Note 32 — 1788.

The caricaturist is said to be the hero of the sparring roysterer in his unflattering delineation of A Brace of Blackguards, introducing George Moreland the painter and himself under a situation little complimentary to the softening influences of the fine arts. The plate is given in this work under the date May 30, 1812, when it was re-issued by the artist, but the original etching properly belongs to a much earlier period, and was probably executed about a quarter of a century anterior.