Trusler, John; Hogarth, J.; Nichols, John; Hogarth, William [Ill.]; Hogarth, J. [Oth.]; Nichols, John [Oth.]: The Works Of William Hogarth In A Series Of Engravings: With Descriptions And A Cmment On Their Moral Tendency (London: Published By Jones And Co., 1833)

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HOGARTH'S WORKS.

The duke of Buckingham's epigram on this magnificent pillar is not so generally
known :
Here stand I,
The Lord knows why ;
But if I fall-
Have at ye all !

A footman and butcher, at the opposite corner, compared with the other figures, are
gigantic; they might serve for the Gog and Magog of Guildhall.
It has been said that the thoughts in this print are trite, and the actions mean, which
must be in part acknowledged, but they are natural, and appropriate to the rank and
situation of the parties, and to the fashions of the time at which it was published.