Caricatured portrait of William Hogarth. An ugly boy wearinga fool's cap and bells and dressed in a girl's clothes is seated in a chair painting Hogarth's portrait of John Wilkes. He is seated before an easel in mid-stroke painting the image of John Wilkes holding the Cap of Liberty; he holds a paint brush and palette in his hands as he turns to talk to a gentleman leaning against the artist's chair (right foreground). Under the chair is Hogarth's dog Trump. In the background is a caricature of Hogarth's "Sigismunda" being a grotesque skiethc of Mrs. Hogarth and with an indecent suggestion
Alternative Title:
Wm. Hogarth Esqr and William Hogarth Esquire
Description:
Title engraved above image., Note below image: Drawn from the life & etch'd in aqua-fortis., Original drawing has been ascribed to Paul Sandby., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Pridden in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Hogarth, Jane Thornhill, 1709?-1789
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials, Dogs, Painters (Artists), Liberty cap, and Legislators
