Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 3 (of 3)Ireland, John
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Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 3 (of 3)
Ireland, John
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
_Second impression_--The spelling in the word "advertisement"
corrected, by an _e_ inserted on the neck of the Duchess of
Northumberland. This is a pointed ridicule on Stewart's _Antiquities
of Athens_, in which the measurements of all the members of the Greek
architecture are given with minute accuracy. Hogarth's opinion of his
labours may be gathered from the following fragment, which he wrote
concerning this print:--
"There is no great difficulty in measuring the length, breadth, or
height of any figures, where the parts are made up of plain lines. It
requires no more skill to take the dimensions of a pillar or cornice,
than to measure a square box; and yet the man who does the latter
is neglected, and he who accomplishes the former is considered as
a miracle of genius; but I suppose he receives his honours for the
distance he has travelled to do his business."
7. Frontispiece to the _Farmer's Return from London_; engraved by J.
Basire. Of this plate there is an admirable copy with the same name,
and a vile imitation without any name.
Enthusiasm Delineated.
A reduced copy and description of this very singular print, which was
the first thought for the Medley, is in p. 169. A copy of the same
size was published by the editor of this volume in 1796.
1762.
1. Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism: A Medley. "Designed and
engraved by Wm. Hogarth," and published March 15, 1762. _Vide_ p. 175.
2. The Times, Plate 1; "designed and engraved by W. Hogarth," and
published Sept. 7, 1762. In the _first impression_--A figure of
Henry VIII. is exalted on stilts, and blowing up the flames; in
the _second_--The monarch is erased, and Mr. Pitt, afterwards Lord
Chatham, introduced in his place.
The Times, Plate 2, was engraved soon after, but withheld from the
public until Mrs. Hogarth's death, when the plate was purchased by
Messrs. Boydell, and published May 29, 1790. Part of the sky is left
unfinished.
3. T. Morell, S. T. P. S. S. A.; "W. Hogarth, _delin._;" "James
Basire, _sculp._" Some impressions are without either the inscription
of "Thesaurus" or "_Ætat. 60._"
A correct copy has the same painter and engraver's name.
4. Henry Fielding, _Ætatis 48_; "W. Hogarth, _delin._;" "James
Basire, _sculp._" A few impressions were taken off before the frame
and ornaments were inserted. The copy in p. 206 is taken from one of
them in my possession.
1763.
1. "John Wilkes, Esq., drawn from the life, and etched in aquafortis
by William Hogarth. Price 1s."
4. The Weighing House. Frontispiece to Clubbe's _Physiognomy_; W.
Hogarth, _del._; Luke Sullivan, _sculp._
Another copy, without either painter or engraver's name, which the
late W. Ryland told me was engraved by him, and the heads afterwards
touched upon by Hogarth. Prefixed to Clubbe's works, in two vols.
A small copy was engraved for an octavo edition of the same pamphlet.
1764.
The Bathos. "Designed and engraved by Wm. Hogarth," and published
March 3, 1764.
1767.
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