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Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 44 — HOGARTH.

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A merchant named Purse, whom he never saw, left him a legacy of one hundred pounds, as a trifling acknowledgment for the pleasure and information the testator had received from his works. By this solitary testimony to his talents he was highly gratified.

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