It may be truly observed of _Hogarth_, that all his powers of delighting were restrained to his pencil.[74] Having rarely been admitted into polite circles, none of his sharp corners had been rubbed off, so that he continued to the last a gross uncultivated man. The slightest contradiction transported him into rage. To be member of a Club consisting of mechanics, or those not many removes above them, seems to have been the utmost of his social ambition; but even in these assemblies he was oftener sent to _Coventry_ for misbehaviour, than any other person who frequented them. To some confidence in himself he was certainly entitled; for, as a comic painter, he could have claimed no honour that would not most readily have been allowed him;[75] but he was at once unprincipled and variable in his political conduct and attachments. He is also said to have beheld the rising eminence and popularity of Sir _Joshua Reynolds_ with a degree of envy; and, if I am not misinformed, frequently spoke with asperity both of him and his performances. Justice, however, obliges me to add, that our artist was liberal, hospitable, and the most punctual of pay-masters; so that, in spite of the emoluments his works had procured to him, he left but an inconsiderable fortune to his widow. His plates indeed are such resources as may not speedily be exhausted. Some of his domestics had lived many years in his service, a circumstance that always reflects credit on a master. Of most of these he painted strong likenesses on a canvas still in Mrs. _Hogarth's_ possession. His widow has also a portrait of her husband, and an excellent bust of him by _Roubilliac_, a strong resemblance; and one of his brother-in-law Mr. _Thornhill_, much resembling the countenance of Mrs. _Hogarth_. Several of his portraits also remain in her possession: _viz._ a finished portrait of Mrs. _Mary Lewis_; _Thomas Coombes_ of _Dorsetshire_, aged 108; Lady _Thornhill_; Mrs. _Hogarth_ herself, &c. &c. A portrait of _Hogarth_ with his hat on, painted for the late Rev. Mr. _Townley_ by _Weltdon_, and said to be finished by himself, is in the possession of Mr. _James Townley_, proctor in _Doctors Commons_. A mezzotinto print from it will be mentioned under the year 1781 in the Catalogue. Mr. _Edwards_, of _Beaufort Buildings_, has the portrait of Sir _George Hay, The Savoyard Girl, The Bench,_ and _Mary Queen of Scots,_[76] by _Hogarth_. A conversation-piece by him is likewise at _Wanstead_ in _Essex_, the seat of Earl _Tylney_.[77] And Mrs. _Hoadly_ has a scene of _Ranger_ and _Clarinda_ in _The Suspicious Husband_; and the late Chancellor _Hoadly_ repeating a song to Dr. _Greene_, for him to compose; both by _Hogarth_. The first of these is an indifferent picture, and contains very inadequate likenesses of the persons represented.