[118] Jarvis oddly enough translates it seven feet.
[119] Let it not be said in objection that many of the attendants are idle lookers on, and most of them laughing at their governor; for I am told a similar practice has sometimes prevailed in more regular governments.
[120] The original and scarce print from which this was copied, I owe to the kindness of Sir James Lake, Bart., who did me the honour of presenting it to me.
[121] Noble's Contin. to Grang., B. iii. p. 418.
[122] In this circumstance the artist must have been misinformed. At the fire he mentions, five of the Harlot's Progress were burnt; the sixth is now in the possession of Lord Charlemont. The eight of the Rake's Progress were not destroyed.
[123] Francis Beckford, Esq., to whom I find, by one of Hogarth's memorandums, they were sold for £88, 4s.
[124] The R must have been a mistake of the writing-engraver. Ravenet's christened names were Simon Francis.
[125] The mottoes were selected by the Reverend Arnold King.
[126] The twelve prints were originally published at 12s.
[127] So does he express himself in the MS., though the Roast Beef was published March 6, 1749, and the March, December 31, 1750.