HYMEN AND CUPID.
HYMEN & CUPID.
This neat plate was engraved as a ticket for the masque of Alfred, performed in 1748, at Cliveden House, before the Prince and Princess of Wales, on the Princess Augusta's birthday. It was afterwards intended as a receipt for "Sigismunda."
FALSE PERSPECTIVE.
FALSE PERSPECTIVE.
Early in 1753, Hogarth presented to his friend Mr. Joshua Kirby this whimsical satirical design; which arose from the mistakes of Sir Edward Walpole, who was learning to draw without being taught perspective: an anecdote recorded by Mr. Steevens, on Sir Edward's own authority.