[Rarebooks] fa: 1763 Engraved Broadside/Caricature of WILLIAM HOGARTH, JOHN WILKES & CHURCHILL

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, along with other caricatures of Wilkes, as well as a  
number of other 18th & 19th-century satiric prints, auctions ending  
Sunday, March 14. Details and images can be found at the URL below or  
by searching under the seller name arch_in_la.

http://shop.ebay.com/arch_in_la/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340
OR
http://tinyurl.com/yhk74ma

Thanks,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A., CA USA

"The Bruiser Triumphant. A Farce. The Principal Characters by Mr. Hog- 
ass, Mr Wi-k-s Mr. Church-ll &c. — Walk in Ge'men & Ladies Walk  
in!" [London: E. Sumpter, 1763.] Engraved broadside measuring ca. 31.5  
x 19.5 cm (12.5" x 7.75"). Trimmed to margins on left and right,  
slight loss at corners, mild toning, a few small spots and abrasions.  
BM Satires 4085.
A graphic depiction of the violent falling-out between old friends  
Hogarth, Wilkes and Churchill, this is a vicious counterblast to  
Hogarth's "The Bruiser," a print which caricatured the poet Churchill  
as a porter-drinking bear. Here, Hogarth, portrayed as an ass ("Mr.  
Hog-ass"), is shown working on "The Bruiser" as Wilkes fits a pair of  
horns on his head ("an allusion to some scandalous intimations in the  
North Briton") and Churchill writes his biography ("The Life and  
Opinions of Wm. Hog-Ass the Panell Painter"). The ass sits on a  
pedestal inscribed with the vices and weakness attributed to Hogarth  
by Wilkes (Pride, Jealousy, Venality, Want of Charity, etc.) Across a  
curtain in the background is inscribed a cutting reference to  
Hogarth's painting "Sigismunda": "THIS CURTAIN HANGS HERE to preserve  
from Vulgar Eyes the Beauty of that inestimable PICTURE representing a  
HARLOT blubbering over a BULLOCK'S HEART; Painted by WILLM. HOG-ASS,  
at the Golden Block-head..." The cluttered scene abounds with numerous  
other digs and jabs... A scarce and delightfully wicked depiction of  
three giants of the Georgian era.