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Hogarth Moralized; A Complete Edition of All the Most Capital and Admired Works of William Hogarth
Hogarth Moralized A Complete Edition of All the Most Capital and Admired Works of William Hogarth Author:William Hogarth General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1831 Original Publisher: J. Major Description: 4 plates on 2 leaves (reduced) engraved by George Cruikshank (see Cohn, 1924, no. 397). Other engravers include W.H. Watt, Worthington, P. Audinet, T.E. Nicholson, Duncan, et al. "Descriptive list of engravings" at end also lists 12 ... more »woodcuts, all newly engraved for this edition (preface). Subjects: Drawing, British Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ENGLAND. As a contrast to the last plate, observe here the jovial sons of liberty at their general rendezvous ! Take notice of the stout-hearted peasant enlisting in defence of his country! Lest the shortness of his stature should exclude him from the service, he is deceiving the Serjeant by rising on his toes, ambitious of bearing the honourable name of soldier. See here before us a well-built ale-house, the scene of joy and noble living, known by the sign of the late gallant Duke of Cumberland, who by his warlike genius became a terror to his foes. Beneath this sign is written -- not Soup-meagre a la sabot royal, but " Roast and boiled every day." Before the door is a table spread, on which is a buttock of beef anda half-gallon-pot of Stingo. At this festive board mirth takes the lead and valour crowns the feast. This we learn from the song, " Britannia rules the waves," upon the table, and by the boy lying at his ease and playing " God save the King" upon his fife; but more particularly from the collected attention of the soldier and sailor to the horrid ugly figure of the French King, which a grenadier is dawbing on the wall: his putting into his mouth the words, " You take a my fine ships, you be de pirate, you be de teef, me send my grand armi...« less