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

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

Related Links:

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

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."
Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth 's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-37 Purchased as a bound collection of 97 prints with Sotheby bookplate; disbound January 1984.
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.

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

Associated Names:

Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Boxing
Brothels
Carts & wagons
Children
Crowds
Eating & drinking
Gin
Intoxication
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
Marching
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Prostitutes
Soldiers
Sotheby, Frederick
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Street vendors
Urination

Language:

English

Genre:

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

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

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++ Box 310

Orbis Record:

9948129

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22260

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16030577

PID:

digcoll:2808308