2. Masquerade Ticket. A. a sacrifice to _Priapus_. B. a pair of Lecherometers shewing the companys inclinations as they approach em. Invented for the use of ladies and gentlemen, by the ingenious Mr. _H----r [Heidegger]._ Price One Shilling. "_There is much wit in this print._" The attentive observer will find, that _Hogarth_ has transplanted several circumstances from hence into the first plate to the _Analysis of Beauty_, as well as into his Satire on the Methodists. See the ornaments of an altar composed of a concatenation of different periwigs, and the barometers expressing the different degrees of animal heat. At the corners of the dial on the top of this print is the date of the year (1727), and the face of _Heidegger_ appears under the figure XII. In the earliest impressions, the word Provocatives has, instead of V the open vowel U. This incorrectness in spelling was afterwards amended, though in a bungling manner, the round bottoms of the original letters being still visible.[1] Concerning _John James Heidegger_, whose face has been more than once introduced by our artist, the reader may express some curiosity. The following account of him is therefore appended to the foregoing article. "This extraordinary man, the son of a clergyman, was a native of _Zurich_ in _Switzerland_, where he married, but left his country in consequence of an intrigue. Having had an opportunity of visiting the principal cities of _Europe_, he acquired a taste for elegant and refined pleasures, which, united to a strong inclination for voluptuousness, by degrees qualified him for the management of public amusements. In 1708, when he was near 50 years old, he came to _England_ on a negotiation from the _Swiss_ at _Zurich_; but, failing in his embassy, he entered as a private soldier in the guards for protection.[2] By his sprightly, engaging conversation, and insinuating address, he soon worked himself into the good graces of our young people of fashion; from whom he obtained the appellation of 'the _Swiss_ Count.'[3] He had the address to procure a subscription, with which in 1709 he was enabled to furnish out the opera of '_Thomyris_,'[4] which was written in _English_, and performed at the Queen's theatre in the _Haymarket_. The music, however, was _Italian_; that is to say, airs selected from sundry of the foreign operas by _Bononcini, Scarlatti, Stefani, Gasparini,_ and _Albinoni_. Most of the songs in '_Thomyris_' were excellent, those by _Bononcini_ especially: _Valentini, Margarita,_ and Mrs. _Tofts_ sung in it; and _Heidegger_ by this performance alone was a gainer of 500 guineas.[5] The judicious remarks he made on several defects in the conduct of our operas in general, and the hints he threw out for improving the entertainments of the royal theatre, soon established his character as a good critic. Appeals were made to his judgement; and some very magnificent and elegant decorations, introduced upon the stage in consequence of his