[Edward Moore]
From a frontispiece in Chalmers' "British Essayists" 1817.
[Sir John Fielding]
From a mezzotint of a painting by Nathaniel Hone, R.A.
[Ralph Allen]
From a chalk drawing by W. Hoare, R.A.
[Henry Fielding]
From an engraving of a pen and ink sketch, made by Hogarth after Fielding's death.
[Henry Fielding, defending Betty Canning from her accusers, the Lord Mayor, Dr Hill, and the Gipsy]
From a contemporary print, now first reproduced, and the only known sketch of Fielding made during his lifetime.
[Justice Saunders Welch]
From an engraving of a sketch by Hogarth.
[Ryde--1795]
From an engraving of a drawing by Charles Tomkins.
[Lisbon--1793]
From a mezzotint of a drawing by Noel.
The design on the cover is a copy, slightly enlarged, of an impression of Fielding's seal, attached to an autograph letter in the British Museum.