TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Footnotes have been moved to the end of the book text, and before the publisher's Book Catalog. Some Footnotes are very long. The 3-star asterism symbol in the Catalog is denoted by ***. More detail can be found at the end of the book. HOGARTH'S WORKS: WITH _LIFE AND ANECDOTAL DESCRIPTIONS OF HIS PICTURES_. FIRST SERIES. [Illustration: WILLIAM HOGARTH & HIS DOG TRUMP.] HOGARTH'S WORKS: WITH _LIFE AND ANECDOTAL DESCRIPTIONS OF HIS PICTURES_. BY JOHN IRELAND AND JOHN NICHOLS, F.S.A. [Illustration: (publisher's colophon)] _THE WHOLE OF THE PLATES REDUCED IN EXACT FAC-SIMILE OF THE ORIGINALS._ First Series. London CHATTO AND WINDUS, PUBLISHERS. (_SUCCESSORS TO JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN._) LIST OF PLATES DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST SERIES. PAGE PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HOGARTH, WITH HIS DOG TRUMP, _Frontispiece_ FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HOGARTH, BY HIMSELF, ENGAGED IN PAINTING THE COMIC MUSE, 18 THE BATTLE OF THE PICTURES, 44 ANALYSIS OF BEAUTY-- PLATE I., 60 PLATE II., 64 SIGISMUNDA, 76 TIME SMOKING A PICTURE, 80 THE HARLOT'S PROGRESS-- PLATE I. At the Bell Inn, in Wood Street--Mary Hackabout and the Procuress, 102 PLATE II. The Jew's Mistress quarrelling with her Keeper, 106 PLATE III. The Lodging in Drury Lane--Visit of the Constables, 110 PLATE IV. Mary Hackabout beating Hemp in Bridewell, 112 PLATE V. The Harlot's Death--Quacks Disputing, 114 PLATE VI. The Funeral, 118 THE RAKE'S PROGRESS-- PLATE I. Tom Rakewell taking possession of the rich Miser's effects, 124 PLATE II. The young Squire's Levee, 128 PLATE III. The Night House, 132 PLATE IV. The Spendthrift arrested for Debt--Released by his forsaken Sweetheart, 136 PLATE V. Marylebone Church--Rakewell married to a Shrew, 140 PLATE VI. The Fire at the Gambling Hell, 144