1802 Folio Size Engraving A REPRESENTATION OF MARCH GUARDS SCOTLAND Hogarth (HL)

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Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1802 Folio Size Engraving A REPRESENTATION OF MARCH GUARDS SCOTLAND Hogarth (HL)Click image to enlargeDescription1802A fine folio sizecopper engravingtitled:A Representation of the march of the Guards towards Scotland in the Year 1745 - To His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, an Encourager of ARTS and SCIENCES ? This Plate is most humbly Dedicated - Engraved by Luke Sullivan Retouched and Improced by Wm Hogarth republish'd June 12th 1761A fine large folio size engraved printmeasuring approx 58.5cm x 46cm including the margins. Good condition with later hand colouring. There are some repaired tears in the top centre margin, one small part effecting a centimetre into the plate.A lively scene of British troops a the Tottenham Court Turnpike, at the intersection of the Euston and Hampstead Roads, in September 1745. The troops have been newly recalled from the low Countries to protect london from the invasion of Bonnie Prince Charlie, and are here supposed to be marching north of the city to Finchley. Instead, they are depicted in a scene of the most raucous and upmost disorder, in contrast to ranks of regulars that appear in the background, marching towards the village of Hampstead on the rise. At the centre of the scene, a soldier is caught between two women who both view for his attention. One, an older woman, seems to represent both the Catholic Faith, a crucifix on her shawl, and the Jacobite cause, carrying a basket that includes a ballad 'God save our Noble King.' To the left, a dishevelled, drummer, who should be busy drumming the marching order of his unit, is hassled by his wife and a squalling child. The rest of the scene is a riot of confusion and vice. Behind the central figures, a soldier gropes a milkmaid while his fellow pours the contents of her milk-churn into his hat. Another soldier steals a pie from a gormless baker, who carries his products on a tray on his head. The other's drain ale from an uncorked keg, while a pair of Royal messengers engage in a clumsy drinking contest, knocking each other into a puddle. On one side of the road, soldiers bid farewell to scores of prostitutes, who hang from the windows of the 'King's Head' pub, while on the other side of the road, a man urinates painfully against the wall of another pub, the 'Adam and Eve,' reading a timely advertisement for Dr Rock's quack venereal disease treatments.The plate is inscribed below the image with a dedication: 'To His Majesty the King of Prussia, an Encourager of Arts and Sciences! This Plate is most hujbly Dedicated.! The reason behind Hogarth's decision to dedicate his plate to Frederick II has been the cause of some debate, though it is likely to have at least been intended in part to draw atttention to George II's notorious lack of interest in the Arts.Luke Sullivan (1705 - 1771) was a London-based Irish engraver and miniature painter. He was supported in his early career by the Duke of Beaufort, his father having worked for the Duke as a groom. His best known works were completed as an assistant to William Hogarth, though Hogarth was reputed to have had difficulty working with Sullivan, owing to the latter's erratic behaviour and frequent absences. Later in his career he worked on engravings of various British views, including that of Stonehenge for Grose's 'Antiquities of England and Wales,' as well as having some success as a miniaturist with the Society of Artists.William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) was born in London, the son of an unsuccessful schoolmaster and writer from Westmoreland. After apprenticeship to a goldsmith, he began to produce his own engraved designs in about 1710. He later took up oil painting, starting with small portrait groups called conversation pieces. He went on to create a series of paintings satirising contemporary customs, but based on earlier Italian prints, of which the first was The Harlot's Progress (1731), and perhaps the most famous The Rake's Progre. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 384360914932_520768d

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