MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR EDITED BY--T. LEMAN HARE HOGARTH (1697--1764) “MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR” SERIES ARTIST. AUTHOR. VELAZQUEZ. S. L. BENSUSAN. REYNOLDS. S. L. BENSUSAN. TURNER. C. LEWIS HIND. ROMNEY. C. LEWIS HIND. GREUZE. ALYS EYRE MACKLIN. BOTTICELLI. HENRY B. BINNS. ROSSETTI. LUCIEN PISSARRO. BELLINI. JAMES MASON. REMBRANDT. JOSEF ISRAELS. LEIGHTON. A. LYS BALDRY. RAPHAEL. PAUL G. KONODY. HOLMAN HUNT. MARY E. COLERIDGE. TITIAN. S. L. BENSUSAN. MILLAIS. A. LYS BALDRY. CARLO DOLCI. GEORGE HAY. GAINSBOROUGH. MAX ROTHSCHILD. TINTORETTO. S. L. BENSUSAN. LUINI. JAMES MASON. FRANZ HALS. EDGCUMBE STALEY. VAN DYCK. PERCY M. TURNER. LEONARDO DA VINCI. M. W. BROCKWELL. RUBENS. S. L. BENSUSAN. WHISTLER. T. MARTIN WOOD. HOLBEIN. S. L. BENSUSAN. BURNE-JONES. A. LYS BALDRY. VIGÉE LE BRUN. C. HALDANE MACFALL. CHARDIN. PAUL G. KONODY. FRAGONARD. C. HALDANE MACFALL. MEMLINC. W. H. J. & J. C. WEALE. CONSTABLE. C. LEWIS HIND. RAEBURN. JAMES L. CAW. JOHN S. SARGENT. T. MARTIN WOOD. LAWRENCE. S. L. BENSUSAN. DÜRER. H. E. A. FURST. MILLET. PERCY M. TURNER. WATTEAU. C. LEWIS HIND. HOGARTH. C. LEWIS HIND. MURILLO. S. L. BENSUSAN. WATTS. W. LOFTUS HARE. INGRES. A. J. FINBERG. _Others in Preparation._ [Illustration: PLATE I.--THE SHRIMP GIRL. Frontispiece (In the National Gallery, London) This brilliant, impressionist sketch, done long before the era of impressionism, is something of a marvel. “The Shrimp Girl” cries out from Hogarth’s works, a _tour de force_, done without premeditation, in some happy hour when the unerring hand unerringly followed the quick eye.] HOGARTH BY C. LEWIS HIND ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR [Illustration: IN SEMPITERNUM.] LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO. The plates are printed by BEMROSE & SONS, LTD., Derby and London The text at the BALLANTYNE PRESS, Edinburgh CONTENTS Page I. An Auction and a Conversation 11 II. Hogarth as Deliverer 19 III. Two Books about Hogarth 29 IV. Who was William Kent? 38 V. Hogarth as Painter 45