HOGARTH’S UNFORTUNATE DEDICATION OF A PICTURE.
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Hogarth dedicated his picture of the March to Finchley to George II. The following dialogue is said to have ensued, on this occasion, between the sovereign and the nobleman in waiting:
“Pray, who is this Hogarth?”
“A painter, my liege.”
“I hate painting, and poetry too; neither the one nor the other ever did any good.”
“The picture, please your majesty, must undoubtedly be considered as a burlesque.”
“What! burlesque a soldier? He deserves to be picketed for his insolence. Take his trumpery out of my sight.”