At _Rivenhall_, in _Essex_, the seat of Mr. _Western_, is a family picture, by _Hogarth_ of Mr. _Western_ and his mother (who was a daughter of Sir _Anthony Shirley_), Chancellor _Hoadly_, Archdeacon _Charles Plumptre_, the Rev. Mr. _Cole_ of _Milton_ near _Cambridge_, and Mr. _Henry Taylor_ the Curate there,[14] 1736. In the gallery of the late Mr. _Cole_ of _Milton_, was also a small whole-length picture of Mr. _Western_,[15] by _Hogarth_, a striking resemblance. He is drawn sitting in his Fellow-Commoner's habit, and square cap with a gold tassel, in his chamber at _Clare Hall_, over the arch towards the river; and our artist, as the chimney could not be expressed, has drawn a cat sitting near it, agreeable to his humour, to shew the situation. "When I sat to him," says Mr. _Cole_, "near fifty years ago, the custom of giving vails to servants was not discontinued. On my taking leave of our painter at the door, and his servant's opening it or the coach door, I cannot tell which, I offered him a small gratuity; but the man very politely refused it, telling me it would be as much as the loss of his place, if his master knew it. This was so uncommon, and so liberal in a man of Mr. _Hogarth's_ profession at that time of day, that it much struck me, as nothing of the sort had happened to me before." It was likewise Mr. _Hogarth's_ custom to sketch out on the spot any remarkable face which particularly struck him, and of which he wished to preserve the remembrance. A gentleman still living informs me, that being once with our painter at the _Bedford Coffee-house_, he observed him to draw something with a pencil on his nail. Enquiring what had been his employment, he was shewn the countenance (a whimsical one) of a person who was then at a small distance. It happened in the early part of _Hogarth's_ life, that a nobleman, who was uncommonly ugly and deformed, came to sit to him for his picture. It was executed with a skill that did honour to the artist's abilities; but the likeness was rigidly observed, without even the necessary attention to compliment or flattery. The peer, disgusted at this counterpart of his dear self, never once thought of paying for a reflector that would only insult him with his deformities. Some time was suffered to elapse before the artist applied for his money; but afterwards many applications were made by him (who had then no need of a banker) for payment, without success. The painter, however, at last hit upon an expedient, which he knew must alarm the nobleman's pride, and by that means answer his purpose. It was couched in the following card: