_Hogarth_ gave first impressions of all his plates to his late friends the Rev. Mr. _Townley_ and Dr. _Isaac Schomberg_.[82] Both sets were sold since the death of these gentlemen. That which was Dr. _Schomberg's_ became the property of the late Sir _John Chapman_, baronet; and passed after his death into the hands of his brother, the late Sir _William Chapman_. I should add, indeed, that our artist never sorted his impressions, selecting the slight from the strong ones: so that they who wish to possess any equal series of his prints, must pick it out of different sets. A portrait of _Samuel Martin_, esq. the antagonist of Mr. _Wilkes_, which Mr. _Hogarth_ had painted for his own use, he gave as a legacy to Mr. _Martin_. Mrs. _Baynes_, of _Kneeton-Hall_, near _Richmond, Yorkshire,_ has an original picture by _Hogarth_, four feet two inches long, by two feet four inches wide. It is a landscape, with several figures; a man driving sheep; a boat upon a piece of water, and a distant view of a town. This picture was bought in _London_, by her father, many years ago. At Lord _Essex's_ sale, in _January_ 1777, Mr. _Garrick_ bought a picture by _Hogarth_, being the examination of the recruits before the justices _Shallow_ and _Silence_. For this, it was said in the news-papers, he gave 350 guineas. I have since been told, that remove the figure 3, and the true price paid by the purchaser remains. In private he allowed that he never gave the former of these sums, though in the public prints he did not think such a confession necessary. It was in reality an indifferent performance, as those of _Hogarth_ commonly were, when he strove to paint up to the ideas of others. Mr. _Browning_, of _King's College, Cambridge,_ has a small picture by _Hogarth_, representing _Clare-Market_. It seems to have been one of our artist's early performances. There are three large pictures by _Hogarth_, over the altar in the church of _St. Mary Redcliff_ at _Bristol_; the sealing of the sacred Sepulchre, the Ascension, and the three _Maries_, &c. A sum of money was left to defray the expence of these ornaments, and it found its way into _Hogarth's_ pocket. The original sketches in oil for these performances, are now at Mrs. _Hogarth's_ house in _Leicester-fields_. In Lord _Grosvenor's_ house, at _Milbank, Westminster_, is a small painting by our artist on the following subject. A boy's paper-kite in falling become entangled with furze: the boy arrives just as a crow is tearing it in pieces. The expression in his face is worthy of _Hogarth_.