New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
\ PiCTOHlAL. SATlRlST.
WILLIAM IiOGAETH ~ Au-Gu.DoJ-oG. Up. XIV
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WILLIAM IIOGAETH ~ Au-rn.Doj.on. rp xiv,
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In the year 1910. after lo-arth h"d Produced ms
two PrOgr sses.T but before the pubh'h''o" Vi NJ
Narriagea Ia Mode plates. Fielding mn IL on r'cou
in the Champion that he esteemed the ingenious
Mr. IIogarth "a, one of the most useful ~atvrists any
age had pr,luced~ tarrick himself genius IrcoG
nized the divine spark in bis contemporary ana lehd
and composed an eptaph for his tombstone WHICH q"
greater than Hogarth might have corn''l hlh>eh
lucky in receiving. Il WIS the opinion III '"'ro'
Lamb that Ilo-urh the only BnglSh painter
who. since the humor Of exhibiting began Had
treated = subject macnntively and Thomas CariYle'
refusing the title Of artist TO men like GainShoiouGh
and Reynolds. granted II. though somewhat gr"ushgS'
10 the author Of Gin Lane" and "Thc March 10
Finchley. An elegant connoi''cnr ike NaPo'c an"
Il robust thinker like scott could he warmed to eulogv
bv Ilorarh. and Hazlltt and Thaclery have con
scented 10 him of the most generous pages 10
be found among their critical writings. Ten years ago
Mr.. Austin DolSOn. Il man Of taste. who knows MS
eighteenth century to the core. selected lio3'rh rs
one Of the bravcst figures in that age. and OF the 'h
book about him which he then made for the ""r'a'
Artists series he now gives us on am
plihcaton which by Its exhaustive text "cidui"s
full catalogues of prints and paintings and a" fnll
bocraphy lis many Illustrations and lis eXcelieh'
FORM aims apparently at being "A dciniuVc' ana ms''
Ing monument tO It's interesting subject IN inc a'o
Of all this, which seems TO give Ilogarth pre-
cmlncncc among artists. in the face OF the mr"i'ioe
dclivcranccs coming from men whose ludgm MS o''"'
he received with anything but respect the last dec AIDES
If the nineteenth century witness the ins>ch'e moro
widespread than ever bcfor, upon standard IN
matters Of art which Hoearth fails 10 reach ana ny
which he j. consigned 10 place iar Dc"" ''''
noblcot point" which he had attained arc"nlhg 10
David Garrick. The pursuit Of art implies ho"a""FS
The pursuit Of an IDEAL Of perfection within certain
thp
accept II i, vain foollshncsS t. confuse the purpose
Of art with that Of literature. liognrth confused
those purposes with a Whole SoGIfd pcrcr>IN re-
marlahl even in country where the literature III
the brush has always been considered Il legitimate
uroduct Of art II Is significant that the men who
have contributed most TO the extension of his iame
have ben literary men and that they nave Dceh
touched by his intellectual, not by his specifically
art site powers.
uogtrth was a sat.n5 first and an at 1t afierwa'd
Ills genius wa, essentially ddactic and H. most '''
lrated work, have all the anlmus and many OF me
charac'eristics Of sermons lie elaborated an ld'd
with All the ingenuity at his commind-and he had
more than most men Of his time. Gould anything he
NOV, suggestive than the slot 4 the pcortoN covered
h, a cobycb I'm the church Of Plate > Of The Eak"s
p,orrc,s7 than the sword lying broken in IT, oA"uh
in IN. drlwiu- Ioon! to which Lord ~qu1ufHr'd has
returned after night Of dissipation in Il''" -
Marriage H. Mode or than The PLANK which is ne
ONLY barrier between the grave and the ah'lc'h'h
v,ct,h gambling in TIE chluchyari Of Plat" "i
. Industry and Idlcnc~,'' From the beginning u"
garth ", convinced Of hi mission ms earliest
publi she'd plate. brought out IN l72f. when ne Wa
twenty scyeu was a skit. called Ma>1ucradeS ana
Opora-r npon the degraded ttsir of the town. anu
already thr, are signs Of lis brilliant faculty. e" sal -
.iu the iuN,1po>itlD' Of harro~nan "he"i"S y"
umcs Of S,ahc-p afc. DRYDEN ana '"h-i''c ~
the waste paper shop with the crowds on their way 10
T.. ~fr.rfaf ma trI,sv
popnlar diversion, 81 ihc day. rcrnicou' IN il'srh'
ul,ro- British opinion. Although the Immediate -''
,cs Of thi, plate e. the seal upon liorrih' career
a.. an orig nal e. ,ravcr on copper. ana h't"'"sh he
.oon after Increased his reputation bY nr'''
car!ca.urc ~ the notOiou, anrp.coc painted I'F ~
clement. Dane. hy william Kent. ana 10y N'.''
II Illustrations t. luilcr'- llud!'I:@ We H'u "''
o., fore long WorIing a.-lGuou-ly IN oils ana r"''~
small conver.aiior pieces from twelve to hit''"
ircrc. high Tn. entrance into a field which he lad
not contemplated with amy special Interest pr''''u'N
was prompted by two circumstances. In l'-' an NJ
hol ter.r named Morris lad asked llo-ar'h Y" p'in'
a picture for him Lciorc il was completed MOTIF
decided that De DID not want II. ard DO the 'h' h'
declined 10 pay the go agreed upon bcwccn himself
and tc artist Tie ca~. carried into court ana
number of EXPERT, summoned Nv Morris testified iht
tne pl.nting va. untitled for it, purpo-c' other
cNpcrf- testified i'm IIoc3rth', behalf ana ne won %"
.it but -lnr rested upon ~ ramc n palhi'r anu
io remove III, Dc dropped tic burn for Whn'
To- b,take hn,eif to the brush The second reason Tor
the change wa thrt tie p'ra'a print~cn"r> -oi
copies Of bis engraving, ut hafprcc. ana thereby
caused III, own imprc 10 be- left on h' l'h'-'
IIp.-lrh W. never ashamed 10 lcoh after the MAIN
chance A. Mr. po1-or pat, i. b" me- liked g"od
ohc, good living god order in us household nnA -
AT thi, lime or very shortly. in l12O. he htd inc
cmcrty t. run away with the daughter OF Sir James
Th,rnull and b, married. be- made every chort /"
ncncn, Nj, income Conversation pieces and Portrait,
did not pay however. and hc conceived the ldet oil
painting and engraving modern moral subjects
field uot broken mp 30 any country NY age.
/ wished to compose picture on canva..' he add. In
the nngmcntary autobiography he left similar 10
repre- .entation, o. tie stage. ! have en-
dcavorfd - treat my subject dramatic writer my
picture j, my stage AID men aud women my PLAYERS
who hy means Of certain action, and gestures nr' I"
exhibit a dumb show Tie outcome If thi, inspira
i on wa, The IIar.cr, roerc,.7 set q Xix designs
Illustrating the miserable carer Of oro May li"rt
ol.out The eternal vcri,ics wcrr preserved IN til,
90 p.curd drama with vivdncs' and .trcngth which.
to continue the figure brought down the house. >ir
James Thornln, who had refused to hold
any intercourse w'h the son ln-law who had
imposed him, elf upon him. wa 80 Impressed by the
work, that reconciliation easily brought about.
From this time on Ilogar;hs meter Wa determined
and he Ia-hcd the vices and frir, Of London uu,i.
inely He painted many portraits. II which some.
Ike those OF Captain COlam and himself. are M
m.rable. I'm = fancy picture Of BoccIcCiv, >i-i>
munda7 he entered into competition with tho " Eack
Masters H. e. The "Od M crs' Of Europe, whom hc
preached against all his lie: and there cNl, pictures
by him Ike the shrimp Girl " The National Gallery.
and the Laughing Audience now in ~" possession
OF . prvat~ collector which entitled 10 consdcra.
ton. Int 81, fame rest, hi, sitiicaI pieces
painted first and then engraved by himself aud sod
in large numbers II j. n curious rejection upon the
author II fhc Analysis Of Beauty TINT the beautiful
-houa BE- pcuOns by is ab cncc Ia his creates;
pictorial achievements. certain gracious char;n !,
visible here and there, In lie diunncicSS' OF The
March t. Finchl w. in the patient pnClatOry LADY
V no illunincs the sqrnld attic Of "The DISTRESSED
Ioct.n and poor N1ry iiaclabout l. wisely
painted COmrly creature. Eut lloggrih was mo-.
fascinated by the moral uglncS-es % eighteenth
century society. and his dramas TEEN with figures
vi 0.e dehnched and Wiclnd clnInctnr. are reg Md