But to ridicule this character still more, he is, as he lies down, firing a piece of ordnance at the standard of _Britain_, on which is a dove with an olive-branch, the emblem of peace. On one side of the pyramid is the City of _London_, represented by the figure of one of the _Guildhall_ giants, going to crown the reclining hero. On the other side is the king of _Prussia_, in the character of one of the _Cæsars_, but smoking his pipe. In the center stands _Hogarth_ himself, whipping a Dancing Bear (_Churchill_) which he holds in a string. At the side of the Bear is a Monkey, designed for Mr. _Wilkes_. Between the legs of the little animal is a mop-stick, on which he seems to ride, as children do on a hobby-horse: at the top of the mop-stick is the cap of liberty. The Monkey is undergoing the same discipline as the Bear. Behind the Monkey is the figure of a man, but with no lineaments of face, and playing on a fiddle. This was designed for Earl _Temple_. At the time these hostilities were carrying on in a manner so virulent and disgraceful to all the parties, _Hogarth_ was visibly declining in his health. In 1762, he complained of an inward pain, which, continuing, brought on a general decay that proved incurable.[72] This last year of his life he employed in retouching his plates with the assistance of several engravers whom he took with him to _Chiswick_. On the 25th of _October_, 1764, he was conveyed from thence to _Leicester-fields_, in a very weak condition, yet remarkably chearful; and, receiving an agreeable letter from the _American_ Dr. _Franklin_, drew up a rough draught of an answer to it; but going to bed, he was seized with a vomiting, upon which he rung his bell with such violence that he broke it, and expired about two hours afterwards in the arms of Mrs. _Mary Lewis_, who was called up on his being taken suddenly ill. To this lady, for her faithful services, he bequeathed 100 _l._ After the death of _Hogarth's_ sister, Mrs. _Lewis_ succeeded to the care of his prints; and, without violation of truth, it may be observed, that her good nature and affability recommend these performances which she continues to dispose of at Mrs. _Hogarth's_ house in _Leicester-square_. Before our artist went to bed, he boasted of having eaten a pound of beef-steaks for his dinner,[73] and was to all appearance heartier than he had been for a long time before. His disorder was an aneurism; and his corpse was interred in the church-yard at _Chiswick_, where a monument is erected to his memory, with this inscription, under his family arms: "Here lieth the body Of _William Hogarth_, Esq. Who died _October_ the 26th, 1764; Aged 67 years." On another side, which is ornamented with a masque, a laurel wreath, a palette, pencils, and a book, inscribed "Analysis of Beauty," are the following verses by his friend Mr. _Garrick_: