6. "The Five Orders of Periwigs, as they were worn at the late coronation, measured architectonically."
Second impression—The spelling in the word "advertisement" corrected, by an e inserted on the neck of the Duchess of Northumberland. This is a pointed ridicule on Stewart's Antiquities of Athens, in which the measurements of all the members of the Greek architecture are given with minute accuracy. Hogarth's opinion of his labours may be gathered from the following fragment, which he wrote concerning this print:—
"There is no great difficulty in measuring the length, breadth, or height of any figures, where the parts are made up of plain lines. It requires no more skill to take the dimensions of a pillar or cornice, than to measure a square box; and yet the man who does the latter is neglected, and he who accomplishes the former is considered as a miracle of genius; but I suppose he receives his honours for the distance he has travelled to do his business."
7. Frontispiece to the Farmer's Return from London; engraved by J. Basire. Of this plate there is an admirable copy with the same name, and a vile imitation without any name.
Enthusiasm Delineated.
A reduced copy and description of this very singular print, which was the first thought for the Medley, is in [p. 169.] A copy of the same size was published by the editor of this volume in 1796.
1762.
1. Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism: A Medley. "Designed and engraved by Wm. Hogarth," and published March 15, 1762. [Vide p. 175.]
2. The Times, Plate 1; "designed and engraved by W. Hogarth," and published Sept. 7, 1762. In the first impression—A figure of Henry VIII. is exalted on stilts, and blowing up the flames; in the second—The monarch is erased, and Mr. Pitt, afterwards Lord Chatham, introduced in his place.
The Times, Plate 2, was engraved soon after, but withheld from the public until Mrs. Hogarth's death, when the plate was purchased by Messrs. Boydell, and published May 29, 1790. Part of the sky is left unfinished.