Soon after the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle he visited France. A people so different from any he had before seen, and manners so inimical to his own, greatly disgusted him. Ignorance of the language, added to some unpleasant circumstances that had their rise in his own imprudence, form a slight apology for these prejudices; he _told them to the world_ in a view of the Gates of Calais, under which article I have inserted a cantata written by his friend Forest. The portrait in a cap, with a palette, on which is the waving _line of beauty and grace_, he this year engraved from his own painting. Beneath the frame are three books, labelled, Shakspeare, Milton, Swift; and on one side his faithful and favourite dog Trump. As Hogarth afterwards erased _the human face divine_, and inserted the _divine_ Churchill in the character of a bear, the print is become very scarce; a small copy adorns the title-page to this volume. Some despicable rhymes on the dog and painter were published in the Scandalizade. Thus do the lines conclude: "The very self same,--how boldly they strike! And I can't forbear thinking they're somewhat alike. Oh fie! to a dog would you Hogarth compare? Not so,--I say only, they're like as it were; A respectable pair, all spectators allow, And that they deserve a description below, In capital letters, BEHOLD WE ARE TWO." Those who are personally acquainted with Hogarth deem this print a strong likeness: the picture is remarkably well painted, better than any I have seen from his pencil, except the head of Captain Coram, now in the _Foundling Hospital_. To that charity Hogarth and several contemporary painters presented some of their performances. The attention they obtained from the public induced the members of an academy in St. Martin's Lane to attempt an extension of the plan. With this view, a letter was printed, and sent to the different artists. As it was the cornerstone of that stupendous structure, now become a Royal Academy, I have inserted a copy, with which I was favoured by the gentleman to whom it is addressed. "TO MR. PAUL SANDBY. "_Academy of Painting, Sculpture, etc., St. Martin's Lane, Tuesday, October the 23d, 1753._