In spite of the confidence with which this plate has been attributed to _Hogarth_, I by no means believe it was his performance. It more resembles the manner of _Vandergucht_, who was equally inclined to personal satire, however his talents might be inadequate to his purposes. Witness several scattered designs of his in the very same style of engraving. I may add, that he always exerted his talents in the service of the Tory faction. Besides, there is nothing in the plate before us which might not have been expected from the hand of any common artist. The conceit of the blasts issuing from the posteriors of the _Æolian_ tribe, is borrowed from one of the prints to _Scarron's Travesty of Virgil_; and the figure of _Britannia_ is altogether insipid and unworthy of _Hogarth_. Our artist also was too much accustomed to sailing parties, and too accurate an observer of objects on _The Thames_, not to have known that our Royal Yachts are vessels without three masts, &c. [1] _Bunbury_. [2] The author had here left a blank, which I have ventured to fill up with the royal name. * * * * * 1738. 1. The Four Parts of the Day.[1] _Invented, painted, engraved, and published by W. Hogarth._ Mr. _Walpole_ observes that these plates, "except the last, are inferior to few of his works." We have been told that _Hogarth's_ inclination to satire once cost him a legacy. It seems that the figure of the Old Maid, in the print of _Morning_, was taken either from an acquaintance or relation of his. At first she was well enough satisfied with her resemblance; but some designing people teaching her to be angry, she struck the painter out of her will, which had been made considerably in his favour. This story we have heard often related by those whom, on other occasions, we could readily believe. In the same print is a portrait of Dr. _Rock_, who formerly attended _Covent-Garden_ market every morning.