The same design is thus illustrated by a person who thought somewhat differently of our artist: "The _Bear_, with the shattered band, represents the former strength and abilities of Mr. _Hogarth_: the full pot of beer likewise shews that he was in a land of plenty. The stump of a headless tree with the notches, and on them wrote _Lye_, Signifies Mr. _Hogarth's_ former art, and the many productions thereof, wherein he has excelled even Nature itself, and which of course must be but lies, flattery, and fallacy, the _Painter's Prerogative_; and the stump of the tree only being left, shews that there can be no more fruit expected from thence, but that it only stands as a record of his former services. The _Butcher's Dog_ pissing upon Mr. _Churchill's_ epistle, alludes to the present state of Mr. _Hogarth_; that he is arrived at such an age to be reduced so low, as, from the strength of a _Bear_, to a blind _Butcher's Dog_, not able to distinguish, but pissing upon his best friend; or, perhaps, giving the public a hint to read that Epistle, where his case is more fully laid before them. The next matter to be explained is the subscription-box, and under it is a book said to contain _a list of the Subscribers to the_ North Briton, as well as one of _a New Way to pay Old Debts_. Mr. _Hogarth_ mentioned _The North Briton_, to avoid the censure of the rabble in the street, who, he knew, would neither pity nor relieve him; and as Mr. _Churchill_ was reputed to be the writer of that paper, it would seem to give a colour in their eyes of its being intended against Mr. _Churchill_. Mr. _Hogarth_ meant only to shew his necessity, and that a book, entitled _A List of the Subscribers to the_ North Briton, contained, in fact, a list of those who should contribute to the support of Mr. _Hogarth_ in old age. By the book entitled _A New Way to pay Old Debts_, he can only mean this, that when a man is become disabled to get his livelihood, and much in debt, the only shift he has left is, to go a-begging to his creditors. "There are likewise some of his old tools in this print, without any hand to use them." On the same occasion were published the following verses, "on Mr. _Hogarth's_ last delicate performance:"