Anecdotes of William Hogarth; Written by Himself

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... "A new Dunciad, done with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of Taste, &c." By Paul Sandby. "A Mountebank Painter, demonstrating to his admirers and subscribers that crookedness is the most beautiful; with his Trumpeter, his Fool, his Puff, and his Fiddler." "The Author run Mad. By his own Folly struck with Lunacy," 1754. "An Author sinking under the weight of his own Analysis." "The Analyst be n, in his own Taste;" a vile, nauseous, and vulgar print. By Paul Sandby. "Pugg's Graces, etched from his original Daubing. A. C. inv'. et sculp. Published according to Act of Parliament, 1753--4." By Paul Sandby. Fully described in Joho Ireland's Hogarth, iii. 114. The Temple of F-phesus in Flames, and inscribed, "A self-conceited, arrogant Dauber, grovelling in vain to undermine the ever-sacred monument of the best painters, sculptors, architects, &c. in imitation of the impious Herostatus, who with sacriligeous flame destroyed the Temple of Diana, to perpetuate his name to posterity." 1753. By Paul Sandby. Fully described in John Ireland, iii. 117. "Burlesque sur le Burlesque, ' with a French inscription, a large print. The satire of this is principally aimed at the " Burlesque Paul before Felix." The same print, with slight variations, and an English inscription, "The Burlesquer Burlesqued. The Progress of a Pug Dog in ye Art of Painting, with his invention by a variety of lights to produce the effect of all ye great painters." Hogarth is depicted with satyr's legs, painting what the designer calls "a history-piece, suitable to the painter's capacity, from a Dutch manuscript." This history-piece is a Dutch delineation of Abrom sacrificing Isaac, by pointing a blunderbuss at his head; with an angel hovering over the figures, &c. See John...