[6] On a piece of newspaper, dated 1786, and pasted in one of Dr. Lort's books, was the following remark:-- "The _Hogarth mania_ is as strong as ever. On Thursday the 6th of April,--it should have been the first,--the Roman Military Punishments, a paltry work for which no bookseller seven years ago would have offered more than a few shillings, was sold at Greenwood's for six pounds, on account of some trifling plates in it by Hogarth." In the sale of Doctor Lort's library at Leigh and Sotheby's, in 1790, a copy of Bever's book produced a still larger sum. [7] In this _improved era_ we have seen examples of _striking portraits_ which every year assume a new title. A head of Dr. Franklin was lately transferred from the book for which it was engraven to the memoirs of a man executed for forgery, whose name it now bears; _another age_ may see the same print honoured with the name of some eminent _pugilist_, who at the close of the eighteenth century _wore the collar of his order_! Such are _the transmigrations of the arts_,--or, if it better please the reader, _the arts of transmigration_. Among the _Paternoster Row classics_, there is no other distinction between a bruiser, a felon, or a philosopher, than arises from the sale of their memoirs. [8] On the print of Hudibras and the Lawyer is _William Hogart delin. et sculp'._ This Mr. Nichols considers as a proof that _Hogarth had not yet disused the original mode in which he spelt his name_. From his shop-bill, and every preceding print, I am inclined to think he never had more than _one mode_ of spelling his name. The concluding _h_ being in this instance omitted, might arise from carelessness, or a failure of the aquafortis. His father's Latin letter, dated 1697, proves that _he_ inserted the final _h_, and I can discover no reason why his son should discard it. [9] For this, and some other assistance, Mr. Tyers presented Hogarth with a gold ticket of admission for himself and friends. On the face, two figures, one nearly naked, the other armed with a helmet and shield, are represented on the point of joining hands:--_motto_ round them, VIRTUS VOLUPTAS; and at the lower part, FELICES UNA. On the reverse, HOGARTH----IN PERPETUAM BENEFICII MEMORIAM. This ticket is now in the possession of Mrs. Lewis, of Chiswick. [10] It seems probable that Sir James was very soon reconciled, for we find in the Craftsman of March 10, 1732-3, that when Hogarth painted the portrait of Sarah Malcolm, Sir James Thornhill was present. [11] The sum and purchasers of each are noticed in the account of the engravings.