Satire on William Hogarth in response to his print of John Wilkes (Paulson 214) showing the artist seated in a similar pose; one leg has a cloven hoof, the other is the leg of a satyr wearing a shoe with spikes which rests on the cap of liberty; he holds the Wilkes print in his hand and tied to his right arm is a money bag lettered, "£300 per Ann for distorting features" (an allusion to his income as Sergeant Painter); he wears sleeve protectors and holds a porte-crayon in his right hand; the chair back is decorated with an owl, and the leg with the head of a satyr. On the table beside him is a paint pot lettered "Colours to blaken fair Carachters"; his dog sits below with a palette attached to his collar inscribed with Hogarth's 'line of beauty'. Behind him stands a haggard woman, presumably Jane Hogarth, apparently one-eyed, wearing an old-fashioned cap, elaborate earrings and necklace, and holding a fan and hand mirror. A monkey wearing a fool's cap and an eye-glass uses dividers to mark the line of beauty on a canvas resting on an easel.    1763
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1763<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1763-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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