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APPENDIX. 36l
I hare this print in all the states here described, and be-
lieve that the third and fourth are very uncommon.
On the butcher with ** pro patria" in his cap, and his
wounded companion, Hogarth makes the following remark.
" These two patriots, who, let what party will prevail, can
be no gainers, yet spend their rime, which is i&rir fortune, for
what they suppose right, and for a glass of gin lose their
blood, and sometimes their lives, in support of tbe cause, are,
as far as I can see, entitled to an equal portion of fame with
many of the emblazoned heroes of ancient Rome: but such
is the effect of prejudice, that though the picture of an an-
tique wrestler is admired as a grand character, we neces-
sarily annex an idea of vulgarity to the portrait of a modern
boxer. An old blacksmith in his tattered gatb is a coarse
and low Bring;—strip bim naked, tie his leathern apron
round his loins,—chisel out his figure in free-stone or
marble, precisely as it appears,—lie becomes elevated, and
may pass for a philosopher, or a deity."
Piatt 2. Canvassing for Votes.
" *' Engraved by C. Grignion, published 20th February,
1757," and inscribed to Sir CharJes Hanbury Williams.
In this admirable print I discover no variations, except
that the Lion's teeth are, in the second impression, removed;
and the lines throughout having heen re-entered, are some-
what darker than in the first state.
• Plate 3. The Polling.
" Engrav'd by Hogarth and Le Cave, published 20th
February, 1758,*' and inscribed to the Hon. Sir EddWalpole.
In an etching (touch'd in the shadows by Hogartb)
which I have of this plate, the blind voter going up the
steps has not any bandage over his eyes. The cockade of
the sick figure just before him is not of sufficient length for
the words " true blve," now inserted, and probably an
after thought. The fellow before him with a pipe in his
mouth, in the print is without a nose, but in the etching
has a very large one; while the man to whom this old
I hare this print in all the states here described, and be-
lieve that the third and fourth are very uncommon.
On the butcher with ** pro patria" in his cap, and his
wounded companion, Hogarth makes the following remark.
" These two patriots, who, let what party will prevail, can
be no gainers, yet spend their rime, which is i&rir fortune, for
what they suppose right, and for a glass of gin lose their
blood, and sometimes their lives, in support of tbe cause, are,
as far as I can see, entitled to an equal portion of fame with
many of the emblazoned heroes of ancient Rome: but such
is the effect of prejudice, that though the picture of an an-
tique wrestler is admired as a grand character, we neces-
sarily annex an idea of vulgarity to the portrait of a modern
boxer. An old blacksmith in his tattered gatb is a coarse
and low Bring;—strip bim naked, tie his leathern apron
round his loins,—chisel out his figure in free-stone or
marble, precisely as it appears,—lie becomes elevated, and
may pass for a philosopher, or a deity."
Piatt 2. Canvassing for Votes.
" *' Engraved by C. Grignion, published 20th February,
1757," and inscribed to Sir CharJes Hanbury Williams.
In this admirable print I discover no variations, except
that the Lion's teeth are, in the second impression, removed;
and the lines throughout having heen re-entered, are some-
what darker than in the first state.
• Plate 3. The Polling.
" Engrav'd by Hogarth and Le Cave, published 20th
February, 1758,*' and inscribed to the Hon. Sir EddWalpole.
In an etching (touch'd in the shadows by Hogartb)
which I have of this plate, the blind voter going up the
steps has not any bandage over his eyes. The cockade of
the sick figure just before him is not of sufficient length for
the words " true blve," now inserted, and probably an
after thought. The fellow before him with a pipe in his
mouth, in the print is without a nose, but in the etching
has a very large one; while the man to whom this old