Sujet
'The Bruiser, C. Churchill ... in the character of a Russian Hercules ...', 1763. Artist: William Hogarth
Légende
'The Bruiser, C. Churchill ... in the character of a Russian Hercules ...', 1763. The poet Charles Churchill is depicted as a bear in a clerical collar, with a mug of beer in one a hand and a club in the other - a slovenly clergyman who drinks and writes brutal satires. A dog sits in front of him, with its front paws resting on a page inscribed; An epistle to Hogarth by C Churchill. Hogarth made the engraving in retaliation for a satirical attack made on him by Churchill in the epistle, itself in retaliation for a previous satirical engraving Hogarth had made of the politician John Wilkes, a friend of Churchill's.
Date
1763
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives
Notre référence
HRM19A75_454
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (4,0Mo) / 30,5cm x 41,1cm / 3599 x 4854 (300dpi)