Chapter V (7)

[117] Jarvis and Smollett have strangely translated it "spindle-shanked," which by no means accords with the rest of his figure.

[118] Jarvis oddly enough translates it seven feet.

[119] Let it not be said in objection that many of the attendants are idle lookers on, and most of them laughing at their governor; for I am told a similar practice has sometimes prevailed in more regular governments.

[120] The original and scarce print from which this was copied, I owe to the kindness of Sir James Lake, Bart., who did me the honour of presenting it to me.

[121] Noble's _Contin. to Grang._, B. iii. p. 418.

[122] In this circumstance the artist must have been misinformed. At the fire he mentions, five of the Harlot's Progress were burnt; the sixth is now in the possession of Lord Charlemont. The eight of the Rake's Progress were not destroyed.

[123] Francis Beckford, Esq., to whom I find, by one of Hogarth's memorandums, they were sold for £88, 4s.

[124] The R must have been a mistake of the writing-engraver. Ravenet's christened names were Simon Francis.

[125] The mottoes were selected by the Reverend Arnold King.

[126] The twelve prints were originally published at 12s.

[127] So does he express himself in the MS., though the Roast Beef was published March 6, 1749, and the March, December 31, 1750.

[128] It has been said that Hogarth never went farther into France than Calais; this proves he had reached Paris.

[129] This was afterwards copied for a watch-paper.

[130] About eight years after the publication of these prints, when there was an Act in contemplation relative to the distilleries, Hogarth received the following anonymous letter:--

"_December 12, 1759._

"SIR,--When genius is made subservient to public good, it does
honour to the possessor, as it is expressive of gratitude to
his Creator, by exerting itself to further the happiness of His
creatures. The poignancy and delicacy of your ridicule has been
productive of more reformation than more elaborate pieces would
have effected. On the apprehension of opening the distillery,
methinks I hear all good men cry, Fire!--it is therefore the
duty of every citizen to try to extinguish it. Rub up, then, Gin
Lane and Beer Street, that you may have the honour and advantage
of bringing the two first engines to the fire; and work them
manfully at each corner of the building; and instead of the
paltry reward of thirty shillings allowed by Act of Parliament,
receive the glorious satisfaction of having extinguished those
fierce flames which threaten a general conflagration to human
nature, by pouring liquid fire into the veins of the now
brave Britons, whose robust fabrics will soon fall in when
these dreadful flames have consumed the inside timbers and
supporters.--I am, Sir, yours, etc.,

"AN ENGLISHMAN."

[131] Humanity and tenderness of mind were the leading characteristics of my most valued and most regretted friend Mortimer: he would not have trod on a worm; yet in painting subjects from which the common eye would revolt, he had the greatest delight.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

A superscript is denoted by ^; for example M^R, y^e.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.

Footnotes have been moved to the end of the book text. Some Footnotes
are very long.

One occurrence of the 3-star asterism symbol is denoted by ***.

One occurrence of the old long-form s is denoted by ſ.

Footnotes [105] and [108] are referenced from the prior Footnotes
[104] and [107], and not from the text itself.

Footnote [55] is referenced by two anchors in the same paragraph.

For consistency and to follow the intent of the publisher, the Plate
illustrations have been moved to the beginning of the section
describing them. In most cases this was only one or two paragraphs
earlier than the original book layout.

Quotations of Hogarth himself, and all letters, have been indented
in the main text (but not the Addenda, Notes, or Footnotes). All
other quotations have not. The original text was not completely
consistent in its use of vertical whitespace to end letters and
Hogarth quotations.

Three illustrations listed in the 'List of Plates' have no description
in the text, and have been placed after 'The Farmer's Return' section.
The three are:
'Inhabitants of the Moon'
'Receipt for Print of March to Finchley'
'Gravity'.

The item numbering in the 'Chronological List' at the end of the book
is sometimes inconsistent or incorrect. This has been left unchanged.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example,
face-painter, face painter; Boleyne, Bulleyn; dissatisfactory;
confuting; unascertained; personate.

Pg vii, 'MARTIN FOULKES, ESQ.' replaced by 'MARTIN FOLKES, ESQ.'.
Pg 38 Footnote [18], 'countenanced by by Sir' replaced by 'countenanced
by Sir'.
Pg 102, 'acquintance with men' replaced by 'acquaintance with men'.
Pg 107, 'A Monsieur Monsieur Reiffsten' replaced by 'A Monsieur
Reiffsten'.
Pg 170 Footnote [85], 'Enthasiasm of Methodists' replaced by 'Enthusiasm
of Methodists'.
Pg 233, 'jellies, sweatmeats' replaced by 'jellies, sweetmeats'.
Pg 289, 'Grostesque, and good' replaced by 'Grotesque, and good'.
Pg 292, 'June y_{e} ' [subscript] replaced by 'June y^e ' [superscript].
Pg 302, 'Churchil (once' replaced by 'Churchill (once'.
Pg 314, '_Vide_ 175' replaced by '_Vide_ p. 175'.
Pg 316, '_Vide_ 199' replaced by '_Vide_ p. 199'.
Pg 320, 'mezzottinto by' replaced by 'mezzotinto by'.