of light darts down on a distant orb1 designed1 ,i suppose1 for the new-created world1 towards which the figure of a little being1 scarce bigger than a bird1 though meant for ,satan1 is seen directing its flight4#a ,a bookseller of common sagacity would have been justified in rejecting these designs1 if prepared for ,milton4 ,indeed1 had ,i not been taught by ,mr4 ,walpole's catalogue that such was their destination1 ,i should not hastily have conjectured that the former of them had the least reference to the ,poet's ,pandmonium4 ,let it be remembered1 however1 that these must have been among the earliest of ,hogarth's performances1 and1 like his prints for ,don ,quixote1 were in all probability thrown aside1 as unsuited to the purpose for which they were engraved4 ,i have been told1 indeed1 that a couple of plates1 by our artist1 to the comedy of ,the ,spanish ,friar1 are still existing4#b ,if ,hogarth1 therefore1 was once employed in preparing cuts to the plays of ,dryden1 the designs already mentioned might have been intended for two different scenes in ,the ,state of ,innocence1 or the ,fall of ,man4 #a ,in justice1 however1 to one of these designs1 ,i transcribe part of a letter that appeared in ,the ,gentleman's ,magazine for ,march #aghb4 ,twickenham1 ,march #ab4 ,,mr4 ,,urban1 ,throughout ,mr4 ,nichols's excellent but unequal account of ,hogarth and his works1 there is no decision ,i am so much inclined to controvert1 as that respecting the first of the two plates to ,milton4 ,perhaps the critic had only seen some imperfect copy of the ,pandmonium1 or formed his idea of it on the vague description of those who who had considered it with less attention than it really deserves4 ,in my opinion1 our artist's arrangement of the infernal senate affords a happy instance of his power to exhibit scenes of picturesque sublimity4 ,the ample space within the arcade1 containing myriads of subordinate spirits2 the vault above1 illuminated by supernatural fires2 the magnificence and elevation of ,satan's throne2 his superior stature1 and the characteristic symbols over the seats of his peers2 are circumstances entitled to a more flattering reception than they have met with4 ,that this print has likewise absurdities1 ,i am ready to allow3 yet a ,voltaire might ask whether most of them are not inseparable from its subject4 ,i wish1 for the sake of those who acknowledge the genius of ,hogarth only in familiar combinations1 that the plate in question were less rare4 ,our connoisseurs in general might then decide on its merits4 ,the only known impression of it1 as well as of its companion1 is in the collection of ,mr4 ,walpole1,a who once indulged me with a sight of them both4 ,i am content1 however1 that the second of these plates should be abandoned to the austerities of criticism4 ,the architecture in the skies is every way unsuitable to its place4 ,the characters of the ,almighty and our ,redeemer have little1 if any1 discrimination of attributes or years4 ,they appear swinging on a festoon composed of tiny cherubs1 clustered together like a swarm of bees4 ,the ,father rests his arm on one of these childish satellites2 and the ,son holds another by the wing1 like ,domitian catching a fly4 ,beneath1 is a concert of angels1 who perform on different instruments1 and among others 7as ,mr4 ,nichols's book expresses it7 on a clumsy organ4 ,lucifer1 approaching the new-created world1 appears but as an insect1 flying towards an apple4 ,this part of ,hogarth's subject is beyond the compass of any design on a contracted scale4 ,satan might be delineated in the act of alighting on a promontory1 a part of the earth2 but when its complete orb is exhibited on a slip of paper measuring about six inches by four1 the enterprizing fiend must be reduced to very insignificant dimensions4 ,such a circumstance may therefore succeed in a poet's comprehensive description1 but will fail on any plate designed for the ornament of a little volume4 ,let me add1 that these two are the neatest and most finished of all the engravings by ,hogarth4 ,the second might have been mistaken for one of the smaller works of ,picart4 ,perhaps the high price demanded for the plates1 was the reason why a series of them was not continued through the other books of ,paradise ,lost4 ,a ,these two plates are also in the collection of ,mr4 ,steevens4 #b ,these are in the collection of the ,earl of ,exeter1 and are said to have the name of our artist fallaciously affixed to them4 ,i speak1 however1 with uncertainty4 #ai4 ,a coat of arms from a large silver tea table4 ,under these arms are a shepherd and his flock1 exactly the same as those on the tankard1 ,n #be4 ,a shepherd and shepherdess also are the supporters4 ,this has been ascribed to ,hogarth1 but ,i suspect it to be a copy1 and am told indeed that it was engraved by ,pelitreau4 #bj4 ,impression from a coat of arms engraved on a silver dish made by ,delemery2 purchased1 at some distance of time1 by ,sir ,gregory ,page1 ,bart4 who erased the original arms from the escutcheon1 and had his own put in4 ,the dish was afterwards bought at ,christie's at a sale of ,sir ,gregory's plate2 and when #be impressions only had been taken from it1 was cut to pieces by ,r4 ,morrison1 #agha4 ,i wish some of these discoveries of ,hogarth's engravings had been made by people who had no immediate view to their own profit1 and the sale of their acquisitions4 ,too many of our collectors are become dealers4 #ba4 ,small oval print for the ,rape of the ,lock4 ,this was not designed for any edition of it4 ,a few impressions only were taken off from the lid of a snuff-box engraved by ,mr4 ,hogarth1 as it is believed1 for some gentleman characterized by ,pope in his celebrated mock-heroic poem4 ,it is one of the poorest of ,hogarth's performances4 #bb4 ,an emblematic print1 representing ,agriculture and ,arts4 ,it seems to be a ticket for some society4 #bc4 ,a ticket for the benefit of ,milward the tragedian4 ,a scene in ,the ,beggar's ,opera2 ,pitt #c s4 inserted with a pen between ,theatre and ,royal1 in a scroll at the bottom of it4 ,i have seen an impression of it1 under which is engraved1 ,lincolns-,inn ,fields1 ,tuesday1 ,aprill #bc4 ,a ,bold ,stroke for a ,wife1 with ,entertainments1 for the benefit of ,mr4 ,milward4 ,this careless1 but spirited little engraving1 has more of ,hogarth's manner than several other more laboured pieces1 which of late have been imputed to him4--,let the connoisseur judge4 ,this ticket 7as is already observed7 must have been issued before #agcc1 when the ,theatre in ,lincolns-,inn-,fields was shut up1 and all the actors1 ,milward among the rest1 removed to ,covent ,garden4 #bd4 ,the ,mystery of ,masonry brought to ,light by the ,gormagons4 ,a4 ,chin ,quaw-,kypo' ,done from ye ,original4 #ast ,emperor of ,china4 ,painted at ,pekin by ,matt-chauter1 ,b4 ,the sage ,confucius4 ,grav'd by ,ho-ge ,c4 ,in ,chin present and sold by ye ,printsellers ,oecumenical ,volgi4 of ,london ,paris and ,rome4 ,d4 ,the ,mandarin ,hangchi4 ,hogarth inv4 et sculp4 ,to the earliest impressions of this plate1 the name of ,sayer 7for whom it has since been retouched7 is wanting4 ,stolen from ,coypel's ,don ,quixote4 ,underneath1 these verses3 ,from ,eastern climes1 transplanted to our coasts1 ,two oldest orders that creation boasts ,here meet in miniature1 expos'd to view ,that by their conduct men may judge their due4 ,the ,gormagons1 a venerable race1 ,appear distinguish'd with peculiar grace3 ,what honour6 wisdom6 truth6 and social love6 ,sure such an order had its birth1 above4 ,but mark ,free ,masons6 what a farce is this8 ,how wild their mystery6 what a ,bum they kiss6#a ,who would not laugh1#b who such occasions had8 ,who should not weep1 to think the world so mad8 ,i should suspect that this plate was published about #agdb1 when the ,procession#c of ,scald ,miserables had been produced#d to parody the cavalcade of the ,free ,masons1 who ever afterwards discontinued their annual procession4 ,hogarth was always ready to avail himself of any popular subject that afforded a scope to ridicule4 ,among ,harry ,carey's ,poems1 however1 #agbi1 third edition1 is the following2 ,the ,moderator between the ,free-,masons and ,gormogons4 ,the ,masons and the ,gormogons ,are laughing at one another1 ,while all mankind are laughing at them2 ,then why do they make such a pother8 ,they bait their hook for simple gulls1 ,and truth with bam they smother2 ,but when they've taken in their culls1 ,why then 'tis--,welcome ,brother6 ,the particular disputes between the parties referred to by this poem1 it is not easy to ascertain4 ,perhaps the humourous writer alludes to some schism or dissention now forgotten4 ,mr4 ,gray1 in one of his letters to ,mr4 ,walpole1 says1 ,i reckon next week to hear you are a ,free ,mason1 or a ,gormogon at least4 #dto edition1 p4 #ahh4 ,i learn from ,masonry ,dissected1 c4 a pamphlet published in #agcj1 by ,samuel ,prichard1 late member of a ,constituted ,lodge1 that ,from the ,accepted ,mason sprang the real ,masons1 and from both sprang the ,gormogons1 whose grand master the ,volgi deduces his original from the ,chinese1 whose writings1 if to be credited1 maintain the hypotheses of the ,pre-adamites1 and consequently must be more antique than ,masonry4--,this circumstance will account for the ,chinese names and habits in our artist's plate4 #a ,on this occasion the print exhibits a trait of humour that may hitherto have escaped observation4 ,to render the part presented for salutation more tempting1 it has patches on1 such as women wore at the time when the plate was published4 #b ,who would not laugh1 c4 ,parody on the concluding couplet of ,pope's character of ,addison4 #c ,the contrivers of the ,mock ,procession were at that time said to be ,paul ,whitehead1 esq4 and his intimate friend 7whose real ,christian name was ,esquire7 ,carey1 of ,pall ,mall1 surgeon to ,frederic ,prince of ,wales4 ,the city officers did not suffer this procession to go through ,temple-,bar1 the common report then being1 that its real intent was to affront the annual procession of the ,free ,masons4 ,the ,prince was so much offended at this piece of ridicule1 that he immediately removed ,carey from the office he held under him4 #d ,the print1 representing a ,view of ,somerset-,house and of ,the ,strand1 is #c feet #aa inches in length1 and ten inches in width2 and is intituled1 ,a ,geometrical ,view of the grand ,procession of the scald-miserable ,masons1 designed as they were drawn up over against ,somerset-,house in ,the ,strand1 on the ,twenty-seventh of ,april1 ,an #agdb4 ,invented and engraved by ,a4 ,benoist1 at his ,lodgings1 at ,mr4 ,jordan's1 a ,grocer1 the ,north ,east ,corner of ,compton-street1 ,so-ho2 and sold by the ,printsellers of ,london and ,westminster4--,note1 ,a4 ,benoist teaches ,drawing abroad4 ,n #a4 ,the grand ,swoard ,bearer1 or ,tyler1 carrying the ,swoard of ,state 7a ,present of ,ishmael ,abiff to old ,hyram ,king of the ,saracens7 to his ,grace of ,wattin1 ,grand ,master of the ,holy ,lodge of ,st4 ,john of ,jerusalem in ,clerkenwell4 #b4 ,tylers or ,guarders4 #c4 ,grand ,chorus of ,instruments4 #d4 ,the ,stewards1 in three ,gutt ,carts1 drawn by ,asses4 #e4 ,two famous ,pillars1 ,jachin and ,boaz4 #f4 ,three great ,lights3 the ,sun ,hieroglyphical to rule the ,day1 the ,moon ,emblematical to rule the ,night2 a ,master ,mason ,political to rule his--,lodge4 #g4 ,the ,entered ,prentice's ,token4 #h4 ,the ,letter ,g famous in ,masonry for differencing the ,fellow ,craft's ,lodge from that of ,prentices4 #i4 ,the ,funeral of a ,grand ,master1 according to the ,rites of the ,order1 with the #ae loving ,brethren4 #aj4 ,a ,master ,mason's ,lodge4 #aa4 ,grand ,band of ,musick4 #ab4 ,two ,trophies2 one being that of a ,black-shoe ,boy and ,link ,boy1 the other that of a ,chimney ,sweeper4 #ac4 ,the ,equipage of the ,grand ,master1 all the ,attendants wearing ,mystical ,jewels4 ,a different1 but a smaller1 print of this ,mock ,procession was printed in ,may #agdb1 with the following memoranda1 viz4 ,the great ,demand there has been for ,the ,westminster ,journal1 of the #hth instant1 occasion'd reprinting the following piece4 ,from my own ,apartments in ,spring ,gardens4 ,though ,i do not belong to the ,fraternity mentioned in the following piece1 and therefore am little concerned in the annual disputes1 ,i think it my duty1 as a ,watchman of the city of ,westminster1 to preserve the memory of the late extraordinary ,cavalcade1 the like to which hath never happened since ,i have been in office4 ,as more solemn processions have of late years been very rare1 it cannot surely be taken amiss1 either by the ,free ,masons1 or the ,scald-,miserables1 that ,i give so much distinction to this4 ,t4 ,touchit4 ,the ,free ,mason's ,downfall1 or the ,restoration of the ,scald-,miserables4 ,after the print follows3 ,a ,key1 or ,explanation of the solemn and stately ,procession of the ,scald-,miserable ,masons1 as it was martial'd on ,tuesday the #bgth past1 by their ,scald-,pursuivant ,black ,mantle--set forth by ,order of the ,grand ,master ,poncy4--,printed by ,j4 ,mechell1 at ,the ,kings ,arms in ,fleet-street1 and sold by the ,pamphlet-shops1 c4 ,price ,two-pence4 ,extracts from ,the ,london ,daily ,post1 ,march #bj1 #agdj-a1 c4 ,yesterday some mock ,free-,masons marched through ,pall-,mall and ,the ,strand1 as far as ,temple-,bar1 in procession2 first went fellows on jack-asses1 with cows horns in their hands2 then a kettle-drummer on a jack-ass1 having two butter-firkins for kettle-drums2 then followed two carts drawn by jack-asses1 having in them the stewards with several badges of their order2 then came a mourning coach drawn by six horses1 each of a different colour and size1 in which were the grand master and wardens2 the whole attended by a vast mob4 ,they stayed without ,temple ,bar till the ,masons came by1 and paid their compliments to them1 who returned the same with an agreeable humour that possibly disappointed the witty contriver of this mock scene1 whole misfortune is1 that though he has some wit1 his subjects are generally so ill chosen1 that he loses by it as many friends as other people of more judgement gain4 ,again1 ,april #bh1 #agdb4 ,yesterday being the annual feast of the ancient and honourable society of ,free and ,accepted ,masons1 they made a grand procession from ,brook-street to ,haberdashers ,hall1 where an elegant entertainment was provided for them1 and the evening was concluded with that harmony and decency peculiar to the society4 ,some time before the society began their cavalcade1 a number of shoe-cleaners1 chimney-sweepers1 c4 on foot and in carts1 with ridiculous pageants carried before them1 went in procession to ,temple-,bar1 by way of jest on the ,free-,masons1 at the expence1 as we hear1 of one hundred pounds sterling1 which occasioned a great deal of diversion4 ,again1 ,may #c1 #agdd4 ,yesterday several of the mock masons were taken up by the constable empowered to impress men for his ,majesty's service1 and confined till they can be examined by the justices4 #bd4 ,sancho1 at the magnificent feast1 c4 starved by his ,physician4 ,on the top of this plate are the following words3 ,this original print was invented and engraved by ,william ,hogarth4 ,price #a s4 ,at bottom we read1 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 sculp4 ,printed for ,h4 ,overton and ,j4 ,hoole4 ,perhaps this design was meant as a rival to that of ,coypel on the same subject2 or might be intended by way of specimen of a complete set of plates for ,don ,quixote4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland has the original drawing4 #be4 ,impression from a tankard belonging to a club of artists1 who met weekly at ,the ,bull's ,head in ,clare-,market4 ,of this society ,hogarth was a member4 ,a shepherd and his flock are here represented4 #bf4 ,the ,gin ,drinkers4 ,this may have been one of ,hogarth's early performances2 and1 if such1 is to be considered as a rude fore-runner of his ,gin-,lane4 ,but ,i do not vouch for its authencity4 #bg4 ,the ,oratory4#a ,orator ,henley on a scaffold1 a monkey 7over whom is written ,amen7 by his side4 ,a box of pills and the ,hyp ,doctor lying beside him4 ,over his head1 ,the ,,oratory4 ,inveniam viam1 aut faciam4#b ,over the door4 ,ingredere ut proficias4#c ,a ,parson receiving the money for admission4 ,under him1 ,the ,treasury4 ,a ,butcher stands as porter4 ,on the left hand1 ,modesty in a cloud2 ,folly in a coach2 and a gibbet prepared for ,merit2 people laughing4 ,one marked ,,the ,,scout1#d introducing a ,puritan ,divine4 ,a ,boy easing nature4 ,several grotesque figures1 one of them 7marked ,,tee-,,hee7 in a violent fit of laughter4 ,i discover no reason for regarding this as a production of ,hogarth1 though his name1 cut from the bottom of one of his smaller works1 was fraudulently affixed to an impression of it belonging to the late worthy ,mr4 ,ingham ,foster1 whose prints were sold at ,barford's1 in ,march #aghc4 ,hogarth1 whose resources1 both from fancy and observation1 were large1 was never1 like the author of this plate1 reduced to the poor necessity of peopling his comic designs with ,pierot1 ,scaramouch1 and the other hackneyed rabble of ,french and ,italian farces4 ,underneath a second impression of it1 is the following inscription3 ,an extempore ,epigram1 made at the ,oratory3 ,o ,orator6 with brazen face and lungs1 ,whose jargon's form'd of ten unlearned tongues1 ,why stand'st thou there a whole long hour haranguing1 ,when half the time fits better men for hanging6 ,geo4 ,b--k--h#e jun4 ,copper-scratcher and ,grub-,street invent4 sculp4 #a ,there are such coincidences between this print and that of ,the ,beggar's ,opera1 as incline me to think they were both by the same hand4 #b ,the motto on the medals which ,mr ,henley dispersed as tickets to his subscribers4 ,see ,note on ,dunciad1 ,,iii4 #aii4 #c ,this inscription is over the outer door of ,st4 ,paul's school4 #d ,on what personage the name of ,scout was bestowed1 ,i am unable to inform the reader1 though ,i recollect having seen the same figure in several other prints1 particularly one from which it appears that he was at last murdered4 #e ,b--k--h4 ,perhaps this was an intended mistake for ,b--k--m4 #bh4 ,orator ,henley christening a child4 ,john ,sympson jun4 fecit4 ,mezzotinto 7commonly of a greenish colour71 with the following verses under it3 ,behold ,vilaria lately brought to bed1 ,her cheeks now strangers to their rosy red2 ,languid her eyes1 yet lovely she appears6 ,and oh6 what fondness her lord's visage wears6 ,the pamper'd priest1 in whose extended arms ,the female infant lies1 with budding charms1 ,seeming to ask the name e'er he baptise1 ,casts at the handsome gossips his wanton eyes1 ,while gay ,sir ,fopling1 an accomplish'd ass1 ,is courting his own dear image in the glass3 ,the ,midwife busied too1 with mighty care1 ,adjusts the cap1 shews innocency fair4 ,behind her stands the ,clerk1 on whose grave face ,sleek ,abigal cannot forbear to gaze3 ,but master1 without thought1 poor harmless child1 ,has on the floor the holy-water spill'd1 ,thrown down the hat2 the lap-dog gnaws the rose2 ,and at the fire the ,nurse is warming cloaths4 ,one guest enquires the ,parson's name2--says ,friendly1 ,why1 dont you know1 ,sir8--'tis ,hyp-,doctor#a ,h----y4 ,sold by ,j4 ,sympson1 at the ,dove in ,russel-,court1 ,drury-,lane4 ,an original sketch in oil1 on the same subject1 is in the possession of ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland4#b #a ,he wrote a periodical paper under that title4 #b ,see p4 #dae4 for an etching from it4 #bi4 ,a woman swearing a child to a grave citizen4#a ,w4 ,hogarth pinx4 ,j4 ,sympson jun4 sculp4 ,sold by ,j4 ,sympson engraver and print-seller1 at ,the ,dove in ,russel-,court1 ,drury-,lane4 ,this ,mr4 ,walpole observes to be a very bad print4 ,perhaps he had only seen some wretched impression1 or copy of it 7for there are two1 the one in a small size1 the other large1 but fit for no other purpose than to adorn the walls of a country ,inn71 and therefore spoke with contempt of a performance which hardly deserves so unfavourable a character4 ,this entire design1 however1 is stolen from a picture of ,heemskirk1 which has been since engraved in mezzotinto by ,w4 ,dickinson of ,new ,bond-street1 and published ,march #aj1 #aggb4 ,the original picture is in the possession of ,mr4 ,watson1 surgeon1 in ,rathbone ,place4 ,the title given to this plate by the ingenious engraver1 is ,the ,village ,magistrate4 ,all the male figures are monkies2 all the female ones1 cats4 ,hogarth has likewise been indebted to its companion--,the ,constable of the ,night4 ,few impressions from these plates having been hitherto sold1 they are both in excellent condition1 and the former of them exhibits an indisputable instance of ,hogarth's plagiarism4 ,while ,picart was preparing his ,religious ,ceremonies1 he wrote to some friend here1 to supply him with representations illustrative of his subject4 ,his correspondent1 either through ignorance or design1 furnished him with the two preceding plates by ,hogarth4 ,picart has engraved the former with a few variations1 and the latter with the utmost fidelity4 ,the one is called by him ,le ,serment de la ,fille qui se trouve enceinte2 the other1 ,le ,baptme domestique4 ,the first contains a supposed portrait of ,sir ,thomas de ,veil4 ,for the conversion of a civil into a religious ceremony1 let the ,frenchman1 or his purveyor1 be answerable4 ,the lines under ,hogarth's performance are as follows3 ,here ,justice triumphs in his elbow chair1 ,and makes his market of the trading fair2 ,his office-shelves with parish laws are grac'd1 ,but spelling-books1 and guides between 'em placed ,here pregnant madam screens the real fire1 ,and falsely swears her bastard child for hire ,upon a rich old letcher1 who denies ,the fact1 and vows the naughty ,hussif lies2 ,his wife enrag'd1 exclaims against her spouse1 ,and swears she'll be reveng'd upon his brows2 ,the jade1 the justice1 and church ward'ns agree1 ,and force him to provide security4 ,hogarth's picture is in the possession of the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,whalley1 at ,ecton1 ,northamptonshire4 ,mr4 ,whalley is the nephew of ,john ,palmer1 whose portrait is mentioned among the works of ,hogarth4 ,see p4 #bie4 ,this picture too is at ,ecton4 ,the foregoing print 7as already observed1 p4 #aba47 must have been published before the year #agce4 #a ,a copy of this forms the head-piece to a tale printed in ,banks's ,works1 vol1 ,i4 p4 #bdh1 intituled1 ,the ,substitute ,father4 #cj4 ,right ,hon4 ,gustavus ,lord ,viscount ,boyne1 c4 c4 ,whole length1 mezzotinto4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinx4 ,andrew ,miller fecit4 ,a very bad print1 done in ,ireland4 ,i have since met with an early impression of this mezzotinto4 ,the inscription1 dedication1 c4 underneath it1 are as follows3 ,w4 ,hogarth pinx4 ,ford fecit4 ,the ,rt4 ,honble4 ,gustavus ,lord ,visct4 ,boyne1 ,baron of ,stackallen1 one of his ,majesty's most ,honble4 ,priuy ,council1 one of the ,comrs4 of the ,revenue of ,ireland1 c4 ,to the ,rt4 ,honble4 the ,earl of ,kildare this plate is humbly dedicated by his ,lordship's most obedient humble servt4 ,mich4 ,ford4 ,published and sold by ,mich4 ,ford1 ,painter and ,print-seller on ,cork ,hill4 ,price #es4 #e4;d4 i4 e4 five thirteens4 ,mr4 ,walpole's is probably a later or a retouched impression from the same plate1 after it had fallen into the hands of one ,andrew ,miller1 who effaced the name of ,ford1 and substituted his own4 ,this scarce print will undoubtedly suffer from comparison with the works of ,smith1 ,m',ardell1 ,earlom1 ,jones1 c4 and yet perhaps it is the best mezzotinto that ,ireland has hitherto produced4 ,it must be confessed1 however1 that ,hogarth's whole-length figure of ,lord ,boyne is equally void of grace1 meaning1 and proportion2 but these defects have no connection with the labours of ,ford1 which would have appeared to more advantage had they been exerted on a better subject4 #ca4 ,mr4 ,pine 7the celebrated engraver71 in the manner of ,rembrandt4 ,mezzotinto 7about the year #agdf71 by ,m',ardell1 ,price #b s4 ,the original was in the possession of the late ,mr4 ,ranby the surgeon4 ,there is a second head of ,mr4 ,pine1 a mezzotinto2 both his hands leaning on a cane4 ,printed for ,george ,pulley1 at ,rembrandt's ,head1 the corner of ,bride-court1 ,fleet-street4 ,i have called this a second head1 but know not which of the two was first published4 ,in the first edition of the present work ,i had described this plate as an unfinished one1 but have since met with it in a perfect state4 #cb4 ,a ,view of ,mr4 ,ranby's house at ,chiswick4 ,etched by ,hogarth4 ,this view1 ,i am informed1 was taken in #agej1 but was not designed for sale4 #cc4 ,daniel ,lock1 ,esq4 ,f4 ,s4 ,a4 formerly an architect4 ,he retired from business with a good fortune1 lived in ,surrey-street1 and was buried in the chapel of ,trinity ,college1 ,cambridge4 ,mezzotinto4 ,w4 ,hogarth pinx4 ,j4 ,m',ardell fecit4 ,price #a s4 #f d4 #cd4 ,christ and his disciples2 persons at a distance carried to an hospital4 ,in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren1 ye have done it unto me4 ,st4 ,matt4 xxv4 ver4 #dj4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 ,c4 ,grignion sculp4 ,ticket for ,the ,london ,hospital4 ,as this charitable foundation was instituted in #agdj1 probably the ticket was engraved soon afterwards4 #ce4 ,original of the same1 in a smaller size1 with the ,duke of ,richmond's arms as president4 #cf4 ,another1 almost the same as ,n #cd1 but with a view of ,the ,london ,hospital4 #cg4 ,six prints for ,don ,quixote4 ,w4 ,hogarth inv4 sculp4 ,when ,lord ,carteret1 about the year #agcg1 was seeking artists to design1 c4 plates for his ,spanish edition of this famous novel1 published in #agch1 ,hogarth1 of course1 was not overlooked4 ,his performances1 however1 gave so little satisfaction to his noble employer1 that they were paid for1 and then laid aside in favour of ,vandrebank's drawings1 afterwards engraved by ,vandergucht4 ,the plates remaining in the hands of ,mr4 ,tonson1 his lordship's publisher1 at his death1 were bought by ,mr4 ,dodsley1 who1 finding they exhibited no descriptions that could render them welcome to the possessors of any copy of ,don ,quixote whatever1 had the titles of the chapters1 c4 to which they belong1 together with references to the corresponding pages in ,jarvis's translation1 engraved under each of them4 ,the subjects of them are1 ,i4 ,funeral of ,chrysostom1 and ,marcella vindicating herself2 vol4 ,i4 p4 #ga4 ,,ii4 ,the ,inn-keeper's wife and daughter taking care of the ,don after being beaten and bruised1 p4 #abi4 ,,iii4 ,don ,quixote releases the galley slaves1 p4 #abi4 ,,iv4 ,the unfortunate ,knight of the ,rock meeting ,don ,quixote1 p4 #adj4 ,v4 ,don ,quixote seizes the barber's bason for ,mambrino's helmet1 p4 #aee4 ,,vi4 ,the ,curate and ,barber disguising themselves to convey ,don ,quixote home1 p4 #aff4 ,tonson had several specimens of plates1 both in quarto and octavo sizes1 executed for editions of ,shakspeare1 but they shared the same fate with the others prepared for ,don ,quixote4 #ch4 ,an oval1 with two figures representing ,hymen and ,cupid4 ,a view of a magnificent villa at a distance4 ,this print was intended as a ticket for ,sigismunda1 which ,hogarth proposed to be raffled for4 ,it is often marked with ink #b l4 #b s4 ,the number of each ticket was to have been inserted on the scroll hanging down from the knee of the principal figure4 ,perhaps none of them were ever disposed of4 ,this plate1 however1 must have been engraved about #agfb or #c4 ,had ,i not seen many copies of it marked by the hand of ,hogarth1 ,i should have supposed it to have been only a ticket for a concert or music-meeting4 #ci4 ,four heads from the cartoons at ,hampton-,court4 ,an etching4 ,mr4 ,walpole1 in his ,anecdotes of ,painting1 c4 vol4 ,,iv4 p4 #bb4 speaking of ,sir ,james ,thornhill's attention to these celebrated pictures1 has the following remark3 ,he made copious studies of the heads1 hands1 and feet1 and intended to publish an exact account of the whole1 for the use of students3 but his work never appeared4 ,as this plate was found among others engraved by ,hogarth1 it might probably have been one of his early performances4 ,his widow has directed a few impressions to be taken from it1 and they are sold at her house in ,leicester-square4 #dj4 ,a ,scene in a ,pantomime ,entertainment lately exhibited2 designed by a ,knight of ,malta4 ,a satire on the ,royal ,incorporated ,society of ,artists of ,great ,britain4 ,no name4 ,this design is difficult to be explained1 as it alludes to some forgotten dissentions among the artists before the ,royal ,academy was founded4 ,sir ,william ,chambers1 ,kirby1 ,rooker the ,engraver and ,harlequin1 ,liotard1 remarkable for having adopted the ,turkish dress1 and others1 are introduced in it4 ,the hat and head of ,hogarth also appear on one of the necks of a ,hydra4 ,it is hardly credible1 therefore1 that he should have rendered himself an object of his own satire4 ,a mere etched outline of the same design1 with additions1 was afterwards published1 and is marked plate ,,ii4 ,it is larger than the original plate1 and must be considered as a slight temporary sketch1 of which the author is uncertain4 #da4 ,a ,ticket-porter carrying a load of chamber-pots to some place of public resort1 from the entrance of which three grenadiers are keeping off the crowd4 ,at the bottom is written4 ,jack in an ,office1 or ,peter ,necessary1 with ,choice of ,chamber-pots4 ,a ,ticket for the--------------------,price #f d4 ,of the following articles the #dith1 and #ec;d1 are the undoubted productions of ,hogarth4 ,some of the rest may admit of dispute4 ,those marked 99 ,i have not yet seen in any collection but that of ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland4 99 #db4 ,arms of ,george ,lambart ,lambert the painter1 an intimate friend of our artist4 99 #dc4 ,arms of ,gore1 engraved on a silver waiter4 99 #dd4 ,arms of a ,duke of ,kendal4 ,n4 ,b4 ,there never was a ,duke of ,kendal1 but an infant son of ,james ,,ii4 ,the arms mentioned are certainly those of the ,dutchess of ,kendal4 ,the male shield must be a mistake4 99 #de4 ,arms of ,chudleigh2 motto ,aut vincam1 aut peribo4 ,done for ,major ,l',emery1 whilst ,hogarth was apprentice4 #df4 ,the ,great ,seal of ,england1 from a large silver table4 ,this was given to ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland by a ,mr4 ,bonneau1 who took off the impression before the year #agdj4 #dg4 ,twenty-six figures1 on two large sheets1 engraved for ,a ,compendium of ,military ,discipline1 as it is practised by the ,honourable the ,artillery ,company of the ,city of ,london1 for the initiating and instructing ,officers of the ,trained ,bands of the said ,city1 c4 ,most humbly dedicated to his ,royal ,highness ,george ,prince of ,wales1 ,captain ,general of the ,honourable the ,artillery ,company4 ,by ,john ,blackwell1 ,adjutant and ,clerk to the said ,company4 ,london4 ,printed for the ,author2 and are to be sold at his house in ,well-,court in ,queen-,street1 near ,cheapside1 #agbf4 #dh4 ,farinelli1 ,cuzzoni1 and ,heydegger4 ,cuzzoni and ,farinelli are singing a duet4 ,the latter is in the character of a prisoner1 being chained by his little finger4 ,heydegger sits behind1 and is supposed to utter the eight following lines1 which are engraved under the plate3 ,thou tuneful scarecrow1 and thou warbling bird1 ,no shelter for your notes these lands afford4 ,this town protects no more the singsong strain1 ,whilst ,balls and ,masquerades triumphant reign4 ,sooner than midnight revels ere should fail1 ,and ore ,ridottos ,harmony prevail2 ,the cap 7a refuge once7 my head shall grace1 ,and save from ruin this harmonious face4#a ,i am told1 however1 that this plate was designed by the last ,countess of ,burlington1 and etched by ,goupy4 ,i may add1 that the figures in it1 though slightly done on the whole1 consist of more than a single stroke1 being retouched and heightened by the burin in several places4 ,on the contrary1 ,hogarth's plate1 intituled ,the ,charmers of the ,age1 only offers an etched outline1 which at once afforded the extent of his design1 leaving no room for improvement4 ,the former print exhibits traces of perseverance and assiduity2 the latter is an effort of genius that completes its purpose without elaboration4 #a ,he had once enlisted as a private soldier in the ,guards1 for a protection4 ,see p4 #aeb4 #di4 ,the ,discovery4 ,this scarce plate is acknowledged as genuine by ,mrs4 ,hogarth4 ,the subject is a black woman in bed2 her eyes archly turned on her gallant just risen1 who expresses his astonishment on the entrance of three laughing friends1 one of them with a candle in his hand4 ,underneath the print is this apposite motto3 ,qui color albus erat nunc est contrarius albo4 ,a similar circumstance occurs in ,fletcher's ,monsieur ,thomas1 and in ,foote's ,cozeners4 ,i know not of any among our artist's works that displays so little character4 ,it must have been one of his early performances4 ,it should be observed that1 being founded on a private occurrence1 this print was never designed for general circulation4 ,mr4 ,highmore the manager of ,drury-,lane1 who bought ,cibber's share in the patent1 is the ,hero of it4 ,a few copies only were distributed among ,hogarth's particular friends1 and the gentlemen whose portraits it contains4 ,at the bottom of the plate there is no descriptive title4 ,the ,discovery was that by which ,mrs4 ,hogarth mentioned it when she recollected the very laughable circumstance here commemorated by her husband's pencil4 99 #ej4 ,the ,cottage4 ,an impression from a breeches-button1 the size of a crown-piece2 a sketch made for ,mr4 ,camfield1 a surgeon1 on a subject that will not bear explanation4 ,there is a copy of this little plate by ,mr4 ,s4 ,ireland4 #ea4 ,pug the ,painter4 ,this has been usually understood as a satire on ,hogarth1 rather than a design by him4 ,mr4 ,ireland once told me it was etched by ,dawes1 and that our artist gave a copy of it1 as his own design1 to ,mr4 ,kirby4 ,but ,i am assured with superior confidence by another gentleman1 that the true author of it is to be sought among those artists whom ,hogarth had provoked by his contemptuous treatment of their works4 ,if ,pug was not designed as his representative1 why is the animal exhibited in the act of painting the ridiculous figure of the ,priest in ,the ,good ,samaritan8 #eb4 ,a ,head in an oval1 coarsely engraved1 and subscribed ,samuel ,butler ,author of ,hudibras4 ,several connoisseurs1 beside ,mr4 ,thane who possesses the plate1 conceive it to be an undoubted work of ,hogarth4 ,for what purpose it was executed1 and why suppressed 7for no one has hitherto met with even a proof from it7 it is vain to enquire4 ,i am silent on the subject1 heartily wishing that throughout this work ,i had had the opinions of more friends to record1 and had offered fewer sentiments of my own4 #ec4 ,a very rare hieroglyphic print2 representing ,royalty1 ,episcopacy1 and ,law1 composed of emblematic attributes1 and no human features or limbs2 with attendants of similar ingredients4 ,beneath is this inscription4 ,some of the principal inhabitants of the ,moon1 as they were discovered by a telescope1 brought to the greatest perfection since the last eclipse2 exactly engraved from the objects1 whereby the ,curious may guess at their ,religion1 ,manners1 c4 ,price ,six-pence4 ,a kind of scaffold above the clouds is the theatre of this representation4 ,monarchy1 ,episcopacy1 and ,law1 appear characteristically seated4 ,their faces are--a ,crown-piece--a ,jew's ,harp1 and--a ,mallet4 ,the monarch holds a globe and sceptre1 with crescents on the tops of them4 ,instead of a collar of esses1 he wears a string of bubbles2 his side is ornamented with a pointed star2 and a circle1 the emblem of perpetuity1 is embroidered on the cloth under his throne4 ,episcopacy is working at a pump 7a type ,i suppose of the ,church7 by the assistance of a bell-rope4 ,the ,bible is fastened to the handle of the pump1 and out of the nose of it issues money that falls into a chest discriminated by an armorial escutcheon1 containing a knife and fork1 properly emblazoned1 with a mitre by way of crest4 ,the lid of the coffer leans against a pillar1 that serves also to support a triple pile of cushions4 ,over the top of the pump 7which is fashioned much like a steeple7 is a weathercock on a small pyramid supported by balls2 and below it1 through a circular opening1 a little bell appears to ring4 ,under the sacerdotal robe1 a cloven foot peeps out4 ,law sustains a sword2 and behind him appears a dagger thrust through the bottom of a sieve4 ,the attendants on ,monarchy are of various materials4 ,the bodies and legs of such as seem designed for soldiers1 are composed of circular fire-screens resembling shields4 ,the trunks of the courtiers are large looking-glasses1 the sconces with candles in them serving for hands and arms4 ,the face of the chief of these is the reverse of a sixpence2 and a key significantly appended to his sash1 at once denotes his sex and office4 ,under the figure of law are a male and female modishly drest4 ,her head is a tea-pot1 her neck a drinking-glass1 and her body a fan half spread4 ,on the oval that forms the countenance of her paramour1 is a coat of arms with supporters4 ,his right honourable legs are fan-sticks1 and he seems in the act of courtship4 ,how this couple are immediately connected with ,law1 is not very clearly pointed out4 ,hogarth1 however1 we may suppose1 had planned some explanation of his hieroglyphics1 as the letters a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 are placed over some of them1 and beneath others4 ,from the form of the perukes exhibited in this design1 ,i should suppose it was made above forty years ago4 ,other circumstances in it need no decyphering4 99 #ed4 ,the ,master of the ,vineyard4 ,st4 ,matthew chap4 xxi4 v4 #bh4 ,son1 go work to-day in my ,vineyard4 99 #ee4 ,the ,london ,infirmary for charitably relieving sick and diseased ,manufacturers and ,seamen in the ,merchants' service1 their ,wives and ,children4 ,a blank certificate for ,pupils in ,surgery and ,anatomy1 printed on a half sheet1 folio4 #ef4 ,a ticket for the benefit of ,spiller the player4 ,he died in the year #agbi4 ,in the plate before us1 which possesses no small share of humour1 poor ,spiller is represented in a melancholy posture4 ,his finances are weighed against his debts1 and outweighed by them4 ,his taylor's bill appears to be of great length1 and many others for ale1 gin1 c4 are on the ground near him4 ,a bailiff is clapping him on the shoulder--a prison is in sight--ladies and gentlemen are taking tickets1 c4 ,this very uncommon and beautiful little print is1 at present1 found only in the collection of ,mr4 ,ireland4 #eg4 ,st4 ,mary's ,chapel4 ,five at night4 ,several performers playing on different instruments4 ,william ,hogarth inv4 ,g4 ,vandergucht sculpt4 ,this was certainly an ornament at the top of a ticket for a music-meeting4 ,the name of ,hogarth is affixed to it1 and the whole design might have been his4 ,i do not1 however1 believe it was so4 ,a few of the figures appear to have been collected from his works by some other hand1 rather than grouped by his own4 ,vandergucht too was so thoroughly a mannerist1 and especially in small subjects1 that he was rarely faithful to the expressions of countenance he undertook to trace on copper4 ,there is no humour1 and indeed little merit of any kind1 in this performance4 ,it has not hitherto been met with on the entire piece of paper to which it must originally have belonged4 ,a print called ,the ,scotch ,congregation1 by ,hogarth1 is almost unique1 on account of its extreme indecency4 ,one copy of it was in a collection of his works belonging to ,mr4 ,alexander of ,edinburgh4 ,he is said to have had it from ,mrs4 ,hogarth4 ,a second copy is reported to exist in the possession of another gentleman4 ,no more impressions of it are known4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a correspondent at ,dublin informs me1 that in the collection of ,dr4 ,hopkins of that city are the following seven prints by ,hogarth3 #a4 ,the ,history of ,witchcraft4 ,humbly dedicated to the ,wise4 ,allegorically modernized4 ,part the ,first4 ,published according to act of ,parliament4 ,hogarth inv4 et sculpt4 ,half sheet print4 ,at one end1 ,witches attending the punishment of two human figures2 at the other1 several at their different occupations4 #b4 ,the ,history of ,witchcraft4 ,part the ,second4 ,published according to act of ,parliament4 ,hogarth inv4 et sculpt4 ,same size as the former4 ,witches dancing2 others at various amusements4 ,these two prints contain a great variety of distorted figures4 #c4 ,a ,suit of ,law fits me better than a ,suit of ,clothes4 ,invented and engraved by ,w4 ,h4 and published pursuant to an ,act of ,parliament1 #agdj4 ,an upright half-sheet4 ,a ,man in embroidered clothes1 his hat under his arm4 ,a scroll in his left hand1 inscribed1 ,i'll go to ,law4 ,huntsmen1 dogs1 and horses in the back ground4 ,four lines in verse underneath4 ,useful in all families4 ,invented and engraved by ,w4 ,h4 and published pursuant to an ,act of ,parliament1 #agdj4 #d4 ,the same man in a tattered garment in a wild country2 a staff in his right hand1 and a scroll in his left1 inscribed1 ,to shew that ,i went to law1 and got the better4 ,four lines at the bottom4 ,these two may be classed among his indifferent prints4 #e4 ,the ,caledonian ,march and ,embarkation4 ,hogarth invent4 ,london1 printed for ,t4 ,baldwin4 ,a number of ,scotchmen embarking in the ,caledonian ,transport4 ,labels issuing from their mouths4 ,the ,laird of the ,posts1 or the ,bonnets exalted4 ,printed for ,t4 ,baldwin1 ,london4 ,hogarth inv4 #f4 ,a ,scotch ,nobleman and his ,friends taking possession of several posts1 having kick'd down the former ,possessors4 ,labels from their mouths too tedious to copy4 ,a ,lion on the fore-ground1 hood-winked by a ,scotch plaid4 ,supposed to be printed for ,the ,london ,magazine4 #g4 ,the ,lion entranced4 ,printed for ,t4 ,baldwin1 ,london4 ,hogarth inv4 #agfb4 ,a ,lion in a ,coffin4 ,a plate on the cover1 inscribed1 ,leo ,britanicus1 ,ob4 ,an4 #agfb4 ,requiescat in pace4 ,attended by state mourners with labels as above4 ,in one corner ,hibernia supplicating for her ,sister's interest4 ,a respect for the obliging communicator has induced me to publish this supposed addition to the foregoing catalogue of ,hogarth's works4 ,but1 without ocular proof1 ,i cannot receive as genuine any one of the plates enumerated4 ,the name of our ,artist has more than once been subscribed to the wretched productions of others2 and a collector at ,dublin must have had singular good fortune indeed1 if he has met with seven authentic curiosities unknown to the most confidential friends of ,hogarth1 and the most industrious connoisseurs about ,london4 ,i may add1 that two1 if not three1 of the above-mentioned anti-ministeral pieces1 appeared in #agfb1 the very year in which our artist was appointed ,serjeant ,painter4 ,till that period he is unsuspected of having engaged his pencil in the service of politicks2 and ,t4 ,baldwin 7perhaps a fictitious name7 is not known to have been on any former occasion his publisher4 ,so much for the probability of ,hogarth's having ushered performances like these into the world4 99 99 99 99 99 ,chance1 and the kindness of my friends1 have not enabled me to form a more accurate series of ,hogarth's labours4 ,those of the collector1 however1 are still incomplete1 unless he can furnish himself with a specimen of several other pieces1 said1 ,i think1 to have been produced a little before our artist's marriage4 ,i forbear to keep my readers in suspense on the occasion4 ,hogarth once taking up some plain ivory fishes that lay on his future wife's card-table1 observed how much was wanting to render them natural representations4 ,having delivered this remark with becoming gravity1 he proceeded to engrave scales1 fins1 c4 on each of them4 ,a few impressions have been taken from these curiosities1 which remain in ,mrs4 ,hogarth's possession4 ,as a button decorated by her husband has been received into the foregoing catalogue of his works1 it can hardly be disgraced by this brief mention of the ornaments he bestowed on a counter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,there are three large volumes in quarto by ,lavater1 a minister at ,zurich 7with great numbers of plates71 on ,physiognomy4 ,among these are two containing several groups of figures from different prints of ,hogarth1 together with the portraits of ,lord ,lovat and ,wilkes4 ,for what particular purpose they are introduced1 remains to me a secret4#a ,in ,an ,address of ,thanks to the ,broad ,bottoms1 for the good things they have done1 and the evil things they have not done1 since their elevation1 #agde1 is what the author calls ,a curious emblematic ,frontispiece1 taken from an original painting of the ingenious ,mr4 ,h----th2 a palpable imposition4 ,mr4 ,walpole1 ,anecdotes of ,painting1 ,vol4 ,,iv4 #fc1 observes1 that ,hogarth drew the supposed funeral of ,vanaken1 attended by the painters he worked for1 discovering every mark of grief and despair4 ,to explain this passage1 it should be added1 that he was employed by several considerable artists here1 to draw the attitudes1 and dress the figures in their pictures4 ,the merits of ,hogarth1 as an engraver1 are inconsiderable4 ,his hand was faithful to character1 but had little acquaintance with the powers of light and shade4 ,in some of his early prints he was an assiduous imitator of ,callot1 but deviated at last into a manner of his own1 which suffers much by comparison with that of his coadjutors1 ,ravenet and ,sullivan4 ,in the pieces finished by these masters of their art1 there is a clearness that ,hogarth could never reach4 ,his strokes sometimes look as if fortuitously disposed1 and sometimes confusedly thwart each other in almost every possible direction4 ,what he wanted in skill1 he strove to make up in labour2 but the result of it was a universal haze and indistinctness1 that1 by excluding force and transparency1 has rendered several of his larger plates less captivating than they would have been1 had he entrusted the sole execution of them to either of the artists already mentioned4 ,his smaller etchings1 indeed1 such as ,the ,laughing ,pit1 c4 cannot receive too much commendation4 ,mr4 ,walpole has justly observed1 that many wretched prints came out to ridicule the ,analysis of ,beauty4 ,he might have added1 that no small number of the same quality were produced immediately after the ,times made its appearance4 ,i wish it had been in my power to have afforded my readers a complete list of these performances1 that as little as possible might have been wanting to the history of poor ,hogarth's first and second persecution4 ,such a catalogue1 however1 not being necessary to the explanation of his works1 it is with the less regret omitted4#b ,the scarceness of the good impressions of ,hogarth's larger works is in great measure owing to their having been pasted on canvas or boards1 to be framed and glazed for furniture4 ,there were few people who collected his prints for any other purpose at their first appearance4 ,the majority of these sets being hung up in ,london houses1 have been utterly spoiled by smoke4 ,since foreigners have learned the value of the same performances1 they have also been exported in considerable numbers4 ,wherever a taste for the fine arts has prevailed1 the works of this great master are to be found4 ,messieurs ,torr have frequent commissions to send them into ,italy4 ,i am credibly informed that the ,empress of ,russia has expressed uncommon pleasure in examining such genuine representations of ,english manners2 and ,i have seen a set of cups and saucers with ,the ,harlot's ,progress painted on them in ,china about the year #agci4 ,of all such engravings as are ,mrs4 ,hogarth's property1 the later impressions continue selling on terms specified many years ago in her printed catalogue1 which the reader will find at the end of this pamphlet4 ,the few elder proofs that remain undisposed of1 may be likewise had from her agent at an advance of price4 ,as to the plates which our artist had not retained as his own property1 when any of these desiderata are found 7perhaps in a state of corrosion71 they are immediately vamped up1 and impressions from them are offered to sale1 at three1 four1 or five times their original value4 ,they are also stained to give them the appearance of age2 and on these occasions we are confidently assured1 that only a few copies1 which had lurked in some obscure warehouse1 or neglected port-feuille1 had been just discovered4 ,this information is usually accompanied by sober advice to buy while we may1 as the vender has scarce a moment free from the repeated solicitations of the nobility and gentry1 whom he always wishes to oblige1 still affording that preference to the connoisseur which he withholds from the less enlightened purchaser4 ,it is scarce needful to observe1 that no man ever visited the shops of these polite dealers1 without soon fancying himself entitled to the more creditable of the aforesaid distinctions4 ,thus becoming a dupe to his own vanity1 as well as to the artifice of the tradesman1 he has speedily the mortification to find his supposed rarities are to be met with in every collection1 and not long afterwards on every stall4 ,the caution may not prove useless to those who are ambitious to assemble the works of ,hogarth4 ,such a pursuit needs no apology2 for sure1 of all his fraternity1 whether ancient or modern1 he bent the keenest eye on the follies and vices of mankind1 and expressed them with a degree of variety and force1 which it would be vain to seek among the satiric compositions of any other painters4 ,in short1 what is observed by ,hamlet concerning a player's office1 may1 with some few exceptions1 be applied to the designs of ,hogarth4 ,their end1 both at the first1 and now1 was1 and is1 to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature2 to shew virtue her own feature1 scorn her own image1 and the very age and body of the time his own form and pressure4 ,i may add1 that1 since the appearance of ,mr4 ,walpole's ,catalogue1 a disposition to attribute several anonymous plates1 on ludicrous subjects1 to ,hogarth1 has betrayed itself in more than a single instance3#c a supposition has also prevailed that there was a time when ,hogarth had the whole field of satire to himself1 and we could boast of no designers whose performances could be mistaken for his own4 ,the latter notion is undoubtedly true1 if real judges are to decide2 and yet many prints1 very slightly impregnated with humour1 continue to be ascribed to him4 ,it should therefore be observed1 that1 at the same period1 ,bickham1 ,vandergucht1 ,boitard1 ,gravelot1 ,laguerre the younger1 c4 were occasionally publishing satirical ,sketches1 and engraving laughable frontispieces for books and pamphlets4 ,to many of these1 for various reasons1 they forbore to set their names2 and we have at present collectors1 who1 to obtain the credit of having made discoveries1 are willing to adopt such performances as the genuine effusions of ,hogarth1 although every way beneath his talents1 and repugnant to his style of engraving4 ,perhaps also the names of other painters and designers have been occasionally obliterated1 to countenance the same fallacy4 ,copies likewise have been palmed on the unwary for originals4 ,therefore 7gentle reader7 for once be content to follow the advice of ,pistol1 ,go clear thy chrystals1 and ,caveto be thy counsellor4 ,for if all such fatherless engravings1 as the vanity of some1 and the interest1 or the ignorance1 of others1 would introduce among the works of our artist1 were to be admitted1 when would the collector's labour and expence be at end8 ,among other anonymous plates ascribed to ,hogarth1 but omitted in the present catalogue1 is the following1 ,a living ,dog is better than a dead ,lion1 or1 ,the ,vanity of human ,glory2 a design for the ,monument of ,general ,wolfe1 #agfj4 ,a medallion of our hero appears on the side of a pyramid4 ,on the base of it is the well known speech of ,shakespeare's ,brutus1 ,set ,honour in one hand1 and ,death in t' other1 ,and ,i will look on both indifferent3 ,and let the ,gods so speed me1 as ,i love ,the name of ,honour more than ,i fear ,death4 ,at the bottom a dying ,lion is extended1 while a ,dog 7with ,minden on his collar1 and ,honour's a jest1 c4 issuing from his mouth7 is at once lifting up his leg against the noble brute1 and treading on a wreath of laurel4 ,here lies ,honour1 is also written on the side of the expiring animal4 ,i have since been assured that this print was by another artist1 whose name ,i omit to mention1 because perhaps he would wish it1 on the present occasion1 suppressed4 #a ,this book1 ,i am told1 is now translated into ,french4 #b ,one of these productions1 however1 should be singled from the rest4 ,the print1 entitled ,the ,connoisseurs1 was suspected to be a work of ,hogarth himself4 ,it is placed with some of his other undisputed designs in the back-ground of ,the ,author run ,mad 7which is known to be one of ,mr4 ,sandby's performances71 and has the following reference--,a4 his own ,dunciad4 #c ,thus the frontispiece to ,taste1 designed1 if not etched by ,worsdale 7for whose benefit this dramatic piece was performed71 and ,sawney in the ,bog-house1 an anonymous satire on the ,scotch1 that made its appearance near forty years ago1 and was revived during the administration of ,lord ,bute1 are at present imputed to our artist1 whose name is already engraved at the bottom of the latter4 ,,postscript4 ,the ,author of this pamphlet1 being convinced that1 in spite of all his care and attention1 some errors may still be found in his catalogue1 list of variations1 c4 will think himself highly obliged by any gentlemen who will point them out1 and enable him to correct them4 ,such favours shall be gratefully acknowledged1 if the present rude ,essay towards an account of ,hogarth's different performances should happen to reach another edition4 ,as in consequence of the extraordinary prices lately paid for the collected works of this great master1 certain dealers1 c4 are supposed to be assembling as many of his prints as they can meet with1--binding them up in pompous volumes1--writing fine old impressions either over or under them--specifying the precise sums pretended to have been disbursed for several of them 7perhaps a guinea for a three shilling article7--preparing to offer a few rare trifles to sale1 overloaded with a heap of wretched proofs from our artist's more capital performances2--exhibiting imperfect suites of such as are cut out of books2 and intending to station puffers at future auctions1 whose office will be to intimate they have received commissions to bid up as far as such or such an amount 7i4 e4 the sum under which the concealed proprietor resolves not to part with his ware71 c4 c4 it is hoped the reader will excuse a few parting words of admonition4 ,perhaps it may be in the power of ,mrs4 ,hogarth to select a few sets from such of her husband's pieces as have remained in her own custody from the hour of their publication4 ,let the multitude1 who of course cannot be supplied with these1 become their own collectors4 ,even ignorance is a more trusty guide than professional artifice4 ,it may be urged1 indeed1 that the proportionate value of impressions#a can be ascertained only by those who have examined many of them in their various states1 with diligence and acuteness4 ,but surely to qualify ourselves for estimating the merit of the curiosities we are ambitious to purchase1 is wiser than to rely altogether on the information of people whose interest is commonly the reverse of our own4 ,let it also be remembered1 that the least precious of all ,hogarth's productions are by far the scarcest2 and that when1 at an immoderate expence1 we have procured impressions from tankards ornamented by him1 or armorial ensigns engraved for the books of his customers1 we shall be found at last to have added nothing to his fame1 or the entertaining quality of our own collections4 ,by such means1 however1 we may open a door to imposition4 ,a work like ,the ,harlot's ,progress will certainly remain unimitated as well as inimitable2 but it is in the power of every bungler to create fresh coats of arms1 or shop bills with our artist's name subscribed to them3 and wherein will the ,lion or ,griffin of ,hogarth be discovered to excell the same representation by a meaner hand8 ,a crafty selection of paper1 and a slight attention to chronology and choice of subjects1 with the aid of the hot-press1 may1 in the end1 prove an overmatch for the sagacity of the ablest connoisseur4 ,a single detection of such a forgery would at least give rise to suspicions that might operate even where no fallacy had been designed4 ,how many fraudulent imitations of the smaller works of ,rembrandt are known to have been circulated with success6--,but it may be asked1 perhaps1 from what source the author of this pamphlet derives his knowledge of such transactions4 ,his answer is1 from the majority of collectors whom he has talked with in consequence of his present undertaking4 ,he ought not1 however1 to conclude without observing1 that several genuine works of ,hogarth yet remain to be engraved4 ,he is happy also to add that a young artist1 every way qualified for such a task1 has already published a few of these by subscription4 ,j4 ,n4 #a ,prints have1 of late years1 been judiciously rated according to the quality of their impressions4 ,but the very term impression1 as applied to copper-plates1 perhaps is a novelty among us4 ,if we refer to the earliest and most valuable assemblage of portraits 7such as that catalogued by ,ames1 afterwards purchased by ,dr4 ,fothergill1 and lately sold to ,mr4 ,thane71 we shall have little reason to suppose any regard was once paid to a particular of so much importance4 ,as fast as heads were met with1 they were indiscriminately received2 and the faintest proofs do not appear to have been excluded at a time when the strongest might easily have been procured4 ,in consequence of an ms so carelessly formed1 the volumes already mentioned1 were found to display alternately the most beautiful and the most defective specimens of the graphic art4 99 99 99 99 99 ,j4 ,n4 had once thoughts of adding a list of the copies made from the works of ,hogarth2 but finding them to be numerous1 beyond expectation1 has desisted from a task he could not easily accomplish4 ,this pursuit1 however1 has enabled him to suggest yet another caution to his readers4 ,some of the early invaders of ,hogarth's property were less audacious than the rest2 and1 forbearing to make exact imitations of his plates1 were content with only borrowing particular circumstances from each of them1 which they worked up into a similar fable4 ,a set of ,the ,rake's ,progress1 in which the figures were thus disguised and differently grouped1 has been lately found4 ,but since the rage of collection broke out with its present vehemence1 those dealers who have met with any such diversified copies1 have been desirous of putting them off either as the first thoughts of ,hogarth1 or as the inferior productions of elder artists on whose designs he had improved4 ,there1 is also a very small set of ,the ,rake's ,progress1 contrived and executed with the varieties already mentioned2 and even this has been offered to sale under the former of these descriptions4 ,thus1 as ,shakspeare says1 ,while we shut the gate upon one imposition1 another knocks at the door4 ,it may not be impertinent to conclude these cautions with another notice for the benefit of unexperienced collectors1 who in their choice of prints usually prefer the blackest4 ,the earliest copies of ,hogarth's works are often fainter than such as have been retouched4 ,the excellence of the former consists in clearness as well as strength2 but strength only is the characteristic of the latter4 ,the first and third copies of ,the ,harlot's ,progress will abundantly illustrate my remark1 which1 however1 is confined to good impressions of the plates in either state2 for some are now to be met with that no more possess the recommendation of transparency than that of force4 ,i may add1 that when plates are much worn1 it is customary to load them with a double quantity of colour1 that their weakness1 as far as possible1 may escape the eye of the purchaser4 ,this practice the copper-plate printers facetiously entitle--coaxing2 and1 by the aid of it1 the deeper strokes of the graver which are not wholly obliterated1 become clogged with ink1 while every finer trace1 which was of a nature less permanent1 is no longer visible4 ,thus in the modern proofs of ,garrick in ,king ,richard ,,iii4 the armour1 tent1 and habit1 continue to have considerable strength1 though the delicate markings in the face1 and the shadows on the inside of the hand1 have long since disappeared4 ,yet this print1 even in its faintest state1 is still preferable to such smutty impositions as have been recently described4 ,the modern impressions of ,the ,fair1 and ,the ,march to ,finchley1 will yet more forcibly illustrate the same remark4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to the original paintings of ,hogarth already enumerated may be added a ,breakfast-piece1 preserved in ,hill-,street1 ,berkeley-,square1 in the possession of ,william ,strode1 ,esq2 of ,northaw1 ,herts4 ,it contains portraits of his father the late ,william ,strode1 ,esq2 his mother ,lady ,anne 7who was sister to the late ,earl of ,salisbury71 ,colonel ,strode1 and ,dr4 ,arthur ,smith 7afterwards ,archbishop of ,dublin74 ,,addition4 ,four ,times of the ,day1 p4 #bej4 ,it should have been observed1 that the third of these plates was engraved by ,baron1 the figure of the girl excepted1 which1 being an after-thought1 was added by our artist's own hand4 ,,appendix4 ,n #a4 ,see p4 #bc4 ,the following letter1 printed in ,the ,public ,advertiser soon after the first edition of the present work made its appearance1 may possibly contain some authentic particulars of the early life of the famous ,monsieur ,st4 ,andr4 ,mr4 ,woodfall's ingenious correspondent does not1 however1 dispose me to retract a syllable of what is advanced in the text2 for he fails throughout in his attempts to exculpate our hero from any one of the charges alledged against him4 ,on the contrary1 he confirms1 with additions1 a considerable part of them1 and strives only to evade or overwhelm the rest by studied amplifications of the little good which industrious partiality could pick out of its favourite character4 ,i shall now subjoin his epistle1 with a few unconnected remarks appended to it4 ,a rambling performance must apologize for a desultory refutation4 ,,sir1 ,the entertaining author of the last biography of the admirable ,hogarth1 in the excess of commendation of a particular risible subject for his pencil1 has written too disadvantageously of the late ,mr4 ,st4 ,andr4 ,one who knew him intimately 7but was never under the smallest obligation to him7 for the last twenty years of his life1 and has learned the tradition of his earlier conduct seemingly better than the editor of the article in question1 takes the liberty to give a more favourable idea of him1 and without intending to enter into a controversy with this agreeable ,collector of ,anecdotes1 to vindicate this notorious man1 who must be allowed to have been such2 but it is to be hoped in the milder sense ,lord ,clarendon often or always uses the epithet4 ,the making a subject of ,mr4 ,st4 ,andr is therefore merely accidental4 ,the writer expects to derive no praise from exhibiting that person as the ,hero of a page4 ,he thinks it is only doing justice 7for the ,dead deserve justice as well as the ,living7 when he draws his pen against some very injurious insinuations1 thrown out with more inadvertence and at a venture than in malice1 against the memory of an acquaintance and of a foreigner 7to whom perhaps more mercy is due than to a native71 who is more roughly handled than he appears to deserve4 ,mr4 ,nathaniel ,st4 ,andr came over1 or rather was brought over1 very early from ,switzerland1 his native country1 in the train of a ,mendez1 or ,salvadore1 or some ,jewish family4 ,next to his countryman ,heidegger1 he became the most considerable person that has been imported from thence4 ,he probably arrived in ,england in no better than a menial station4 ,possibly his family was not originally obscure1 for he has been heard to declare1 that he had a rightful claim to a title1 but it was not worth while to take it up so late in life4 ,he had undoubtedly all the qualifications of a ,swiss4 ,he talked ,french in all its provincial dialects1 and superintended the press1 if the information is to be depended upon1 and perhaps taught it1 as his sister did at ,chelsea boarding-school4 ,he was early initiated in music1 for he played upon some musical instrument as soon as he was old enough to handle one1 to entertain his benefactors4 ,he had the good fortune to be placed by them with a surgeon of eminence1 and became very skilful in his profession4 ,his duty and gratitude to his father1 whom he maintained when he was no longer able to maintain himself1 was exemplary and deserving of high commendation4 ,let this charity cover a multitude of his sins6 ,his great thirst for anatomical knowledge 7for which he became afterwards so famous as to have books dedicated to him on that subject71 and his unwearied application1 soon made him so compleat an anatomist1 that he undertook to read public lectures 7and he was the first in ,london who read any71 which gave general satisfaction4 ,the most ingenious and considerable men in the kingdom became his pupils4 ,dr4 ,hunter1 now at the head of his profession1 speaks highly of his predecessor1 and considers him 7if the information is genuine7 as the wonder of his time4 ,he continued his love of anatomy to the last1 and left noble preparations behind him1 which he was continually improving4 ,the time of his introduction into ,mr4 ,molyneux's family is not known to the writer of this account4 ,whether anatomy1 surgery1 knowledge1 or music1 or his performance on the ,viol de ,gambo1 on which he was the greatest master1 got him the intimacy with ,mr4 ,molyneux1 is not easy to determine4 ,certain it is1 that he attended his friend in his last illness1 who died of a dangerous disorder 7but not under his hands71 which ,mr4 ,molyneux is said to have pronounced1 from the first1 would be fatal4 ,scandal1 and ,mr4 ,pope's satirical half-line1 talked afterwards of ',the ,poisoning ,wife4' ,she1 perhaps1 was in too great a hurry1 as the report ran1 in marrying when she did1 according to the practised delicacy of her sex1 and her very high quality4 ,the unlucky business in which one ,howard1 a surgeon at ,guildford1 involved him1 who was the projector1 or accessary of the impudent imposture of ,mary ,tofts1 alias the ,rabbit-woman of ,godalmin1 occasioned him to become the talk and ridicule of the whole kingdom4 ,the report made by ,st4 ,andr1 and others1 induced many inconsiderately to take it for a reality4 ,the public horror was so great1 that the rent of rabbit-warrens sunk to nothing2 and nobody1 till the delusion was over1 presumed to eat a rabbit4 ,the credulous ,whiston believed the story 7for to some people every thing is credible that comes from a credible witness71 and wrote a pamphlet1 to prove this monstrous conception to be the exact completion of an old prophecy in ,esdras4 ,the part ,st4 ,andr acted in this affair ruined his interest at ,court1 where he had before been so great a favourite with ,king ,george ,i4 that he presented him with a sword which he wore himself4 ,now1 on his return out of the country1 he met with a personal affront1 and never went to ,court again4 ,but he continued anatomist to the ,royal ,houshold to his dying day1 though he never took the salary4 ,he probably was imposed upon in this matter4 ,and has it not been the lot of men1 in intellectual accomplishments vastly above his1 such as ,boyle1 for instance1 a man infinitely his superior1 to be over-reached and misled8 ,he took up the pen on the occasion 7and it was not the first time1 for he wrote some years before a bantering pamphlet on ,dr4 ,mead71 which could at best but demonstrate his sincerity1 but exposed the weakness of his judgement1 on that case4 ,it had been insinuated he adopted this scheme1 to ruin some persons of his own profession4 ,if he had a mind to make an experiment upon the national belief1 and to tamper with their willingness to swallow any absurdity 7which a certain nobleman ,duke of ,montagu ventured to do1 in the affair of a man who undertook to jump into a quart bottle71 he was deservedly punished with contempt4 ,swift 7according to ,whiston71 and perhaps ,arbuthnot1 exercised their pens upon him4 ,the cheat was soon discovered1 and rabbits began to make their appearance again at table as usual4 ,but they were not at his own table1 nor made a dish1 in any form of cookery1 at that of his friends4 ,perhaps they imagined that the name or sight of that animal might be as offensive to him1 as the mention of ,formosa is said to have been to ,psalmanazar4 ,it is told1 that1 on his asking for some parsly of a market-woman of ,southampton1 and demanding why she had not more to sell1 she1 in a banter1 assured him1 ',that his rabbits had eat it up4' ,the fortune he acquired by marrying into a noble family 7though it set all the lady's relations against him1 and occasioned her being dismissed from her attendance on ,queen ,caroline7 was a sufficient compensation for the laughter or censure of the publick4 ,his high spirit and confidence in himself made him superior to all clamor4 ,so that people did but talk about him1 he seldom seemed to care what they talked against him4 ,and yet he had the fortitude to bring an action for defamation in ,westminster-,hall against a certain doctor in divinity1 and got the better of his adversary4 ,he was not supposed1 in the judgement of the wiser and more candid part of mankind1 to have contributed1 by any chirurgical administration1 to the death of his friend ,mr4 ,molyneux1 nor to have set up the imposture at ,godalmin4 ,though he was disgraced at ,court1 he was not abandoned by all his noble friends4 ,the great ,lord ,peterborough1 who was his patron and patient long before he went to ,lisbon1 entertained a very high opinion of him to the last4 ,his capacity in all kinds1 the reception he gave to his table and his garden1 with his liberality to the infirm and distressed1 made him visited by persons of the highest quality1 and by all strangers and foreigners4 ,he did not continue to enjoy the great fortune his marriage is supposed to have brought him1 to the end of his life1 for a great part went from him on the death of ,lady ,betty4 ,he by no means left so much property behind him as to have it said1 he died rich4 ,his profession as a surgeon1 in a reasonable terms of years1 would probably have put more money into his pocket than fell in the golden shower so inauspiciously into his lap1 and have given him plenty1 without envy or blame4 ,he was turned of ninety-six when he died2 and though subject to the gout1 of which he used to get the better by blisters upon his knees1 and by rigid abstinence1 yet1 when he took to his bed 7where he said he should not lie long71 and permitted a physician to be called in to him1 he cannot be said to have died of any disease4 ,in one sum of generosity1 he gave the celebrated ,geminiani three hundred pounds1 to help him to discharge his incumbrances1 and to end his days in comfort4 ,the strength and agility of his body were great1 and are well known4 ,he was famous for his skill in fencing1 in riding the great horse1 and for running and jumping1 in his younger days4 ,he1 at one time1 was able to play the game at chess with the best masters4 ,after a slight instruction at ,slaughter's coffee-house1 he did not rest till1 in the course of two nights sitting up1 he was able to vanquish his instructor4 ,he was so earnest in acquiring knowledge1 that he whimsically1 as he told the story1 cut off his eye-lashes1 that he might not sleep till he arrived at what he wanted4 ,his face was muscular and fierce4 ,one of his eyes1 to external appearance1 seemed to be a mass of obscurity 7as he expressed it of ,handel's1 when he became stark-blind71 at least it had not the uncommon vivacity of the other4 ,his language was full of energy1 but loaded with foreign idioms4 ,his conversation was seasoned sufficiently with satire and irony1 which he was not afraid to display1 though he ought never to have forgot that he was once a proper subject for it4 ,he built2 he planted2 he had almost 'from the ,cedar of ,lebanon to the hyssop that groweth upon the wall1' in his hot-house1 green-house1 and garden4 ,if he was not deep in every art and science 7for even his long life was not sufficient for universal attainment71 he cannot be reckoned to have been ignorant of any thing4 ,he was admired for his knowledge in architecture1 in gardening1 and in botany1 by those who should have been above flattery4 ,but praise1 from whatever quarter it comes1 is of an intoxicating nature4 ,those who found out that he loved praise1 took care he should have enough of it4 ,he kept a list of the wretched and the indigent1 whom he constantly maintained2 and their names might be written alphabetically4 ,the poor of ,southampton know they have lost their best friend4 ,call it1 reader1 ostentation or vanity1 if you will2 but till you know it did not proceed from his goodness of heart1 this tributary pen considers his giving away his money to relieve the necessitous1 as a spark of the spirit of the ,man of ,ross or the ,man of ,bath4 ,he was all his life too much addicted to amours1 and sometimes with the lower part of the sex4 ,his conversation1 which he was always able to make entertaining and instructive1 was too often tinctured with double entendre 7a vice that increases with age71 but hardly ever with prophaneness4 ,he may be thought to have copied ,hermippus1 and to have considered women as the prolongers of life4 ,how far he was made a dupe by any of them at last1 is not necessary for relation4 ,he died1 as he lived1 without fear2 for to his standers-by he gave no sign of a ruffled mind1 or a disturbed conscience1 in his last moments4 ,if the preceding memoir of ,st4 ,andr had not been composed entirely from memory 7a faculty which1 like the sieve of the ,danaids1 is apt to lose as much as it receives71 and had not been conveyed to the press with so much precipitancy1 the writer1 by a second recollection1 might have made supplementary anecdotes less necessary4 ,whilst ,st4 ,andr was basking in the sun-shine of public favour in ,northumberland-,court1 near ,charing-,cross1 under pretence of being wanted in his profession at some house in the neighbourhood1 he was hurried through so many passages1 and up and down so many stair-cases1 that he did not know where he was1 nor what the untoward scene was to end in1 till the horrid conclusion presented itself1 of which he published an extraordinary account in ,the ,gazette of ,feb4 #bc1 #agbd-e1 no less than of his being poisoned1 and of his more extraordinary recovery4 ,such uncommon men must be visited through life with uncommon incidents4 ,the bowl of poison must have been for ever present to his imagination4 ,socrates himself could not expect more certain destruction from the noxious draught he was forced to take down1 than seemed inevitable to ,st4 ,andr4 ,nay1 a double death seems to have threatened him4 ,probably it was not any public or private virtue for which ,socrates was famous1 and which occasioned him to suffer1 that endangered our hero's life4 ,his constitution was so good1 that he got the better of the internal potion4 ,the truth and circumstances of the story could only be known to himself1 who authenticated it upon oath4 ,his narrative partakes of the marvellous2 and the reader of ,july1 #agha1 is left in total ignorance of the actor1 and the provocation to such a barbarous termination4 ,his case was reported1 and he was attended1 by the ablest of the faculty3 and the ,privy ,council issued a reward of two hundred pounds towards a discovery4 ,a note in the second supplemental volume of ,swift informed the writer of this sketch1 a day or two ago 7who takes to himself the reproof of ,prior1 ',authors1 before they write1 should read6'71 that ,st4 ,andr was convinced he had been imposed upon respecting the woman of ,godalmin1 and that he apologised handsomely to the public in an advertisement1 dated ,dec4 #h1 #agbf4--';,he's half absolv'd1 who has confest4'--,in the autumn1 before the heat of the town-talk on this affair was over1 he was sent for to attend ,mr4 ,pope1 who1 on his return home from ,dawley in ,lord ,bolingbroke's coach and six1 was overturned in a river1 and lost the use of two fingers of his left-hand 7happy for the lovers of poetry they were not the servants of the right one671 and gave him assurance1 that none of the broken glass was likely to be fatal to him4 ,it is highly improbable1 that ,pope and ,bolingbroke would have suffered ,st4 ,andr to have come near them1 if he had been branded as a cheat and an impostor4 ,he died in ,march1 #aggf1 having survived all his contemporary enemies1 and1 which is the consequence of living long1 most of his ancient friends4 ,such men do not arise every day for our censure or our applause2 to gratify the pen or the pencil of character or caricature4 ,he may be considered1 as ,voltaire pronounces of ,charles the ,twelfth1 an extraordinary1 rather than a great man1 and fitter to be admired than imitated4 ,,impartial4 ,in the first place1 ,i avow that the epithet notorious was not meant to be employed in the milder sense of ,lord ,clarendon4 ,had ,i undertaken to compile the life of a man eminent for virtue1 ,i should have been happy to have borrowed the softer application of the aforesaid term from our noble historian4 ,but having engaged to delineate a mere impostor's character1 there is greater propriety in adopting the disputed word with that constant signification affixed to it by the biographers of ,bet ,canning1 or ,fanny the ,phantom of ,cock ,lane4--,i shall absolve myself no farther from the charge of malice1 than by observing that there are always people who think somewhat much too rough has been said of ,chartres4 ,the dead1 declares our apologist1 deserve justice as well as their survivors4 ,this is an uncontested truth2 nor will the precept be violated by me4 ,i may observe however1 with impunity1 that the interests of the living1 for whose sake a line of separation between good and bad characters is drawn1 should be consulted1 rather than the memories of the flagitious1 who can no longer be affected by human praise or censure1 should be spared4 ,our apologist next assures us1 that perhaps more tenderness is due to a foreigner than to a native4 ,the boasted amor patri is not very conspicuous in this remark1 which indeed was dropped1 to as little purpose1 by a learned counsel on the trial of the ,french ,spy who was lately executed4 ,next to his countryman ,heidegger1 adds our apologist1 ,mr4 ,st4 ,andr became the most considerable person that has been imported from ,switzerland4 ,to judge of the comparative value of the latter1 we must estimate the merits of the former4 ,heidegger is known to us only by the uncommon ugliness of his visage1 and his adroitness in conducting ,operas and ,masquerades4 ,if ,st4 ,andr is to be regarded as a person still less considerable than ,heidegger1 can his consequence be rated very high8 ,that ,st4 ,andr arrived here in a menial station1 is not improbable4 ,the servility of his youth afforded a natural introduction to the insolence of his riper years4 ,he was indeed 7if ,i am not mis-informed7 of the same family with the fencing and dancing-master whom ,dryden has immortalized in ,mac,flecknoe2 ,st4 ,andr's feet ne'er kept more equal time2#a and was intended for the same professions2 a circumstance often hinted at by his opponents during the ,rabbit controversy4 ,having been thus early instructed in the management of the foil and kitt1 no marvel that he so often prated about the art of defence1 or that his gratitude to his benefactors broke out in the language of a minuet or a rigadoon4 ,that he became famous enough in his profession to have anatomical works occasionally dedicated to him1 will easily obtain credit among our apologist's readers2 for many of them must have seen a book on surgery inscribed to ,dr4 ,rock1 a political poem addressed to ,buckhorse1 and a treatise on religion sheltering itself under the patronage of the late ,lord ,baltimore4 ,st4 ,andr1 however1 was not the earliest reader of anatomical lectures in ,london4 ,bussiere1 the surgeon who attended ,guiscard 7the assassin of ,harley71 was our hero's predecessor in this office1 and ,i am told even he was not the first who offered public instructions to the students at our hospitals4 ,dr4 ,hunter1 who has been applied to for intelligence on this occasion1 declares that he never described ,st4 ,andr as the wonder of his time1 but as a man who had passed through no regular course of study1 and was competent only in the article of injections1 a task as happily suited to minute abilities as to those of a larger grasp4 milium circ ludum faber imus et ungues ,exprimet1 et molles imitabitur re capillos4 ,the art of pushing fluids through the vessels was at that period a secret most scrupulously kept by the few who were in possession of it1 so that a great show might be made at the expence of little real knowledge4 ,i am also informed1 that ,st4 ,andr1 like the workman described by ,horace1 had no general comprehension of any subject1 but was unable to have put two propositions together3--that he neither extended the bounds of the chirurgical art by discoveries1 nor performed any extraordinary cures2 and1 boasting somewhere that he had detected vessels in the cuticle or scarf-skin1 a foreigner of eminence in the same profession offered 7through the medium of a printed book7 to lay him a wager of it1 a challenge which he prudently declined4 ,i am also told1 that when solicited to exhibit his preparations1 he always declared the majority of them to have been destroyed in a fire4 ,what remain1 ,i am instructed to add1 deserve little or no commendation4 ,thus1 on enquiry1 sinks our enthusiast in anatomy down to a frigid dabbler in the science2 while his noble preparations1 which he was continually improving1 dwindle into minuti of scarce any value4 ,though the dreadful crime1 which is indistinctly mentioned in the text of the foregoing pamphlet1 has been alluded to with less reserve by the apologist of ,st4 ,andr1 it shall be explained no further on the present occasion4 ,many are the common avenues to death2 and why should we point out with minuteness such as we hope will never be explored again8 ,till ,i perused the defence so often referred to1 ,i had not even suspected that the poisoning wife#b bore the least allusion to any particular circumstance on the records of criminal gallantry2 nor1 without stronger proofs than are furnished by this expression 7perhaps a random one71 shall ,i be willing to allot the smallest share of blame to the ,lady1 such alone excepted as must unavoidably arise from her over-hasty marriage1 which was solemnized at ,hesson near ,hounslow in ,middlesex1 on the #bgth of ,may1 #agcj4 ,this act1 however1 as well as her derogation from rank1 being mere offences against human customs1 are cognizable only upon earth4--,by the wiser and more candid part of mankind1 who suspected no harm throughout ,st4 ,andr's conduct in this affair1 ,i suppose our apologist means any set of people who had imbibed prejudices similar to his own1 and thought and spoke about his hero with equal partiality and tenderness4 ,but the ,memoir on which these remarks are founded1 proves at least that what ,j4 ,n4 had hinted concerning the death of ,mr4 ,molyneux1#c was of no recent invention4 ,so far from it indeed1 that ,st4 ,andr was openly taxed with having been the sole cause of it1 in a public news-paper 7,i think one of the ,gazetteers71 by the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,madden1 the celebrated ,irish patriot1 who subscribed his name to his advertisement4 ,it is related 7,i know not how truly7 that on this account our hero prosecuted and got the better of his adversary1 whose accusation was unsupported by such proofs as the strictness of law requires4 ,how many culprits1 about whose guilt neither judge nor jury entertains the smallest scruple1 escape with equal triumph through a similar defect of evidence6 ,i may add1 that so serious a charge would never have been lightly made by a divine of ,dr4 ,madden's rank and character4 ,all that is said on the subject of family honours to which ,st4 ,andr was entitled1 his gratitude to his father1 what he gave to the celebrated ,geminiani in one sum of generosity1 must be admitted with caution1 for truth was by no means the characteristic of our hero's narrations4#d ,these circumstances therefore may be regarded as gasconades of his own4 ,the author of the defence pretends not to have received any part of his information from ,st4 ,andr's countrymen or contemporaries2 but1 on the contrary1 confesses that both his early friends and enemies had long been dead4 ,the affair of the ,rabbit-breeder has no need of further illustration4 ,several ballads1 pamphlets1 prints1 c4 on the subject1 bear abundant testimony to ,st4 ,andr's merits throughout that business1 as well as to the final opinion entertained of him by his contemporaries1 after ,cheselden1 by order of ,queen ,caroline1 had assisted in discovering the deceit4 ,her ,majesty was urged to this step by finding the plausibility of our hero had imposed on the ,king1 and that some of the pregnant ladies about her own person began to express their fears of bringing into the world an unnatural progeny4--,if ,mr4 ,boyle was occasionally misled1 his errors were soon absorbed in the blaze of his moral and literary excellence4 ,st4 ,andr's blunder1 alas6 had no such happy means of redemption4 ,his credulity indeed was not confined to this single transaction4 ,the following is a well-attested story--,two gentlemen at ,southampton1 who felt an inclination to banter him1 broke a nutshell asunder1 filled the cavity with a large swan-shot1 and closed up the whole with glue so nicely that no marks of separation could be detected4 ,this curiosity1 as they were walking with ,st4 ,andr1 one of them pretended to pick up1 admiring it as a nut uncommonly heavy as well as beautiful4 ,our hero swallowed the bait1 dissected the subject1 discovered the lead1 but not the imposition1 and then proceeded to account philosophically for so strange a phnomenon4 ,the merry wags could scarce restrain their laughter1 and soon quitted his company to enjoy the success of a stratagem they had so adroitly practised on his ignorance and gullibility4 ,were there any colour for supposing he had patronized the fraud relative to ,mary ,tofts1 with design to ruin others of his profession 7an insinuation to his discredit1 which the foregoing pamphlet had not furnished71 it was but just that he should fall by his own malevolence and treachery4 ,from the imputation of a scheme resembling that contrived by the ,duke of ,montagu1 his want of equal wit will sufficiently absolve him4 ,that rabbits never were permitted to appear at any table where he dined1 is a strong mark of the adulation paid to him by his entertainers4 ,i hope1 for similar reasons1 had he been seized with his last illness in ,london 7that his organs of hearing might escape an equal shock71 his attendants would not have called any physician named ,warren to his bed-side1 summoned an attorney from ,coney ,court ,grays ,inn to have made his will1 or sent for the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,bunny to pray by him4 ,the banishment of rabbits1 however1 from a neighbourhood that affords them in the highest perfection1 was a circumstance that might as justly have been complained of1 as ,pythagoras's prohibition of beans1 had it been published in ,leicestershire4 ,i heartily wish that the circumstantial author of the preceding epistle1 to relieve any doubts by which futurity may be perplexed1 had informed us whether ,st4 ,andr was an eater of toasted cheese1 or not2 and if it was never asked for by its common title of a ,welch ,rabbit within his hearing4 ,that he wrote any thing1 unless by proxy1 or with much assistance1 may reasonably be doubted2 for the pamphlets that pass under his name are divested of those foreign idioms that marked his conversation4 ,indeed1 if ,i may believe some specimens of his private correspondence1 he was unacquainted with the very orthography of our language4 ,the insolence of this shallow ,switzer's attempt to banter ,mead1 we may imagine1 was treated with contempt1 as the work described has not been handed down to us2 and few tracts are permitted to be scarce for any other reason than because they are worthless4 ,it is next remarked by our apologist1 that ,st4 ,andr's confidence1 c4 made him superior to all clamour2 and so that people did but talk about him1 he did not seem to care what they talked against him4 ,this is no more1 in other language1 than to declare that his impudence and vanity were well proportioned to each other1 and that a bad character was to him as welcome as a good one4 ,he did not1 it seems1 join in the ,poet's prayer1 ,grant me an honest fame1 or grant me none6 but was of opinion1 as his apologist likewise admits1 that wealth was an ample counterbalance to the loss of reputation4--,that he might evade accusation 7as ,i have already observed7 in one particular instance1 and therefore recover damages1 is no proof of his innocence1 that his general conduct would admit of defence1 or that much of the manifold censure passed upon him had no foundation4 ,how ,lord ,peterborough happened to become his patron1 c4 may be accounted for without any great degree of credit to either party4 ,his lordship 7as ,lord ,orrery observes7 in his private life and conduct differed from most men2 and1 having often capricious disputes with the court1 was sure to favour those who1 like ,st4 ,andr1 had been dismissed from its service4 ,our hero's musical talents1 indeed1 if they were such as they have been represented1 might procure him access to his lordship and many other noble adepts in the sublime and useful science of harmony4 ,the lovers of a tune urge no severe enquiries concerning the heart of a fidler4 ,if he be a mercenary1 while he teaches female pupils1 he is watched2 and1 if he performs in concerts1 he is paid4 ,if above pecuniary gratifications1 he is rewarded with hyperbolical compliments4 ,articulate for inarticulate sounds is ample retribution4 ,his defender adds1 that he was visited by all strangers and foreigners4 ,it will be supposed then that his house was never free from company4 ,may we not rather think1 that if he was at any time sought after by these peregrine worthies1 c4 it was because the keepers of inns and mistresses of boarding-houses had been instructed to disseminate attractive tales of his capacity in all kinds1 his curiosities and good dinners8 ,besides1 all foreigners who have arrived in ,england have not travelled to ,southampton1 and consequently could not have seen ,st4 ,andr1 who for upwards of the last twenty years of his life had resided only there4 ,it is nearer the truth to say1 that not a single ,frenchman1 c4 in fifty thousand1 ever heard of his name4 ,that his profession as a surgeon1 in a reasonable term of years1 would probably have put more money in his pocket than he gained by his union with ,lady ,betty ,molyneux 7i4 e4 #cj1jjj4 a sum that elevated him into a state little short of madness71 ,i cannot believe4 ,the blast his reputation had received respecting the business at ,godalming1 being seconded by his expulsion from court1 he must have felt his business on the decline4 ,indeed1 ,i am told that he staid long enough in town to try the experiment4 ,marriage therefore might have been his dernier resort4 ,the exaggerations of this impostor's generosity and accomplishments1 which are next brought forward by his panegyrist with no small degree of pomp1 are such as we may suppose himself would have furnished1 had he undertaken1 like the ,chevalier ,taylor1 to compile his own memoirs4 ,the majority of circumstances collected for the purpose of proving him to have been ,grammaticus1 rhetor1 geometres1 pictor1 aliptes1 ,augur1 schnobates1 medicus1 magus1 could only have been derived from those very flattering testimonials to his merits which he was always ready to exhibit on the slightest encouragement4 ,those who were content to admit so partial an estimate of his abilities1 c4 found it necessary to express their belief that he could have beaten ,hercules at quoits1 played a better fiddle than ,apollo1 out-witted ,mercury1 disarmed the ,god of ,war1 and forged such chemic thunders1 that1 compared with the produce of our hero's laboratory1 the bolts of ,jove were no louder than a pot-gun4 ,so far was he from being deficient in commendation of his own talents1 that he thought his very furniture might claim a proportionable extravagance of praise4 ,he was possessed of some foreign tapestry which he was proud on all occasions to display4 ,but the eulogiums of others1 lavish as they might be1 fell considerably short of his own1 so that the spectator retired with disgust from an object which the excessive vanity of its owner would not permit to be enjoyed without the most frequent and nauseous intrusions of self-congratulation4 ,as to the history of his eye-lashes1 which he sacrificed to vigilance1 and his sudden proficiency in the very difficult game of chess 7provided his instructor1 whom he afterwards vanquished1 was a skilful one7 credat ,judus ,apella4--,that his language did not want energy1 may more easily be allowed1 for force is the characteristic of vulgar phraseology4 ,conceits1 expressed with much vigour1 are current among sailors2 and such nervous denunciations of revenge may occasionally be heard at ,billingsgate1 as might emulate the ravings of ,dryden's ,maximin4 ,no man will be hardy enough to assert that the figure1 manners1 and language1 of ,st4 ,andr1 were those of a gentleman4 ,if one of his eyes was a mass of obscurity 7notwithstanding the other1 like that of ,lady ,pentweazle's ,great ,aunt1 might be a piercer71 perhaps he ought to have been sparing of his satire on the personal disadvantages of his acquaintance4 ,yet1 the last time my informant saw him was at the ,theatre at ,southampton1 where1 sitting near a gentleman and lady not remarkable for handsome faces1 he had the modesty to express a doubt 7and in a voice sufficiently audible7 which of the two would furnish the most comic mask4 ,mr4 ,st4 ,andr's apologist observes1 that he cannot be reckoned to have been ignorant of any thing4 ,but the contrary may justly be suspected1 and for no inconclusive reason4 ,i aver1 that on whatever subject he was haranguing1 the moment he discovered any of the company present understood it as well as himself1 he became silent1 never choosing to descant on art or science but before people whom he supposed to be utter strangers to all their principles4 ,for this reason1 he would have entertained ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds with remarks on the genera and cultivation of plants1 and talked to ,linnus about the outline and colouring of pictures4 ,that he died poor 7for such was really the case71 should excite no astonishment4 ,his fortune1 like his good qualities1 was chiefly in supposition4 ,much of his wealth he had expended on buildings1 which he never long inhabited1 and afterwards sold to disadvantage4 ,his first essays in architecture were made at ,chepstow on the ,severn1 an estate purchased by ,lady ,betty ,molyneux immediately after the death of her husband4 ,in short1 our hero was a fugitive inhabitant of several counties1 and never settled till he reached ,southampton2 for in no other place did he meet with that proportion of flattery which was needful to his happiness1 if not to his existence4--,about a mile from hence he erected the whimsical baby-house dignified by him with the title of ,belle-,vue1 a receptacle every way inconvenient for the purposes of a family4 ,being once asked if this was not a very singular mansion1--,singular6 7replied he7 by ,g--,i hope it is1 or ,i would pull it down immediately4 ,i would have you to know1 ,sir1 that it is constructed on the true principles of anatomy4 ,the attempt to apply anatomical principles to the arrangement of passages1 doors1 and windows1 is too glaring an absurdity to need animadversion1 or to render it necessary for me to deny in form1 that he could ever be admired for his knowledge in architecture1 except by such as knew not wherein its excellencies consisted4--,he had1 however1 another dwelling within the walls of the town already mentioned4 ,here he pretended that his upper apartments were crowded with rarities1 which he only wanted space to exhibit4 ,but1 alas6 after his decease1 ,mr4 ,christie's auction-room bore abundant witness to the frivolity of his collections4 ,what became of his boasted library of books1 which he always said was packed up in boxes1 ,i am yet to learn4 ,perhaps it existed only in his description4#e ,those who found out he loved praise 7says his apologist7 took care he should have enough of it4 ,i discover little cause for disputing this assertion1 and shall only observe on it1 that adulation is a commodity which weak old men1 reputed rich1 and without ostensible heirs1 are seldom in danger of wanting1 though they may not enjoy so much of it as fell to ,st4 ,andr's share4 ,his disbursements to the poor might be proportioned to the real state of his fortune2 but yet they were conducted with excess of ostentation4 ,he may be said to have given shillings away with more parade than many other men would have shown in the distribution of as many guineas4--,what honour his apologist means to confer on him by saying that the names of those whom he maintained might be written alphabetically1 is to me a secret1 because names of every kind may be arranged according to the series of the letters4--,suspected characters1 however1 often strive to redeem themselves by affectation of liberality4 ,few are more generous than opulent wantons toward their decline of life1 who thus attempt to recover that respect which they are conscious of having forfeited by the misdeeds of their youth4 ,the benefactions of such people may in truth be considered as expiatory sacrifices for past offences1 having no foundation in a natural propensity to relieve the indigent1 or indulge the heart in the noblest luxury1 that of doing good4 ,st4 ,andr was accused in ,j4 ,n4's pamphlet of having frequently larded his pleasantry with obscene expressions4 ,this is a truth which his defender makes not the slightest effort to deny2 but adds1 that his conversation was hardly ever tinctured with prophaneness4 ,we hence at least may infer that our hero's humour had sometimes this imperfection1 which indeed might have escaped notice1 but for the zeal of his apologist4--,as ,i am on this subject1 ,i cannot forbear to mention a particular in ,mr4 ,st4 ,andr's behaviour1 which hitherto has been overlooked4 ,when at any time he received a reproof from women of sense1 fashion1 and character1 whose ears he had insulted with his ribaldry1 his confidence in a moment forsook him1 nor had he a word to offer in extenuation of his offence4 ,my informant has more than once beheld1 with secret satisfaction1 how effectually the frown of steady virtue could awe this mighty impudent into silence4 ,notwithstanding what has been already said concerning that indifference to censure which appeared in him towards the end of his life1 ,i am mis-informed1 if at an earlier period he was able to brave the ridicule of the place where he had been once employed and caressed4 ,when the imputations consequent on his marriage1 c4 had rendered him still less an object of respect1 he retired with his bride1 and amused himself at a distance from ,london with additions to his house1 and improvements in his garden2 nor did he appear in public again till what was known and suspected of him had ceased to be the object of general enquiry and animadversion4 ,it is difficult for a profligate man of an amorous constitution to grow old with decency4 ,j4 ,n4's pamphlet had taxed ,st4 ,andr with lasciviousness unbecoming his years4 ,this is silently admitted by his apologist1 who adds1 that the intrigues of his hero were sometimes with the lower part of the sex4 ,he gives us reason also to suppose that our antiquated enamorato was a dupe to females in the very last stage of a life so unusually protracted4 ,is ,st4 ,andr's memory much honoured by such revelations8 ,do not circumstances like these increase that stock of injurious insinuations which our apologist professes to diminish8 ,our panegyrist1 more than once in the course of his letter1 has expressed himself in favourable terms of ,st4 ,andr's colloquial talents4 ,now1 as the memory of my entertaining opponent in respect to circumstances is remarkably tenacious1 'tis pity he has preserved no splendid ebullition of his hero's wit1 no sample of that satire and irony that seasoned his conversation1 or of that wisdom which so often rendered it instructive4 ,i flatter myself1 that if any specimens of these distinct excellencies could have been recollected1 they would certainly have been arranged and recorded4 ,that ,st4 ,andr expired without signs of terror1 is but a doubtful proof of his innocence4 ,being1 at best1 a free-thinker1 he might regard death as annihilation1 might have been insensible to its immediate approaches1 or have encountered it with a constitutional firmness that was rather the gift of nature than the result of conscience undisturbed4 ,he who is become indifferent to the value of reputation1 will not easily be inclined to suppose that a want of the virtues on which it is founded will be punished in a future state4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the whole narrative1 published by ,st4 ,andr in #agbc1 was considered by his contemporaries as an ostentatious falsehood1 invented only to render him an object of attention and commiseration4 ,it should be remembered1 that his depositions were all delivered on oath2 and yet1 being replete with facts totally improbable 7for his apologist allows they partake of the marvellous71 obtained no credit from the world2 a sufficient proof of the estimation in which his moral character was held by the people who were best acquainted with it1 though at that period 7for the rabbit affair had not yet decided on his reputation7 he possessed sufficient interest as court-surgeon to engage the privy-council in his cause4 ,they readily enough consented to offer a sum which they might have been sure would never be demanded4 ,all the poison he was ever supposed to have suffered from1 was such as is commonly administered in a more tempting vehicle than a glass of strong liquor3 ',twas that which taints the sweetest joys1 ,and in the shape of ,love destroys4 ,the bare mention of ,socrates in company with such a pretended victim as ,st4 ,andr1 cannot fail to make the reader smile4 ,but ,he's half absolv'd who has confess'd1 continues his advocate1 speaking of the recantation ,st4 ,andr made by public advertisement4 ,yet1 what did he confess8 ,why1 what all the world concurred to believe1 that he had been grossly imposed on2 or perhaps that1 out of two evils choosing the least1 he allowed himself to be a fool1 that he might escape the imputation of having proved a knave4 ,his absolution therefore was not obtained on the most creditable terms4 ,he adds1 however1 on this emergency1 a fresh proof of his disposition to deceive4 ,i think myself obliged 7says he7 in strict regard to truth1 to acquaint the public that ,i intend1 in a short time1 to publish a full account of the discovery1 with some considerations on the extraordinary circumstances of this case1 which misled me in my apprehensions thereof2 and which1 as ,i hope they will1 in some measure1 excuse the mistakes made by myself and others who have visited the woman concerned therein1 will also be acceptable to the world1 in separating the innocent from those who have been guilty actors in the fraud4 ,this work was never published1 though ,st4 ,andr survived his promise by the long term of fifty years4 ,so much for the faith thus solemnly pledged by an impostor to the public4 ,after the accident had befallen ,mr4 ,pope1 on his return from ,dawley in ,lord ,bolingbroke's coach1 ,st4 ,andr was called in1 because he happened to be the surgeon nearest at hand4 ,no man chooses to be scrupulous in the moment of danger4 ,it might be urged that our hero had little to boast on the occasion1 because his patient never recovered the use of his wounded fingers4 ,but this calamity is not strictly chargeable on ,st4 ,andr's want of skill2 for ,i have been assured1 that though he stopped the effusion of blood1 the completion of the cure was entrusted solely to another artist4 ,the ,,rabbiteer1 having received his fee1 was not admitted a second time into the ,poet's company4 ,to conclude1 ,i differ as much with our ingenious apologist at the close of his ,epistle as throughout the foregoing parts of it1 being of opinion that his hero no more deserves to be admired than to be copied4 ,there is always hazard lest wonder should generate imitation2 and the world would not be much obliged to any circumstance that produced a second being fabricated on the model of ,st4 ,andr4 #a ,see also ,dryden's ,limberham1 or the ,kind ,keeper4 ,act ,,iii4 #b ,the words of ,pope are the poisoning dame4 ,see ,epilogue to his ,satires1 ,dial4 ,,ii4 v4 #bb4 #c ,whilst the above page was preparing for the second edition of this work1 the following particulars of this gentleman's family appeared in the public prints3 ,mr4 ,molyneux1 who was equally the friend of liberty and literature1 was founder of a society in ,ireland1 in imitation of the ,royal 7as was his nephew1 the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,madden1 of the ,dublin ,society74 ,his genius was celebrated by ,locke1 and other sages of those days2 and his patriotism was rewarded with the successive representation of the ,city and ,university of ,dublin1 with other posts of great trust1 from the ,revolution to his death4 ,he married the daughter of ,sir ,william ,domville1 attorney-general of ,ireland in the reign of ,charles the ,second1 and niece of ,sir ,thomas ,leake1 of ,cannons in ,middlesex1 by whom he had an only son1 ,samuel ,molyneux1 ,esq2 secretary to his late ,majesty when ,prince of ,wales1 a lord of the ,admiralty1 and member of parliament both in ,great-,britain and ,ireland1 who resembled his illustrious father in his pursuits of philosophical knowledge1 which he many years1 until engaged in political business1 prosecuted with great application at his seat at ,kew1 now his ,majesty's1 and presented a telescope of his own construction to the ,king of ,portugal2 his perhaps fatal acquaintance with and patronage of ,st4 ,andr will make his name long remembered4 ,leaving no issue by his wife1 who married ,st4 ,andr1 and lived many years1 the estate of ,mr4 ,molyneux fell at her death to his cousin-german and her god-son1 the right honourable ,sir ,capel ,molyneux1 member at present of the ,irish parliament1 and a privy-counsellor1 only surviving son of ,mr4 ,molyneux father's next brother1 ,sir ,thomas ,molyneux1 bart4 whom1 through regard for his nephew1 his late ,majesty created the first ,irish baronet upon his accession to the throne4 #d ,the following story was told by ,st4 ,andr to an eminent bookseller1 from whom ,i received it3 ,once when ,i was in ,paris1 says our hero1 ,i went to a sale of ,missals1 most of them bound in crimson velvet4 ,among these1 and in the same binding1 ,i discovered a fine impression of the ,duke of ,orleans's celebrated publication of ,les ,amours ,pastorales de ,daphnis et de ,chloe1 c4 which ,i purchased for a mere trifle4 ,on taking off the velvet1 ,i found the cover underneath was ornamented with as many jewels as ,i sold afterwards for five hundred pounds4----,who can believe a circumstance so utterly improbable8 #e ,i am assured1 on unquestionable authority1 that ,mr4 ,st4 ,andr had a valuable library in the classes of ,natural ,history and ,medicine4 ,a catalogue of it1 drawn up by ,mr4 ,b4 ,white1 is now in the possession of ,mr4 ,st4 ,andr's executor1 by whom it is reserved for the benefit of minors4 ,n ,,ii4 ,see p4 #acg4 ,the kindness of a friend has enabled me to lay before the reader some extracts from the scarce pamphlet mentioned in p4 #acg4 ,the following is the exact title of it3 ,a ,letter from a ,parishioner of ,st4 ,clement ,danes1 to the ,right ,reverend ,father in ,god ,edmund1 ,lord ,bishop of ,london1 occasioned by his ,lordship's causing the ,picture over the ,altar to be taken down4 ,with some ,observations on the ,use and ,abuse of ,church ,paintings in ,general1 and of that ,picture in particular4 ,exodus1 ,chap4 xxxii4 ,ver4 #bj4 ,and he took the ,calf which they had made1 and burnt it in the ,fire1 and ground it to powder1 and strawed it upon the ,water1 and made the ,children of ,israel drink of it4 ,london1 printed and sold by ,j4 ,roberts1 in ,warwick-,lane2 ,a4 ,dod1 without ,temple-,bar-1 and ,e4 ,nut1 at the ,royal-,exchange4 #agbe4 ,price #f;d4 ,after some introductory compliments to ,bishop ,gibson1 the ,letter-writer thus proceeds3 ,of all the abuses your ,lordship has redressed1 none more timely1 none more acceptable to all true ,protestants1 than your last injunction to remove that ridiculous1 superstitious piece of ,popish foppery from over our communion-table2 this has gained you the applause and good will of all honest men1 who were scandalized to see that holy place defiled with so vile and impertinent a representation4 ,to what end or purpose was it put there1 but to affront our most gracious ,sovereign1 by placing at our very altar the known resemblance of a person1 who is the wife of his utter enemy1 and pensioner to the ,whore of ,babylon8 ,when ,i say the known resemblance1 ,i speak not only according to my own knowledge2 but appeal to all mankind who have seen the ,princess ,sobieski1 or any picture or resemblance of her1 if the picture of that angel in the white garment and blue mantle1 which is there supposed to be beating time to the musick1 is not directly a great likeness of that princess4 ,this ,i insist on1 and will stand and fall by my assertion1 provided they do not play any tricks with the picture1 or alter it for contradiction sake now it is down4 ,whether it was done by chance1 or on purpose1 ,i shall not determine2 but be it which it will1 it has given great offence1 and your ,lordship has acted the part of a wise and good prelate to order its removal4 ,for surely1 such a picture is far unfit for so sacred a place2 a place too solemn for such levities1 too awful to be made the receptacle of such trumpery3 nay1 admit it were not the resemblance of such a person1 can any thing be more absurd1 than such a picture in such a place6 ,but if it be the picture of that person1 what can be more sacrilegious1 more impudently sacrilegious1 than to have our sanctuary defiled by those who make a mock of us and our holy religion8 ,i mean1 our inveterate enemies the ,papists1 who would scruple to prophane no place1 so they might show their implacable hatred to our ,god1 and our ,king4 ,to our ,god1 by making his holy altar the scene of their ribaldry1 to be approached with wantonness and curiosity1 by the sons of ,belial1 who come there to decypher the dumb libel1 and sneer at the pictured lampoon1 which tacitly mocks the church1 and openly affronts the ,state4 ,to our ,king1 by placing the resemblance of an avowed enemy to him and his religion1 at the very altar1 to stand in view of a whole congregation2 a thing1 in my opinion1 much more audacious1 than the setting up her statue in the public streets4 ,no wonder our church has been thronged with spectators1 to the great hindrance of divine worship1 and annoyance of the parishioners1 when those crouds of irreverend persons1 which were ever pouring in1 came not there to join in prayer with the rest of the congregation1 but to worship their ,popish saint1 and hug themselves with the conceit of being alone in the secret4 ,but at last the watch-word was blown1 and the true intent of their coming discovered4 ,then was it high time to complain to your ,lordship1 when disturbances became so frequent1 and the peace of the church was so manifestly broken3 that you1 like another ,moses1 commanded the tinctured abomination to be taken down1 and no doubt but your ,lordship will call them to account who set it up4 ,when your ,lordship shall examine1 who is the painter1 and of what principle8 how long he had been from the ,court of ,rome1 before he painted that picture8 and whether he brought no picture1 or resemblance1 of the ,princess ,sobieski over with him8 you will not repent of what you have done4 ,but when you shall farther enquire after the person who employed him2 whether he be a ,protestant8 or1 if he call himself so1 whether his children were not sent abroad to ,popish seminaries for education8 ,when your ,lordship1 ,i say1 shall examine into these particulars1 ,i doubt not of the inferences so wise a man will draw from such convincing circumstances4 ,and as your ,lordship has begun to redress one abuse1 ,i persuade myself you will not stop here1 but enquire likewise1 by what authority it was put there4 ,this may1 perhaps1 open another scene to your ,lordship's view1 and give you an opportunity1 not only to ease the parish of a very heavy burden it now groans under1 but prevent its being run to unnecessary and unwarranted expences for the future1 by every ,jac----- in an office4 ,and1 indeed1 unless there was a sufficient warrant for such alterations1 the workmen should go to the right person's door1 and he that set them to work ought to pay them2 for1 in my humble opinion1 the place needed no alteration3 it was decent1 convenient1 and indeed ornamental enough before2 there was no more sign1 or fear of its falling1 than there was occasion to take it down1 and deprive the parish of a conveniency now very much wanted1 ,i mean a little vestry-room1 which was behind the old communion table1 where the books1 vessels1 and vestments of the church1 were ready at hand1 and just at the very altar2 whereas now every thing is brought quite through the body of the church1 which in case of a croud 7as of late has been but too frequent7 is both tedious and inconvenient to the last degree4 ,but1 notwithstanding this1 it was resolutely taken down1 to gratify the pride and malice of some persons1 who thirsted to eternize their names1 and affront the government4 ,what have been the consequences of all this1 but an eye-sore and heart-burning to the honest and loyal part of the inhabitants1 and a continual hurly-burly of loiterers from all parts of the town1 to see our ,popish raree-show8 ,after a digression on the famous altar at ,white-,chapel1 in which ,dean ,kennet was said to be satirized1 and some general observations on pictures in churches1 the ,letter-writer adds1 ,never before was any ,popish saint put over the communion-table in a ,protestant church4 ,the ,last ,supper1 the ,passion1 ,crucifixion1 or some other incidents of our ,blessed ,saviour's life1 are the general subjects given to painters on these occasions2 but to have a concert of musick1 c4 7suppose it were not the ,pretender's spouse1 and probably some more of his family1 under the form of angels7 is the most abrupt and foreign that ,i ever saw or heard of4 ,what surprizes me most is1 that any of my fellow parishioners should not only dispute your ,lordship's commands1 delay the execution of your just injunction1 when it was most reasonable and necessary1 but pester your ,lordship with impertinent petitions and remonstrances1 as if they were injured and oppressed1 or your ,lordship misinformed4 ,this must be the reason2 or to what purpose did they trifle with and contest your ,lordship's ordinance8 ,but you are too just a man to give any sentence but the most impartial1 and too steady to give up any point1 where the peace of the ,church and the honour of the ,king is concerned4 ,whoever murmurs at its being taken down1 takes the part of those who set it up2 and whoever takes their part1 is as bad as themselves1 and would do the like on the like opportunity4 ,what can they object against its being removed8 ,what can they offer for having it remain8 ,but why's1 and why not's4 ,as1 ,why should it be removed8 ,what hurt did it do8 ,why should so much money be thrown away8 ,and1 why might not that picture be there as well as any other8 ,why does your ,lordship interfere in the matter8 ,this1 with a glance of complaint at your ,lordship1 and severe invectives against those who solicited that interposition1 calling them informers1 busy1 forward1 mischief-making fellows1 who had better mind their own business1 and such like ribaldry1 is all they can say for themselves4 ,but these are the worst reasons in the world1 and invidious queries only to evade an argument1 and are not to be admitted in a debate of this nature1 where a direct reason for1 or against1 is required4 ,but give me leave1 my ,lord1 and ,i will1 in a few words1 answer all their queries1 which seem so weighty and formidable to the vulgar and ignorant4 ,why should it be removed8 may be answered by another question1 ,what business had it there8 ,but as ,i scorn such quibbling ways of reasoning1 ,i shall answer them1 because it is unfit for that sacred place4 ,if it is the ,princess ,sobieski's image1 it is sacrilegious and traiterous1 and therefore ought to be removed4 ,if it is1 as they say1 a choir of heavenly angels at a practice of musick1 playing on earthly instruments1 it is impertinent and absurd to the last degree1 and therefore ought to be removed from a place where the utmost decorum should be kept4 ,what hurt does it1 say they8 ,to which ,i answer1 it hurted or disturbed the peace of the church1 and was so far hurtful1 as we were hindered or annoyed in our devotions2 it made a division in the parish1 and was so far hurtful1 as it tended to the breach of peace and good neighbourhood2 and therefore ,i think it ought to be removed1 since1 not to answer them with a question1 but a common saying1 it did hurt enough4 ,why should so much money be thrown away8 ,ay1 there's the grievance2 but ,i shall tell them1 they may thank themselves1 it was the act and deed of their own cabal2 and though they might triumph and laugh in their sleeves for a while1 yet murder will out1 and they might expect to be paid in their own coin one time or other4 ,there was no occasion to remove the old communion-table and vestry2 and therefore all the money is thrown away2 the worse their management4 ,nor was there any necessity of so sumptuous an altar-piece1 or of that picture in particular1 therefore so much money as that picture cost1 which1 by the bye1 is no trifling sum#a 7the painter1 as well as his masters1 being no small fool71 is entirely thrown away1 and has been cast into ,the ,thames2 or1 as the vulgar have it1 thrown down the kennel4 ,it was set up against the will of the major part of the parish1 and not without much murmur and complaint2 there was yet a much greater majority for pulling it down2 if therefore so much money is thrown away1 it is pity the parish should pay it2 and1 no doubt1 when your ,lordship comes to enquire by what authority a set of men ran the parish so much in debt for their own whims1 and without any manner of occasion1 you will do us justice1 and teach such persons for the future to consult the bishop1 and have the general consent of the parish1 before they run into such extravagancies4 ,the tradesmen want their money1 and the parish cannot pay them3 your ,lordship therefore will do very well to adjust this matter1 that they may know where to go for their money4 ,their delaying to take down their idol1 was a tacit disputing your lordship's commands1 irreligious and contumacious to the last degree3 and indeed ,i cannot say but some of the public prints#b gave me great anxiety1 when they had the impudence to assure the world it was not to be taken down3 but that anxiety was of short continuance2 for ,i had the satisfaction the next morning to find it removed1 and whole crowds of idle persons who came to see it disappointed2 then ,i found1 to my great comfort1 that you were not to be biassed2 but1 as you had begun the good work1 you had gone through with it1 and made them take it down with a witness4 #a ,it cost fourscore pounds4 #b ,the ,post-,boy and ,daily ,journal of ,saturday1 ,september #d4 ,n ,,iii4 ,see p4 #dad4 ,an ,account of what seemed most remarkable in the ,five ,days' ,peregrination of the ,five following ,persons1 viz4 ,messieurs ,,tothall1 ,,scott1 ,,hogarth1 ,,thornhill1 and ,,forrest2 begun on ,saturday1 ,may #bg1 #agcb1 and finished on the #cast of the same ,month4 ,imitated in ,hudibrasticks by one well acquainted with some of the ,travellers1 and of the ,places here celebrated1 with ,liberty of some ,additions4 ,abi tu1 et fac similiter4 ,inscription on ,dulwich ,college ,porch4 ',twas first of morn on ,saturday1 ,the seven-and-twentieth day of ,may1 ,when ,hogarth1 ,thornhill1 ,tothall1 ,scott1 ,and ,forrest1 who this journal wrote1 ,from ,covent-,garden took departure1 #e ,to see the world by land and water4 ,our march we with a song begin2 ,our hearts were light1 our breeches thin4 ,we meet with nothing of adventure ,till ,billingsgate's ,dark-house we enter2 #aj ,where we diverted were1 while baiting1 ,with ribaldry1 not worth relating1 7,quite suited to the dirty place73 ,but what most pleas'd us was his ,grace ,of ,puddle ,dock1 a porter grim1 #ae ,whose portrait ,hogarth1 in a whim1 ,presented him in caricature1 ,he pasted on the cellar-door4#a ,but hark6 the ,watchman cries ,past one6 ',tis time that we on board were gone4 #bj ,clean straw we find laid for our bed1 ,a tilt for shelter over head4 ,the boat is soon got under sail1 ,wind near ,s4 ,e4 a mackrel gale1 ,attended by a heavy rain2 #be ,we try to sleep1 but try in vain1 ,so sing a song1 and then begin ,to feast on biscuit1 beef1 and gin4 ,at ,purfleet find three men of war1 ,the ,dursley galley1 ,gibraltar1 #cj ,and ,tartar pink1 and of this last ,the pilot begg'd of us a cast ,to ,gravesend1 which he greatly wanted1 ,and readily by us was granted4 ,the grateful man1 to make amends1 #ce ,told how the officers and friends ,of ,england were by ,spaniards treated1 ,and shameful instances repeated4 ,while he these insults was deploring1 ,hogarth1 like ,premier1 fell to snoring1 #dj ,but waking cry'd1 ,i dream'd--and then ,fell fast asleep1 and snor'd again4 ,the morn clear'd up1 and after five ,at port of ,gravesend we arrive1 ,but found it hard to get on shore2 #de ,his boat a young son of a whore ,had fix'd just at our landing-place1 ,and swore we should not o'er it pass2 ,but1 spite of all the rascal's tricks1 ,we made a shift to land by six1 #ej ,and up to ,mrs4 ,bramble's go ,a house that we shall better know1 ,there get a barber for our wigs1 ,wash hands and faces1 stretch our legs1 ,had toast and butter1 and a pot #ee ,of coffee 7our third breakfast7 got3 ,then1 paying what we had to pay1 ,for ,rochester we took our way1 ,viewing the new church as we went1 ,and th' unknown person's monument4 #fj ,the beauteous prospects found us talk4 ,and shorten'd much our two hours walk1 ,though by the way we did not fail ,to stop and take three pots of ale1 ,and this enabled us by ten #fe ,at ,rochester to drink again4 ,now1 ,muse1 assist1 while ,i declare 7,like a true ,english traveller7 ,what vast variety we survey ,in the short compass of one day4 #gj ,we scarce had lost the sight of ,thames1 ,when the fair ,medway's winding streams1 ,and far-extending ,rochester1 ,before our longing eyes appear3 ,the ,castle and ,cathedral grace #ge ,one prospect1 so we mend our pace2 ,impatient for a nearer view1 ,but first must ,strood's rough street trudge through1 ,and this our feet no short one find2 ,however1 with a cheerful mind1 #hj ,all difficulties we get o'er1 ,and soon are on the ,medway's shore4 ,new objects here before us rise1 ,and more than satisfy our eyes1 ,the stately ,bridge from side to side1 #he ,the roaring cataracts of the tide1 ,deafen our ears1 and charm our sight1 ,and terrify while they delight4 ,these we pass over to the ,town1 ,and take our ,quarters at ,the ,crown1 #ij ,to which the ,castle is so near1 ,that we all in a hurry were ,the grand remains on't to be viewing2 ,it is indeed a noble ruin1 ,must have been very strong1 but length #ie ,of time has much impair'd its strength3 ,the lofty ,tower as high or higher ,seems than the old ,cathedral's spire2 ,yet we determin'd were to gain ,its top1 which cost some care and pain2 #ajj ,when there arriv'd1 we found a well1 ,the depth of which ,i cannot tell2 ,small holes cut in on every side ,some hold for hands and feet provide1 ,by which a little boy we saw #aje ,go down1 and bring up a jack-daw4 ,all round about us then we gaze1 ,observing1 not without amaze1 ,how towns here undistinguish'd join1 ,and one vast ,one to form combine4 #aaj ,chatham with ,rochester seems but one1 ,unless we're shewn the boundary-stone4 ,that and its ,yards contiguous lie ,to pleasant ,brompton standing high2 ,the ,bridge across the raging flood #aae ,which ,rochester divides from ,strood1 ,extensive ,strood1 on t'other side1 ,to ,frindsbury quite close ally'd3 ,the country round1 and river fair1 ,our prospects made beyond compare1 #abj ,which quite in raptures we admire2 ,then down to face of earth retire4 ,up the ,street walking1 first of all ,we take a view of the ,town-,hall4 ,proceeding farther on1 we spy #abe ,a house1 design'd to catch the eye1 ,with front so rich1 by plastick skill1 ,as made us for a while stand still3 ,four huge ,hobgoblins grace the wall1 ,which we four ,bas ,relievo's call2 #acj ,they the four ,seasons represent1 ,at least were form'd for that intent4 ,then ,watts's ,hospital we see 7,no common curiosity73 ,endow'd 7as on the front appears7 #ace ,in favour of poor travellers2 ,six such it every night receives1 ,supper and lodging gratis gives1 ,and to each man next morn does pay ,a groat1 to keep him on his way3 #adj ,but the contagiously infected1 ,and rogues and proctors1 are rejected4 ,it gave us too some entertainment ,to find out what this bounteous man meant4 ,yet were we not so highly feasted1 #ade ,but that we back to dinner hasted4 ,by twelve again we reach ,the ,crown1 ,but find our meat not yet laid down1 ,so 7spite of ,gentlemen1 d'ye call87 ,on chairs quite fast asleep we fall1 #aej ,and with clos'd eyes again survey1 ,in dreams1 what we have seen to-day3 ,till dinner's coming up1 when we ,as ready are as that can be4 ,if we describe it not1 we're undone1 #aee ,you'll scarce believe we came from ,london4 ,with due attention then prepare ,yourself to hear our bill of fare4 ,for our first course a dish there was ,of soles and flounders with crab-sauce1 #afj ,a stuff'd and roast calf's-heart beside1 ,with 'purt'nance minc'd1 and liver fry'd2 ,and for a second course1 they put on ,green pease and roasted leg of mutton3 ,the cook was much commended for't2 #afe ,fresh was the beer1 and sound the port3 ,so that nem4 con4 we all agree 7,whatever more we have to see7 ,from table we'll not rise till three4 ,our shoes are clean'd1 'tis three o'clock1 #agj ,come let's away to ,chatham-,dock2 ,we shan't get there till almost four1 ,to see't will take at least an hour2 ,yet ,scott and ,hogarth needs must stop ,at the ,court-,hall to play ,scotch hop4 #age ,to ,chatham got1 ourselves we treat ,with ,shrimps1 which as we walk we eat4 ,for speed we take a round-a-bout- way1 as we afterwards found out3 ,at length reach the ,king's yards and docks1 #ahj ,admire the ships there on the stocks1 ,the men of war afloat we view1 ,find means to get aboard of two2#b ,but here ,i must not be prolix1 ,for we went home again at six1 #ahe ,there smoak'd our pipes1 and drank our wine1 ,and comfortably sat till nine1 ,then1 with our travels much improv'd1 ,to our respective beds we mov'd4 ,sunday at seven we rub our eyes1 #aij ,but are too lazy yet to rise3 ,hogarth and ,thornhill tell their dreams1 ,and1 reasoning deeply on those themes1 ,after much learned speculation1 ,quite suitable to the occasion1 #aie ,left off as wise as they begun1 ,which made for us in bed good fun4 ,but by and by1 when up we got1 ,sam ,scott was missing1 ,where's ,sam ,scott8 ,oh6 here he comes4 ,well6 whence come you8 #bjj ,why from the bridge1 taking a view#c ,of something that did highly please me1 ,but people passing by would teaze me ,with ',do you work on ,sundays1 friend8' ,so that ,i could not make an end4 #bje ,at this we laugh'd1 for 'twas our will ,like men of taste that day to kill4 ,so after breakfast we thought good ,to cross the bridge again to ,strood3 ,thence eastward we resolve to go1 #baj ,and through the ,hundred march of ,hoo1 ,wash'd on the north side by the ,thames1 ,and on the south by ,medway's streams4 ,which to each other here incline1 ,till at ,the ,nore in one they join4 #bae ,before we ,frindsbury could gain1 ,there fell a heavy shower of rain1 ,when crafty ,scott a shelter found ,under a hedge upon the ground1 ,there of his friends a joke he made1 #bbj ,but rose most woefully bewray'd2 ,how against him the laugh was turn'd1 ,and he the vile disaster mourn'd6 ,we work1 all hands1 to make him clean1 ,and fitter to be smelt and seen4 #bbe ,but1 while we scrap'd his back and side1 ,all on a sudden1 out he cried1 ,i've lost my cambrick handkercher1 ',twas lent me by my wife so dear3 ,what ,i shall do ,i can't devise1 #bcj ,i've nothing left to wipe my eyes4 ,at last the handkerchief was found1 ,to his great comfort1 safe and sound1 ,he's now recover'd and alive2 ,so in high spirits all arrive #bce ,at ,frindsbury1 fam'd for prospects fair1 ,but we much more diverted were ,with what the parish church did grace1 ,a list of some who lov'd the place1 ,in memory of their good actions1 #bdj ,and gratitude for their benefactions4 ,witness our hands--,will4 ,gibbons1 ,vicar-- ,and no one else4--,this made us snicker3 ,at length1 with countenances serious1 ,we all agreed it was mysterious1 #bde ,not guessing that the reason might ,be1 the ,churchwardens could not write4 ,at ten1 in council it was mov'd1 ,whoe'er was tir'd1 or disapprov'd ,of our proceedings1 might go back1 #bej ,and cash to bear his charges take4 ,with indignation this was heard3 ,each was for all events prepar'd4 ,so all with one consent agreed ,to ,upnor-,castle to proceed1 #bee ,and at the sutler's there we din'd ,on such coarse fare as we could find4 ,the ,castle#d was not large1 but strong1 ,and seems to be of standing long4 ,twenty-four men its garrison1 #bfj ,and just for every man a gun2 ,eight guns were mounted1 eight men active1 ,the rest were rated non-effective4 ,here an old couple1 who had brought ,some cockles in their boat1 besought #bfe ,that one of us would buy a few1 ,for they were very fresh and new4 ,i did so1 and 'twas charity2 ,he was quite blind1 and half blind she4 ,now growing frolicksome and gay1 #bgj ,like boys1 we1 after dinner1 play1 ,but1 as the scene lay in a fort1 ,something like war must be our sport3 ,sticks1 stones1 and hogs-dung1 were our weapons1 ,and1 as in such frays oft it happens1 #bge ,poor ,tothall's cloaths here went to pot1 ,so that he could not laugh at ,scott4 ,from hence all conquerors we go ,to visit the church-yard at ,hoo4 ,at ,hoo we found an ,epitaph1 #bhj ,which made us 7as 'twill make you7 laugh3 ,a servant maid1 turn'd poetaster1 ,wrote it in honour of her master2 ,i therefore give you 7and ,i hope you ,will like it well7 a ,vera ,copia3 #bhe ,and4w,hen4he4,died4,you plainly4see ,hee4freely4gave4al4to4,sara4passa,wee4 ,and4in4,doing4so4it ,do,th4prevail4 that4,ion4him4can4well4bes4,tow4this ,rayel4 ,on4,year4sarved4him4it is well4none4 #bij ,bu,t ,thanks4beto4,god4it4is4all my4,one4 ,while here among the ,graves we stumble1 ,our ,hogarth's guts began to grumble1 ,which he to ease1 turn'd up his tail ,over a monumental rail2 #bie ,tothall1 for this indecent action1 ,bellowing on him just correction ,with nettles1 as there was no birch1 ,he fled for refuge to the church1 ,and shamefully the door besh-t2 #cjj ,o filthy dauber6 filthy wit6 ,long at one place we must not stay1 ',tis almost four1 let's haste away4 ,but here's a sign2 'tis rash we think1 ,to leave the place before we drink4 #cje ,we meet with liquor to our mind1 ,our hostess complaisant and kind3 ,she was a widow1 who1 we found1 ,had 7as the phrase is7 been shod round1 ,that is1 had buried husbands four1 #caj ,and had no want of charms for more2 ,yet her we leave1 and1 as we go1 ,scott bravely undertook to show ,that through the world we could not pass1 ,how thin soe'er our breeches was2 #cae ',tis true1 indeed1 we may go round1 ,but through--then pointed to the ground4 ,so well he manag'd the debate1 ,we own'd he was a man of weight3 ,and so indeed he was this once1 #cbj ,his pockets we had fill'd with stones3 ,but here we'd serv'd ourselves a trick1 ,of which he might have made us sick3 ,we'd furnish'd him with ammunition ,fit to knock down all opposition2 #cbe ,and1 knowing well his warmth of temper1 ,out of his reach began to scamper1 ,till1 growing cooler1 he pretends ,his passion feign'd1 so all are friends4 ,our danger now becomes a joke1 #ccj ,and peaceably we go to ,stoke4 ,about the church we nothing can see ,to strike or entertain our fancy3 ,but near a farm1 on an elm tree1 ,a long pole fix'd upright we see1 #cce ,and tow'rd the top of it was plac'd ,a weathercock1 quite in high taste1 ,which all of us1 ere we go further1 ,pronounce of the ,composite order4 ,first1 on a board turn'd by the wind1 #cdj ,a painter had a cock design'd1 ,a common weather-cock was above it1 ,this turn'd too as the wind did move it2 ,then on the spindle's point so small ,a shuttlecock stuck o'ertopp'd them all4 #cde ,this triple alliance gave occasion ,to much improving speculation4 ,alas6 we ne'er know when we are well1 ,so at ,northfleet again must quarrel2 ,but fought not here with sticks and stones #cej 7,for those1 you know1 might break our bones76 ,a well just by1 full to the brim1 ,did fitter for our purpose seem2 ,so furiously we went to dashing1 ,till our coats wanted no more washing2 #cee ,but this our heat and courage cooling1 ',twas soon high time to leave such fooling4 ,to ,the ,nag's ,head we therefore hie1 ,to drink1 and to be turn'd adry4 ,at six1 while supper was preparing1 #cfj ,and we about the marsh-lands staring1 ,our two game-cocks1 ,tothall and ,scott1 ,to battling once again were got3 ,but here no weapons could they find1 ,save what the cows dropp'd from behind2 #cfe ,with these they pelted1 till we fancy ,their cloaths look'd something like a tansy4 ,at seven we all come home again1 ,tothall and ,scott their garments clean2 ,supper we get1 and1 when that's o'er1 #cgj ,a tiff of punch drink at the door2 ,then1 as the beds were only three1 ,draw cuts who shall so lucky be ,as here to sleep without a chum2 ,to ,tothall's share the prize did come #cge ,hogarth and ,thornhill1 ,scott and ,i1 ,in pairs1 like man and wife1 must lie4 ,then mighty frolicksome they grow1 ,at ,scott and me the stocking throw1 ,fight with their wigs1 in which perhaps #chj ,they sleep1 for here we found no caps4 ,up at eleven again we get1 ,our sheets were so confounded wet2 ,we dress1 and lie down in our cloaths2 ,monday1 at three1 awak'd and rose1 #che ,and of the cursed gnats complain1 ,yet make a shift to sleep again4 ,till six o'clock we quiet lay1 ,and then got out for the whole day2 ,to fetch a barber1 out we send2 #cij ,stripp'd1 and in boots1 he does attend1 ,for he's a fisherman by trade2 ,tann'd was his face1 shock was his head2 ,he flours our wigs1 and trims our faces1 ,and the top barber of the place is4 #cie ,the cloth is for our breakfast spread2 ,a bowl of milk and toasted bread ,are brought1 of which while ,forrest eats4 ,to draw our pictures ,hogarth sits2#e ,thornhill is in the barber's hands1 #djj ,shaving himself ,will ,tothall stands2 ,while ,scott is in a corner sitting1 ,and an unfinish'd piece completing4 ,our reckoning about eight we pay1 ,and take for ,isle of ,greane our way2 #dje ,to keep the road we were directed1 ,but1 as 'twas bad1 this rule neglected2 ,a tempting path over a stile ,let us astray above a mile2 ,yet the right road at last we gain1 #daj ,and joy to find ourselves at ,greane2 ,where my ,dame ,husbands1 at ,the ,chequer1 ,refresh'd us with some good malt liquor2 ,into her larder then she runs1 ,brings out salt pork1 butter and buns1 #dae ,and coarse black bread2 but that's no matter1 ',twill fortify us for the water4 ,here ,scott so carefully laid down ,his penknife which had cost a crown1 ,that all in vain we sought to find it1 #dbj ,and1 for his comfort1 say1 ,ne'er mind it2 ,for to ,sheerness we now must go3 ,to this the ferryman says1 ,no4 ,we to another man repair'd3 ,he too says1 ,no--it blows too hard4 #dbe ,but1 while we study how to get there ,in spite of this tempestuous weather1 ,our landlady a scheme propos'd1 ,with which we fortunately clos'd1 ,was to the shore to go1 and try #dcj ,to hail the ships in ordinary1 ,so we might get1 for no great matter1 ,a boat to take us o'er the water4 ,we haste1 and soon the shore we tread1 ,with various kinds of shells bespread4 #dce ,and in a little time we spy'd ,a boat approaching on our side2 ,the man to take us in agreed1 ,but that was difficult indeed1 ,till1 holding in each hand an oar1 #ddj ,he made a sort of bridge to shore1 ,o'er which on hands and knees we crawl1#f ,and so get safe on board the yawl4 ,in little time we seated were1 ,and now to ,shepey's coast draw near2 #dde ,when suddenly1 with loud report1 ,the cannons roar from ships and fort1 ,and1 like tall fellows1 we impute ,to our approach this grand salute3 ,but soon1 alas6 our pride was humbled1 #dej ,and from this fancy'd height we tumbled1 ,on recollecting that the day ,the nine and twentieth was of ,may4 ,the firing had not long been ended4 ,before at ,sheerness we were landed1 #dee ,where on the battery while we walk1 ,and of the charming prospect talk1 ,scott from us in a hurry runs1 ,and1 getting to the new-fir'd guns1 ,unto their touch-holes clapp'd his nose2 #dfj ,hogarth sits down1 and trims his toes2 ,these whims when we had made our sport1 ,our turn we finish round the fort1 ,and are at one for ,queenborough going3 ,bleak was the walk1 the wind fierce blowing1 #dfe ,and driving o'er our heads the spray2 ,on loose beach stones1 our pebbly way1 ,but ,thornhill only got a fall1 ,which hurt him little1 if at all3 ,so merrily along we go1 #dgj ,and reach that famous town by two4 ,queenborough consists of one short street1#g ,broad1 and well-pav'd1 and very neat2 ,nothing like dirt offends the eye1 ,scarce any people could we spy3 #dge ,the town-house1 for the better show1 ,is mounted on a portico ,of piers and arches1 number four1 ,and crown'd at top with a clock-tower2 ,but all this did not reach so high #dhj ,as a flag-staff1 that stood just by1 ,on which a standard huge was flying 7,the borough's arms1 the king's supplying71 ,which on high festivals they display ,to do the honours of the day4 #dhe ,as for salutes1 excus'd they are1 ,because they have no cannon there4 ,to the church-yard we first repair1 ,and hunt for choice inscriptions there1 ,search stones and rails1 till almost weary all1 #dij ,in hopes to find something material4 ,when one at last1 of pyebald style 7,though grave the subject7 made us smile3 ,telling us first1 in humble prose1 ,that ,henry ,knight doth here repose1 #die ,a ,greenland ,trader twice twelve year1 ,as master and as harpooneer2 ,then1 in as humble verse1 we read 7,as by himself in person said7 ,in ,greenland ,i whales1 sea-horse1 and bears did slay1 #ejj ,though now my body is intombed in clay4 ,the house at which we were to quarter ,is call'd ,the ,swans2 this rais'd our laughter4 ,because the sign is ,the ,red ,lion1 ,so strange a blunder we cry ,fie on6 #eje ,but1 going in1 all neat we see ,and clean2 so was our landlady3 ,with great civility she told us1 ,she had not beds enough to hold us1 ,but a good neighbour had just by1 #eaj ,where some of us perhaps might lie4 ,she sends to ask4 ,the merry dame ,away to us directly came1 ,quite ready our desires to grant1 ,and furnish us with what we want4 #eae ,back to the church again we go2 ,which is but small1 ill built1 and low1 ,view'd the inside1 but still see we ,nothing of curiosity ,unless we suffer the grave-digger #ebj ,in this our work to make a figure1 ,whom just beside us now we have1 ,employ'd in opening of a grave4 ,a prating spark indeed he was1 ,knew all the scandal of the place1 #ebe ,and often rested from his labours1 ,to give the history of his neighbours2 ,told who was who1 and what was what1 ,till on him we bestow'd a pot 7,for he forgot not1 you may think1 #ecj ,masters1 ,i hope1 you'll make me drink671 ,at this his scurrilous tongue run faster1 ,till a sad dog he call'd his master1 ,told us the worshipful the ,mayor ,was but a custom-house officer2 #ece ,still rattling on till we departed1 ,not only with his tales diverted1 ,but so much wisdom we had got4 ,we treated him with t'other pot4 ,return we now to the town-hall4 #edj ,that1 like the borough1 is but small1 ,under its portico's a space1 ,which you may call the market-place1 ,just big enough to hold the stocks1 ,and one1 if not two1 butcher's blocks1 #ede ,emblems of plenty and excess1 ,though you can no where meet with less3 ,for though 'tis call'd a market-town 7,as they are not asham'd to own7 ,yet we saw neither butcher's meat1 #eej ,nor fish1 nor fowl1 nor aught to eat4 ,once in seven years1 they say1 there's plenty1 ,when strangers come to represent ye4 ,hard at ,the ,swans had been our fare1 ,but that some ,harwich men were there1 #eee ,who lately had some lobsters taken1 ,with which1 and eke some eggs and bacon1 ,our bellies we design to fill2 ,but first will clamber up the hill1 ,a most delightful spot of ground1 #efj ,o'erlooking all the country round2 ,on which there formerly has been ,the palace of ,philippa1 queen ,to the third ,edward1 as they tell1 ,now nought remains on 't but a well3 #efe ,but 'tis from hence1 says common fame1 ,the borough gets its royal name4 ,two sailors at this well we meet1 ,and do each other kindly greet3 ,what brings you here1 my lads8 cry we4 #egj ,thirst1 please your honours1 as you see2 ,for 7adds the spokesman7 we are here ,waiting for our young officer1 ,a midshipman on board ,the ,rose1 7,for ,general ,s----'s son he goes73 #ege ,we and our messmates1 six in all1 ,yesterday brought him in our yawl1 ,and when1 as we had been commanded1 ,quite safe and dry we had him landed1 ,by running of her fast aground #ehj ,at tide of ebb1 he quickly found ,that he might go and see ,sheerness1 ,so here he left us pennyless1 ,to feast on ,queenborough air and water1 ,or starve1 to him 'tis no great matter2 #ehe ,while he among his friends at ease is1 ,and will return just when he pleases2 ,perhaps he may come back to-day2 ,if not1 he knows that we must stay4 ,so one of us gave him a tester1 #eij ,when both cried out1 ,god bless you1 master6 ,then ran to rouse their sleeping fellows1 ,to share their fortune at the alehouse4 ,hence to the creek-side1 one and all1 ,we go to see ,the ,rose's yawl1 #eie ,and found her bedded in the mud1 ,immovable till tide of flood4 ,the sailors here had cockles got1 ,which gratefully to us they brought1 ',twas all with which they could regale us2 #fjj ,this t'other sixpence sent to th' alehouse3 ,so merrily they went their way1 ,and we were no less pleas'd than they4 ,at seven about the town we walk1 ,and with some pretty damsels talk4 #fje ,beautiful nymphs indeed1 ,i ween1 ,who came to see1 and to be seen4 ,then to our ,swans returning1 there ,we borrow'd a great wooden chair1 ,and plac'd it in the open street1 #faj ,where1 in much state1 did ,hogarth sit ,to draw the townhouse1 church1 and steeple1#h ,surrounded by a crowd of people2 ,tag1 rag1 and bobtail1 stood quite thick there1 ,and cry'd1 ,what a sweet pretty picture6 #fae ,this was not finish'd long1 before ,we saw1 about the ,mayor's fore-door1 ,our honest sailors in a throng3 ,we call'd one of them from among ,the rest1 to tell us the occasion2 #fbj ,of which he gave us this relation3 ,our midshipman is just come back1 ,and chanc'd to meet or overtake ,a sailor walking with a woman 7,may be1 she's honest1 may be1 common73 #fbe ,he thought her handsome1 so his honour ,would needs be very sweet upon her3 ,but this the seaman would not suf- fer1 and this put him in a huff4 ',lubber1 avast1' says sturdy ,john1 #fcj ',avast1 ,i say1 let her alone2 ,you shall not board her1 she's my wife4 ,sheer off1 ,sir1 if you love your life3 ,i've a great mind your back to lick2' ,and up he held his oaken stick4 #fce ,our midship hero this did scare3 ',i'll swear the peace before the ,mayor1' ,says he2 so to the ,mayor's they trudge3 ,how then a case by such a judge ,determin'd was1 ,i cannot say1 #fdj ,we thought it not worth while to stay3 ,for it strikes nine1 ,how th' evening spends6 ,come1 let us drink to all our friends ,a chearful glass1 and eat a bit4 ,so to our supper down we sit2 #fde ,when something merry check'd our mirth3 ,the ,harwich men had got a birth ,closely adjoining to our room1 ,and were to spend their evening come3 ,the wall was thin1 and they so near1 #fej ,that all they say1 or sing1 we hear4 ,we sung our songs1 we crack'd our jokes1 ,their emulation this provokes2 ,and they perform'd so joyously1 ,as distanc'd hollow all our glee2 #fee ,so 7were it not a bull7 ,i'd lay1 ,this night they fairly won the day4 ,now plenteously we drink of flip1 ,in hopes we shall the better sleep2 ,some rest the long day's work requires2 #ffj ,scott to his lodging first retires2 ,his landlady is waiting for him1 ,and to his chamber walks before him2 ,in her fair hand a light she bears1 ,and shows him up the garret-stairs2 #ffe ,away comes he greatly affronted1 ,and his disgrace to us recounted4 ,this makes us game1 we roast him for it1 ,scott's too high-minded for a garret4 ,but ,tothall more humanely said1 #fgj ,come1 ,scott1 be easy1 take my bed1 ,and to your garret ,i will go4 7,this great good-nature sure did show73 ,there finding nought him to entertain ,but a flock-bed without a curtain1 #fge ,he too in haste came back1 and got ,away to share his bed with ,scott1 ,and at eleven each goes to nest1 ,till ,tuesday morn to take his rest4 ,at six comes ,hogarth1 ,rise1 ,sirs1 rise1 #fhj ,says he1 with roguery in his eyes1 ,scott's landlady is below stairs4 ,and roundly the good woman swears1 ,that for his lodging he shall pay1 7,where his tir'd bones he scorn'd to lay7 #fhe ,or he should go before the ,mayor4 ,she's in the right on't1 we declare1 ,for this would cut the matter short1 7,at least 'twould make us special sport73 ,but here she balk'd us1 and1 no doubt1 #fij ,had wit enough to find us out4 ,our mark thus miss'd1 we kindly go1 ,to see how he and ,tothall do4 ,we find the doors all open were1 7,it seems that's not unusual here73 #fie ,they're very well1 but ,scott last night ,had been in a most dreadful fright3 ,when to his room he got1 he said1 ,and just was stepping into bed1 ,he thought he saw the bed-cloaths stir1 #gjj ,so back he flew in mortal fear2 ,but taking heart of grace1 he try'd ,to feel what 'twas1 when out it cry'd ,again he starts1 but to his joy1 ,it prov'd a little harmless boy1 #gje ,who by mistake had thither crept1 ,and soundly 7till he wak'd him7 slept ,so from his fears recover'd quite ,he got to sleep1 and slept all night4 ,we laugh at this1 and he laughs too1 #gaj ,for1 pray1 what better could he do8 ,at ten we leave our ,lion-,swans1 ,and to the higher lands advance1 ,call on our laundress by the way1 ,for the led shirts left yesterday #gae ,to wash2 ,she's sorry1 they're not yet ,quite dry6--,why then we'll take them wet3 ,they'll dry and iron'd be1 we hope1 ,at ,minster1 where we next shall stop4 ,the way was good1 the weather fair1 #gbj ,the prospects most delightful were4 ,to ,minster got1 with labour hard ,we climb'd the hill to the church-yard1 ,but1 when arriv'd there1 did not fail ,to read some verses on a rail #gbe ,well worth transcribing1 we agree1 ,whether you think so1 you may see4 ,here interr'd ,george ,anderson doth lye1 ,by fallen on an anchor he did dye ,in ,sheerness yard on ,good ,friday #gcj ,the #fth of ,april1 ,i do say4 ,all you that read my allegy be alwaies ,ready for to dye--aged #db years4 ,of monuments that here they shew ,within the church1 we drew but two2 #gce ,one an ambassador of ,spain's1#i ,t' other ,lord ,shorland's#aj dust contains1 ,of whom they have a wondrous story1 ,which 7as they tell7 ,i'll lay before ye4 ,the ,lord of ,shorland1 on a day1#aa #gdj ,chancing to take a ride this way1 ,about a corpse observ'd a crowd1 ,against their priest complaining loud1 ,that he would not the service say1 ,till somebody his fees should pay4 #gde ,on this1 his lordship too did rave1 ,and threw the priest into the grave1 ,make haste1 and fill it up1 said he1 ,we'll bury both without a fee4 ,but when got home1 and cool1 reflecting #gej ,on the strange part he had been acting1 ,he drew a state up of the case1 ,humbly petitioning for grace1 ,and to the sea gallop'd away1 ,where1 at that time1 a frigate lay1 #gee ,with ,queen ,elizabeth on board1 ,when 7strange to tell67 this hare-brain'd ,lord ,on horseback swam to the ship's side1 ,and there to see the ,queen apply'd4 ,his case she reads2 her royal breast #gfj ,is mov'd to grant him his request4 ,his pardon thankfully he takes1 ,and1 swimming still1 to land he makes3 ,but1 on his riding up the beach1 ,he an old woman met1 a witch3 #gfe ,this horse1 which now your life doth save1 ,says she1 will bring you to the grave4 ,you'll prove a lier1 says my lord1 ,you ugly hag6 and with his sword 7,acting a most ungrateful part7 #ggj ,his panting steed stabb'd to the heart4 ,it happen'd1 after many a day1 ,that with some friends he stroll'd that way1 ,and this strange story1 as they walk1 ,became the subject of their talk3 #gge ,when1 ,there the carcase lies1 he cry'd1 ,upon the beach by the sea-side4 ,as 'twas not far1 he led them to't1 ,and kick'd the skull up with his foot1 ,when a sharp bone pierc'd through his shoe1 #ghj ,and wounded grievously his toe1 ,which mortify'd3 so he was kill'd1 ,and the hag's prophecy fulfill'd4 ,see there his cross-legg'd figure laid1 ,and near his feet the horse's head6#ab #ghe ,the tomb#ac is of too old a fashion ,to tally well with this narration2 ,but of the truth we would not doubt1 ,nor put our ,cicerone out3 ,it gives a moral hint at least1 #gij ,that gratitude's due to a beast4 ,so far it's good1 whoever made it1 ,and that it may not fail of credit1 ,a horsehead vane adorns the steeple1 ,and it's ,horse-church call'd by the people4 #gie ,our shirts dry'd at ,the ,george we get1 ,we dine there1 and till four we sit2 ,and now in earnest think of home3 ,so to ,sheerness again we come4 ,where for a bum-boat we agree1 #hjj ,and about five put off to sea4 ,we presently were under sail1 ,the tide our friend1 south-east the gale1 ,quite wind enough1 and some to spare1 ,but we to that accustom'd were4 #hje ,when we had now got past ,the ,nore1 ,and lost the sight of ,shepey's shore1 ,the ebbing tide of ,thames we met1 ,the wind against it fiercely set6 ,this made a short and tumbling sea1 #haj ,and finely toss'd indeed were we4 ,the porpoises in stormy weather ,are often seen in shoals together2 ,about us while they roll and play1 ,one in his gambols miss'd his way1 #hae ,and threw himself so far on shore1 ,we thought he would get off no more2 ,but with great struggling and some pain1 ,he did1 and went to play again4 ,on this we moralising say1 #hbj ,how thoughtless is the love of play6 ,when we ourselves with sorrow find ,our pleasures too with pain conjoin'd4 ,for troubles croud upon us thick2 ,our hero1 ,scott1 grows very sick2 #hbe ,poor ,hogarth makes wry faces too 7,worse faces than he ever drew74 ,you'll guess what were the consequences1 ,not overpleasing to our senses2 ,and this misfortune was augmented #hcj ,by ,master ,tothall's being acquainted ,with the commander of a sloop1 ,at ,holy ,haven near ,the ,hope4 ,there's ,captain ,robinson1 says he1 ,a friend1 whom ,i must call and see4 #hce ,up the ship's side he nimbly goes1 ,while we lay overwhelm'd with woes ,sick1 and of winds and waves the sport4 ,but then he made his visit short1 ,and when a sup of punch he'd got1 #hdj ,some lighted match to us he brought1 ,a sovereign cordial this1 no doubt1 ,to men whose pipes had long been out4 ,by seven o'clock our sick recover1 ,and all are glad this trouble's over4 #hde ,now jovially we sail along1 ,our cockswain giving song for song4 ,but soon our notes are chang'd2 we found ,our boat was on ,bly-sand aground1 ,just in the middle of the river2 #hej ,here ,tothall shew'd himself quite clever3 ,and1 knowing we must else abide ,till lifted by the flowing tide1 ,work'd with our skippers1 till the boat ,was once more happily afloat4 #hee ,we all applaud his care and skill1 ,so do the boatmen his good-will4 ,ere long the tide made upward1 so ,with that before the wind we go1 ,and1 disembarking about ten1 #hfj ,our ,gravesend quarters reach again4 ,here ,madam1 smiling1 comes to tell ,how glad she is to see us well3 ,this kind reception we commended1 ,and now thought all our troubles ended2 #hfe ,but1 when for what we want we call1 ,something unlucky did befall4 ,when we our travels first began ,scott 7who's a very prudent man7 ,thought a great coat could do no harm1 #hgj ,and in the boat might keep him warm2 ,so far perhaps you think him right1 ,as we took water in the night3 ,but when from hence we took our way ,on foot1 the latter end of ,may1 #hge ,he1 quite as reasonably1 thought ',twould be too heavy or too hot3 ,i'll leave it here1 says he1 and take ,it with me at our coming back4 ,and he most certainly design'd it3 #hhj ,but now the thing was1 how to find it8 ,we told him1 he had been mistaken1 ,and did without his hostess reckon4 ,to him it was no jest2 he swore ,he left it there three days before1 #hhe ,this ,mrs4 ,bramble can't deny4 ,sir1 we shall find it by and by3 ,so out she goes1 and rends her throat ,with ,moll1 go find the gem'man's coat4 ,the house ,moll searches round and round1 #hij ,at last1 with much ado1 'twas found-- ',twas found1 that1 to the owner's cost1 ,or ,scott's1 the borrow'd coat was lost4 ,coat lost6 says he1 stamping and staring1 ,then stood like dumb1 then fell to swearing3 #hie ,he curs'd the ill-concluding ramble1 ,he curs'd ,gravesend and mother ,bramble4 ,but1 while his rage he thus express'd1 ,and we his anger made our jest1 ,till wrath had almost got the upper- #ijj hand of his reason1 in came supper3 ,to this at once his stomach turn'd1 ,no longer it with fury burn'd1 ,but hunger took the place of rage1 ,and a good meal did both assuage4 #ije ,he eat and drank1 he drank and eat1 ,the wine commended1 and the meat3 ,so we did all1 and sat so late1 ,that ,wednesday morn we lay till eight4 ,tobacco then1 and wine provide1 #iaj ,enough to serve us for this tide4 ,get breakfast1 and our reckoning pay1 ,and next prepare for ,london hey2 ,so1 hiring to ourselves a wherry1 ,we put off1 all alive and merry4 #iae ,the tide was strong1 fair was the wind1 ,gravesend is soon left far behind1 ,under the tilt on straw we lay1 ,observing what a charming day1 ,there stretch'd at ease we smoke and drink1 #ibj ,londoners like1 and now we think ,our cross adventures all are past1 ,and that at ,gravesend was the last3 ,but cruel ,fate to that says no2 ,one yet shall ,fortune find his foe4 #ibe ,while we 7with various prospects cloy'd7 ,in clouds of smoke ourselves enjoy'd1 ,more diligent and curious1 ,scott ,into the forecastle had got1 ,and took his papers out1 to draw #icj ,some ships which right ahead he saw4 ,there sat he1 on his work intent1 ,when1 to increase our merriment1 ,so luckily we shipp'd a sea1 ,that he got sous'd1 and only he4 #ice ,this bringing to his mind a thought ,how much he wanted the great coat1 ,renew'd his anger and his grief2 ,he curs'd ,gravesend1 the coat1 and thief2 ,and1 still to heighten his regret1 #idj ,his shirt was in his breeches wet3 ,he draws it out1 and lets it fly1 ,like a ,french ensign1 till 'tis dry1 ,then1 creeping into shelter safe1 ,joins with the company and laugh4 #ide ,nothing more happen'd worthy note3 ,at ,billingsgate we change our boat1 ,and in another through bridge get1 ,by two1 to ,stairs of ,somerset1 ,welcome each other to the shore1 #iej ,to ,convent ,garden walk once more1 ,and1 as from ,bedford ,arms we started1 ,there wet our whistles ere we parted4 ,with pleasure ,i observe1 none idle ,were in our travels1 or employ'd ill1 #iee ,tottall1 our treasurer1 was just1 ,and worthily discharg'd his trust2 7,we all sign'd his accounts as fair73 ,sam ,scott and ,hogarth1 for their share1 ,the prospects of the sea and land did2 #ifj ,as ,thornhill of our tour the plan did2 ,and ,forrest wrote this true relation ,of our five days peregrination4 ,this to attest1 our names we've wrote all1 ,viz4 ,thornhill1 ,hogarth1 ,scott1 and ,tothall4 #ife #a ,this drawing unluckily has not been preserved4 #b ,the ,royal ,sovereign and ,marlborough4 #c ,drawing ,,ii4 #d ,drawing ,,iii4 ,the ,castle by ,hogarth2 and some ,shipping1 riding near it1 by ,scott4 #e ,drawing ,,iv4 #f ,drawing ,v4 #g ,drawing ,,vi4 #h ,drawing ,,vi4 #i ,drawing ,,vii4 by ,scott4 #aj ,drawing ,,viii4 by ,hogarth4 #aa ,this story is quoted by ,mr4 ,grose in his ,antiquities1 ,vol4 ,,ii4 art4 ,minster ,monastery4 ,the legend1 says ,mr4 ,grose1 has1 by a worthy friend of mine1 been hitched into doggrel rhyme4 ,it would be paying the reader but a bad compliment to attempt seriously to examine the credibility of the story4 #ab ,drawing ,,viii4 #ac ,a cross-legg'd figure in armour1 with a shield over his left arm1 like that of a ,knight ,templar1 said to represent ,sir ,robert de ,shurland1 who by ,edward ,i4 was created a ,knight banneret for his gallant behaviour at the siege of ,carlaverock in ,scotland4 ,he lies under a ,gothic arch in the south-wall1 having an armed page at his feet1 and on his right side the head of a horse emerging out of the waves of the sea1 as in the action of swimming4 ,,grose4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,william ,,tothall',s ,account of ,disbursements for ,messieurs ,hogarth and ,co4 viz4 #agcb1 ,may 4 s4 d4 #bg4 ,to paid at the ,dark-house1 ,billingsgate1 #j #j #h ,to paid for a pint of ,geneva ,hollands1 #j #a #j ,to paid waterman to ,gravesend1 #j #e #j ,to paid barber ditto1 #j #j #aj ,to paid for breakfast at ditto1 #j #b #b ,to paid for beer on the road to ,rochester1 #j #j #i ,to paid for shrimps at ,chatham1 #j #j #i ,to paid at the gunnery and dock1 #j #a #f ,to paid bill at ,rochester1 #a #g #c #bh4 ,to gave at ,upnor for information1 #j #j #c ,to paid at the ,smack at ditto1 #j #d #c ,to paid at ,hoo1 #j #a #h ,to paid at ,stoke1 #j #aa #f #bi4 ,to paid at ,mother ,hubbard's at ,grain1 #j #c #j ,to paid for passage over to ,sheerness1 #j #b #aj ,to paid for lobsters at ,queenborough1 #j #a #f ,to paid for two pots of beer to treat the sexton1 #j #j #f ,to paid for dinner1 c4 #j #f #f ,to charity1 gave the sailors1 #j #a #j #cj4 ,to paid for lodgings and maid1 #j #d #f ,to paid for breakfast1 #j #b #f ,to paid for washing shirts1 #j #a #h ,to paid at ,minster1 #j #i #b ,to paid at ,sheerness1 #j #a #c ,to paid for a boat to ,gravesend1 #j #g #j #ca4 ,to paid barber at ditto1 #j #a #b ,to paid for sundry at ditto1 #a #j #c ,to paid for passage to ,somerset-house1 #j #e #f 4#f #f #j ,vouchers produced1 examined1 and allowed1 ,per ,e4 ,,forrest1 ,,sam4 ,,scott1 ,w4 ,,hogarth1 ,,john ,,thornhill4 ,,general ,,index ,,to ,,hogarth',s ,,plates4 ,a4 9999,,neas in a ,storm ,agriculture and ,arts ,altar-piece1 ,st4 ,clement's ,analysis of ,beauty ,apuleius ,arms1 c ,b4 ,battle of the ,pictures ,beaver's ,military ,punishments ,beer-,street ,before and ,after 99,beggar's ,opera ,bench 9999,blackwell's ,figures ,booth1 ,wilks1 and ,cibber ,boyne1 ,lord ,viscount ,boys peeping at ,nature 9999,broad ,bottoms 99,bullock1 ,william ,burial ,ticket ,burlington ,gate ,butler ,byron1 ,lady ,frances ,c4 9999,cartoons1 ,heads from ,cassandra ,catalogue1 ,frontispiece and ,tail-piece to ,characters1 and ,caricaturas ,charlemont1 ,earl of ,charmers of the ,age ,christ and his ,disciples1 c4 large ,christ1 c4 small --with ,london ,hospital ,churchill1 ,charles --with ,political ,print ,cockpit ,columbus ,concert1 ,st4 ,mary's ,chapel ,consultation of ,physicians ,coram1 ,captain 9999,cottage ,credulity1 c ,crowns1 c4 ,subscription ,ticket for ,elections ,d4 ,debates on ,palmistry 99,discovery ,distressed ,poet ,don ,quixote ,e4 ,elections ,enraged ,musician 99,eta ,beta ,pi1 ,title-page ,f4 ,fair ,southwark1 not ,bartholomew as ,mr4 ,walpole describes it ,farmer's ,return 9999,farinelli1 ,cuzzoni1 and ,senesino1 c4 ,festoon1 c4 ,subscription ,ticket for ,richard ,,iii4 ,fielding1 ,henry ,finchley1 ,march to ,fishes for ,cards ,folkes1 ,martin ,foundling ,hospital1 ,power of ,attorney 99--,arms of 99--,first ,sketch for ,four ,parts of the ,day ,france and ,england ,frontispiece to ,leveridge's ,songs ,g4 ,garrick in ,richard ,,iii4 ,gate of ,calais ,gibbs1 ,james 99--octagon ,gin ,lane 99,gin drinkers ,good ,samaritan ,gormagons 9999,great ,seal of ,england ,gulliver presented to the ,queen of ,babilary ,h4 99,half-starved ,boy ,harlot's ,progress ,head1 etched by ,livesay 99,hell-gate ,henley1 ,orator1 christening1 c4 ,henry ,,viii4 and ,anna ,bullen 99,herring1 ,archbp4 small --large 99,hesiod 99,highland ,fair1 or ,scots ,opera ,hoadly1 large --small ,hogarth1 ,william1 ,engraver1 ,shop-,bill --with ,dog 9999--small circle --,serjeant ,painter --,black ,mask --with ,hat on ,hogarth's ,tour 99--,crestx --,cypher ,holland1 ,lord ,hudibras1 large --small ,huggins1 ,william ,humours of ,oxford ,hunt1 ,gabriel ,hutchinsonians1 ,frontispiece to ,pamphlet against 99,hymen and ,cupid1 ,ticket for ,sigismunda ,i4 ,jacobites ,journalx ,industry and ,idleness ,judith and ,holofernes ,judith1 ,rehearsal1 ,ticket for ,k4 ,kirby's ,perspective ,l4 ,landscape ,laughing ,audience ,lecture 9999,living ,dogx ,lock1 ,daniel 99,london ,infirmary ,lottery ,lovat1 ,lord ,m4 ,malcolm1 ,sarah 9999,malta1 ,scene by a ,knight of ,marriage ,alamode ,masquerades1 c4 small ,masquerade1 large 9999,master of the ,vineyard ,milton ,milward's ,ticket ,midnight ,modern ,conversation 99,moliere1 ,frontispieces to 99,moses and ,pharaoh's daughter ,morell1 ,dr4 ,motraye's ,travels ,five ,muscovites ,music introduced to ,apollo ,n4 9999,north and ,south ,o4 99,oratory ,p4 99,palmer1 ,john ,paul1 c4 burlesqued ,paul before ,felix --as first designed ,perriwigs1 ,five ,orders of 99,pellet1 ,dr4 ,perseus and ,medusa ,perseus descending ,pine ,political ,clyster 99,politician ,pool of ,bethesda1 small --large 9999,pug the ,painter ,r4 ,rabbit-breeder ,rake's ,progress 99,ranby's ,house ,rape of the ,lock ,read1 ,benjamin 99,rich's ,glory ,royalty1 ,episcopacy1 and ,law ,s4 ,sancho ,search-night ,shop-bills1 c4 ,shrimp-,girl ,sleeping ,congregation ,solfull ,south ,sea ,spiller's ,ticket ,stage ,coach ,stages of ,cruelty ,stand of ,arms1 c4 ,subscription ,ticket for ,finchley ,stay-maker ,strolling ,actresses ,t4 ,tail-piece to his ,works 99,tankard ,taste in ,high ,life ,taylor1 ,george1 ,two ,sketches for his ,monument ,taylor's ,perspective ,terr ,filius ,ticket ,porter ,time blackening a ,picture1 ,subscription ,ticket for ,sigismunda ,the ,times ,tom ,thumb ,tristram ,shandy1 vol4 ,i4 --vol4 ,,ii4 9999,two ,figures ,w4 ,weighing ,house ,wilkes1 ,john ,woman swearing a ,child1 c4 ,the articles marked thus 99 are omitted in ,mr4 ,walpole's ,catalogue4 ,those marked 9999 are likewise omitted by ,mr4 ,walpole2 but it must be acknowledged they are of doubtful authority1 though introduced on the faith of the following collectors and artists3 ,hogarth1 small circle1 ,mr4 ,basire4 neas in a storm1 ,dr4 ,ducarel4 ,beggar's ,opera1 ,dr4 ,lort4 ,blackwell's ,figures1 ,cottage1 ,master of the ,vineyard ,mr4 ,ireland4 ,pug the ,painter1 ,farinelli1 ,cuzzoni1 and ,heidegger1 ,gin-drinkers1 ,mr4 ,rogers4 ,cartoons1 ,heads1 from ,two ,figures ,mr4 ,livesay4 ,oratory1 ,malta1 ,scene1 c4 ,mr4 ,nichols4 ,bullock1 ,butler1 ,pellet1 ,north and ,south1 ,mr4 ,thane4 ,,finis4 ,,new ,,books published by ,j4 ,,nichols4 ,i4 ,biographical and ,literary ,anecdotes of ,,william ,,bowyer1 ,printer1 ,f4 ,s4 ,a4 and of many of his ,learned ,friends2 containing an incidental ,view of the ,progress and ,advancement of ,literature in this ,kingdom1 from the ,beginning of the present ,century to the ,end of the ,year #aggg4 ,by ,,john ,,nichols1 his ,apprentice1 ,partner1 and ,successor4 ,price ,one ,guinea1 adorned with an elegant ,portrait by ,basire4 ,,ii4 ,,miscellaneous ,,tracts1 by the late ,,william ,,bowyer1 printer1 ,f4 ,s4 ,a4 and several of his ,learned ,friends2 including ,letters1 on ,literary ,subjects1 by ,mr4 ,,markland1 ,mr4 ,,clarke1 c4 c4 ,collected1 and illustrated with occasional ,notes1 by ,,john ,,nichols1 ,f4 ,s4 ,a4 ,edinb44 and ,perth4 ',tis my chief wish1 my joy1 my only plan1 ,to lose no drop of this immortal man4 ,,iii4 ,conjectures and ,observations on the ,new ,testament2 collected from various ,authors1 as well in regard to ,words as ,pointing4 ,by ,mr4 ,,bowyer4 ,the ,third ,edition4 ,price ,one ,guinea in ,boards4 ,,iv4 ,a ,collection of all the ,wills1 now known to be extant1 of the ,kings and ,queens in ,england1 ,princes and ,princesses of ,wales1 and every ,branch of the ,blood ,royal1 from the ,reign of ,william the ,conqueror to that of ,henry the ,seventh1 exclusive2 with ,explanatory ,notes1 and a very copious ,glossary4 ,by ,j4 ,,nichols4 ,quarto4 ,price ,eighteen ,shillings in ,boards4 ,v4 ,a ,supplement to ,dean ,,swift',s ,works4 ,by ,j4 ,,nichols4 ,in ,one large ,quarto ,volume2 and re-printed in every smaller ,size1 to suit the various ,editions4 99 99 99 ,the latter ,volumes of any ,size may be had1 to complete ,setts4 ,,vi4 ,the ,history and ,antiquities of ,,hinckley1 in the ,county of ,leicester1 including the ,hamlets of ,stoke1 ,dadlington1 ,wykin1 and ,the ,hyde2 some ,particulars of the ancient ,abbey of ,lira in ,normandy2 ,agronomical ,remarks1 and ,biographical ,memoirs4 ,by ,j4 ,,nichols1 ,f4 ,s4 ,a4 ,edinb4 and ,perth1 and ,printer to the ,society of ,antiquaries of ,london4 ,quarto1 ,price #gs4 #f;d4 adorned with ,thirteen elegant ,plates4 99 99 99 ,this ,work forms the ,seventh ,number of a ,series of ,local ,antiquities1 under the ,title of ,,bibliotheca ,,topographica ,,britannica1 of which every ,separate ,number is a distinct ,work2 and which is intended to be comprised in ,six ,volumes4 ,in this form have already appeared1 #a4 ,,rowe-,,mores',s ,history of ,,tunstall4 ,price #es4 #b4 ,,reliqui ,,galean1 in ,three ,parts4 #aes4 #c4 ,history of ,,aberdeen4 #es4 #d4 ,memoirs of ,sir ,,john ,,hawkwood4 #bs4 #e4 ,,ducarel',s ,history of ,st4 ,,katharine',s near the ,tower4 #ajs4 #f;d4 #f4 ,,thorpe',s ,antiquities in ,,kent4 ,two ,parts4 #fs4 #g4 ,,nichols',s ,history of ,,hinckley1 ,,stoke1 c4 #gs4 #f;d4 #h4 ,collections towards the ,history of ,,bedfordshire4 #fs4 #i4 ,history of ,,holyhead1 #as4 #f;d4 #aj4 ,history of ,,stoke ,,newington4 #bs4 #f;d4 #aa4 ,,gough',s ,history of ,,croyland4 #gs4 #f;d4 #ab4 ,,ducarel',s ,history of ,,croydon4 #gs4 #f;d4 #ac4 ,history of ,,great ,,coxwell1 ,berks4 #bs4 #f;d4 #ad4 ,additions to the ,history of ,,stoke ,,newington4 #f;d4 #ae4 ,extracts from the ,,ms4 ,journal of ,sir ,,simonds ,d',,ewes4 #cs4 #af4 ,,rowe-,,mores',s ,collections for ,,berkshire4 #es4 #ag4 ,extracts from the ,black ,book of ,,warwick4 #as4 #f;d4 #ah4 ,,duncombe',s ,history of ,,reculver and ,,herne4 #es4 #ai4 ,additions to the ,memoirs of ,sir ,,john ,,hawkwood4 #f;d4 #bj4 ,history of the ,,gentleman',s ,,society at ,,spalding4 #es4 #ba4 ,,pegge',s ,history of ,,eccleshall ,,castle4 #as4 #bb4 ,,essex',s ,observations on ,,croyland ,,abbey4 #as4 #f;d4 #bc4 ,sir ,,john ,,cullum',s ,history of ,,hawsted4 #is4 #bd4 ,,pegge on the ,,roman ,,roads1 and on the ,,coritani4 #as4 #f;d4 #be4 ,,pegge on the ,,textus ,,roffensis1 on the ,,elstobs1 c4 #as4 #f;d4 #bf4 ,collections towards the ,history of ,,bedfordshire continued4 #as4 #bg4 ,,ducarel',s ,history and ,antiquities of ,,lambeth ,,palace4 #is4 #bh4 ,,ducarel',s ,account of ,,suffragan ,,bishops in ,,england4 #bi4 ,historical ,account of the ,parish of ,,wimmington4 #as4 #f;d4 #cj4 ,,duncombe',s ,history of the ,archiepiscopal ,hospitals4 #ajs4 #f;d4 #ca4 ,genealogical ,view of the ,family of ,,oliver ,,cromwell4 #bs4 #f;d4 99 99 99 ,many other ,articles are in the press1 for succeeding ,numbers4 ,,vii4 ,the ,epistolary ,correspondence1 ,visitation ,charges1 ,speeches1 and ,miscellanies1 of the ,right ,reverend ,,francis ,,atterbury1 ,d4 ,d4 ,lord ,bishop of ,rochester3 great ,part of which are now first printed from the ,originals4 ,with ,historical ,notes by ,j4 ,,nichols4 ,in ,three ,volumes1 ,octavo1 ,price ,fifteen ,shillings in ,boards4 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,volume may be had separately4 ,,viii4 ,a ,select ,collection of ,,poems2 with ,notes ,biographical and ,historical1 by ,j4 ,,nichols4 ,completed in ,eight ,volumes2 adorned with ,portraits1 by ,basire1 ,cook1 and ,collyer4 ,price ,one ,guinea in ,boards4 ,,ix4 ,biographical ,memoirs of ,,william ,,ged4 ,by ,j4 ,,nichols4 ,octavo1 ,price ,one ,shilling4 ,x4 ,the ,history of ,,thetford4 ,by the late ,mr4 ,,thomas ,,martin1 of ,palgrave4 ,published by ,mr4 ,,gough4 ,printed in ,quarto1 uniformly with the above ,local ,histories4 ,price ,one ,guinea in ,boards4 ,,xi4 ,,british ,,topography2 or1 an ,historical ,account of what has been done for illustrating the ,topographical ,antiquities of ,great-,britain and ,ireland4 ,by ,mr4 ,,gough4 ,two ,volumes1 ,quarto1 ,price #bl4 #abs4 #f;d4 in ,boards4 ,,xii4 ,medals1 ,coins1 ,great ,seals1 and other ,works of ,,thomas ,,simon2 engraved and described by ,,george ,,vertue4 ,the ,second ,edition1 improved2 with additional ,plates1 ,notes1 and an ,appendix by ,mr4 ,,gough4 ,quarto1 ,price ,one ,guinea4 ,,xiii4 ,a ,comparative ,view of the ,,ancient ,,monuments of ,,india1 particularly those in the ,island of ,,salset near ,,bombay1 as described by different ,writers4 ,in ,quarto1 illustrated with ,ten ,plates4 ,price #es4 sewed4