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
IV. A supplement to the _Analysis_, never published; comprising a
succinct history of the arts in his own time, his account of the
institution of the Royal Academy, etc.
V. Sundry memoranda relative to the subject of his satire in several
of his prints.
These manuscripts being written in a careless hand, generally on
loose pieces of paper, and not paged, my first endeavour was to
find the connection, separate the subjects, and place each in its
proper class. This, in such a mass of papers, I found no very easy
task; especially as the author, when dissatisfied with his first
expression, has frequently varied the form of the same sentence
two or three times: in such instances I have selected that which I
thought best constructed. Every paper has been attentively examined,
and is to the best of my judgment arranged as the author intended.
I have incorporated Hogarth's account of the Arts, Academy, etc.,
with his narrative of his own life; and to keep distinct the various
subjects on which he treats, divided the whole into chapters. Where
from negligence or haste he has omitted a word, I have supplied it
with that which the context leads me to believe he would have used.
Where the sentences have been very long, I have occasionally broken
them into shorter paragraphs, and sometimes tried to render the style
more perspicuous, by the retrenchment of redundant expressions; but
in every case the sense of the author is faithfully adhered to.
As he has usually given the progress of his life, opinions, etc. in
the first person, I have adopted the same rule; and to distinguish my
own remarks from Hogarth's narrative, the beginning of each sentence
written by him is marked with inverted commas. His correspondence is
regulated by the dates of the letters; and the copies from sketches
in the MS. _Analysis_ are placed in the chapter which contains
Hogarth's account of that publication.
In the papers which relate to the subject of his satire in some of
his prints, he appears to have projected more than his life allowed
him to perform; the few remarks which he made are inserted in the
Appendix.
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