The Bruiser C. Churchill (Once The Rev’d!) In The Character Of A Russian Hercules…
1763. Engraving, caption, artist, date and text in plate below image, 37.8 x 28cm. Repaired small missing portions and minor discolouration to margins, trimmed plate mark.
Caption continues “Regaling himself after having kill’d the monster Caricatura that so sorely gall’d his virtuous friend the heaven born Wilkes. But he had a club this dragon to drub, or he had never don’t I’ll warrant ye.” Text reads “Design’d and engraved by W’m Hogarth, Price 1 S [shilling]. Publish’d according to Act of Parliament, August 1, 1763.” In the foreground a dog is shown to be voiding upon a pamphlet entitled “An Epistle to Hogarth by C. Churchill,” with the initial letter of “epistle” obscured by the dog’s paw.
Item #CL158-99
Price (AUD): $3,300.00 other currencies