By loving a fair one that knew of it not."
The eight paintings of "The Rake's Progress," which had been originally purchased of Hogarth by Francis Beckford, Esq., for £88, 4s., were, at the sale of William Beckford, Esq. of Fonthill, in 18—, sold by the elder Mr. Christie for the sum of 850 guineas. The buyer was Colonel Fullarton, M.P.
IDLE AND INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE.
Plate VIII.—Speaking of the disposition of a crowd in a picture, Mr. Gilpin says:—"I do not recollect having seen a crowd better managed than Hogarth has managed one in the last print of his 'Idle 'Prentice.' In combining the multifarious company which attends the spectacle of an execution, he hath exemplified all the observations I have made. I have not the print before me, but I have often admired it in this light; nor do I recollect observing anything offensive in it, which is rare in the management of such a multitude of figures."—Observation on the Wye, p. 123.
THE TIMES.
The wild Indian painted on a show-cloth, with the inscription underneath, "Alive from America," is meant as a satire on Alderman Beckford, for whose recent uncourtly speech to Majesty (see the Guildhall Statue) the painter has represented him as a savage.