Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth, With a Catalogue of His WorksNichols, John
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Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth, With a Catalogue of His Works
Nichols, John
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Master of the Vineyard. 2 2 0
_Turk's_ Head. 2 2 0
Harlot's Progress, first
impression, red. 10 10 0
Marriage Alamode. 3 3 0
Rake's Progress. 6 6 0
Four Times. 2 2 0
Prentices, 1st impression. 4 4 0
Elections, 1st impression. 6 6 0
_Garrick_ in _Rich._ III. 1 1 0
Gate of _Calais_. 0 15 0
_Paul_ burlesqued. 1 1 0
Strolling Actresses. 1 12 6
Three additional Prints
to _Beaver_, &c. 2 2 9
_Milward's_ Ticket. 4 4 0
Music introduced to
_Apollo_. 1 11 6
_Martin Folkes_, mezzotinto 0 10 6
_Spiller's_ Ticket. 5 5 0
Two plates to _Milton_. 2 2 0
Frontispiece to _Leveridge's_
Songs. 1 12 6
Concert. St. _Mary's_
Chapel. 5 5 0
HOGARTH.
This great and original Genius is said by Dr. _Burn_ to have been
the descendant of a family originally from _Kirkby Thore_,[1] in
_Westmoreland_: and I am assured that his grandfather was a plain
yeoman, who possessed a small tenement in the vale of _Bampton_, a
village about 15 miles North of _Kendal_, in that county. He had
three sons. The eldest assisted his father in farming, and succeeded
to his little freehold. The second settled in _Troutbeck_, a village
eight miles North West of _Kendal_, and was remarkable for his talent
at provincial poetry.[2] The third, educated at _St. Bee's_, who
had kept a school in the same county, and appears to have a man of
some learning, went early to _London_, where he resumed his original
occupation of a school-master in _Ship Court_ in _The Old Bailey_,
and was occasionally employed as a corrector of the press. A _Latin_
letter, from Mr. _Richard Hogarth_, in 1697 (preserved among the MSS.
in _The British Museum_, N° 4277. 50.) relates to a book which had
been printed with great expedition. But the letter shall speak for
itself.[3]
A Dictionary in _Latin_ and _English_, which he composed for the use of
schools,[4] still exists in MS. He married in _London_; and our Hero,
and his sisters _Mary_ and _Anne_, are believed to have been the only
product of the marriage.
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