[1] It met with but moderate success in the theatre; but drew on Mr. _Miller_ the resentment of some of the heads of the colleges in _Oxford_, who looked on themselves as satirized in it. * * * * * 1730. 1. _Perseus_, and _Medusa_ dead, and _Pegasus_. Frontispiece to _Perseus_ and _Andromeda. W. H. fec._ 2. Another print to the same piece, of _Perseus_ descending. Mr. _Walpole_ mentions only one. 3. A half-starved boy. (The same as is represented in the print of _Morning_.) _W. H. pinx. F. Sykes sc. Sykes_ was a pupil of _Thornhill_ or _Hogarth_. This print bears the date of 1730; but I suspect the 0 was designed for an 8, and that the upper part of it is wanting, because the aqua fortis failed; or, that the pupil copied the figure from a sketch of his master, which at that time was unappropriated. No one will easily suspect _Hogarth_ of such plagiarism as he might justly be charged with, could he afterwards have adopted this complete design as his own; neither is it probable that any youth could have produced a figure so characteristic as this; or, if he could, that he should have published it without any concomitant circumstances to explain its meaning. The above title, which some collector has bestowed on this etching, is not of a discriminative kind. Who can tell from it whether he is to look for a boy emaciated by hunger, or shivering with cold? It is mentioned here, only that it may be reprobated. If every young practitioner's imitation of a single figure by _Hogarth_ were to be admitted among his works, they would never be complete. 4. _Gulliver_ presented to the Queen of _Babilary. W. Hogarth inv. Ger. Vandergucht sc. "It is the frontispiece to the Travels of Mr._ John Gulliver," son of Capt. _Lemuel Gulliver_, a translation from the _French_ by Mr. _Lockman_. There is as much merit in this print as in the work to which it belongs. * * * * * 1731. 1. Two frontispieces to a translation of two of _Moliere's_ plays, viz. _L'Avare_[1] and _Le Cocû imaginaire_. These are part of a select collection of _Moliere's_ Comedies in _French_ and _English_. They were advertised in _The Grub-street Journal_, with designs by "Monsieur _Coypel_, Mr. _Hogarth_, Mr. _Dandridge_, Mr. _Hamilton_," &c. in eight pocket volumes. [1] Of this one, Mr. _S. Ireland_ has the original drawing. 2. Frontispiece to "The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the Life and Death of _Tom Thumb_," in three acts;[1] by _Henry Fielding. W. Hogarth inv. Ger. Vandergucht sc. "There is some humour in this print."_ [1] This piece had before made its appearance in 1730 in one act only. 3. Frontispiece to the Opera of _The Highland Fair, or the Union of the Clans_, by _Joseph Mitchell. W. Hogarth inv. Ger Vandergucht sculp._ "Forsan et hæc olim meminisse juvabit." VIRG.