A representation of the march of the guards towards Scotland, in the year 1745 [graphic] / painted by Willm. Hogarth & published Decbr. 31st 1750 according to act of Parliament ; engrav'd by Luke Sullivan ; retouched and improved by Wm. Hogarth, republish'd June 12th, 1761.

Creator:

Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker.

Edition:

[State 8].

Published/Created:

[London] :
[Wm. Hogarth],
[31 December 1750]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.3 x 55.4 cm, sheet 47.2 x 61.3 cm

Notes:

Title engraved below image.
Dedication etched below image: "To His Majesty the King of Prussia, an encourager of the arts and sciences! This plate is most humbly dedicated."

Abstract:

"The March to Finchley"; scene at Tottenham Court (after the painting in the Foundling Museum) with soldiers gathering to march north to defend London from the Jacobite rebels; the crowd includes, in the foreground, a man urinating painfully against a wall as he reads an advertisement for Dr Rock's remedy for venereal disease, an innocent young piper, a drunken drummer, a young soldier with a pregnant ballad seller (her basket contains "God Save our Noble King" and a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland) and a Jacobite harridan selling newspapers, a milkmaid being kissed by one soldier while another fills his hat from her pail, a muffin man, a young chimney sweep, a gin-seller whose emaciated baby reaches for a drink. In the background a boxing match takes place under the sign of Giles Gardiner (Adam and Eve depicted), a wagon loaded with equipment follows the marching soldiers and, to the right, prostitutes lean from the windows of a brothel at the sign of Charles II's head; beyond the sunlight shines on Hampstead village on the hill"--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

March to Finchley

Topics:

Boxing.
Brothels.
Carts & wagons.
Children.
Crowds.
Eating & drinking.
Gin.
Intoxication.
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746.
Marching.
Prostitutes.
Soldiers.
Street vendors.
Urination.

Topics:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, printmaker, publisher.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Sotheby, Frederick Edward,--1837-1909--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Engravings--England--London--1761.
Etchings--England--London--1761.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1761.

Format:

Image

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Sotheby
37++

Orbis Record:

9948129

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr30158

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2639
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 184

OID:

15947892

PID:

digcoll:2793029