The bruiser
1763
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
34.1 × 26.0 cm (image) 37.8 × 28.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Emeritus Professor P. W. Musgrave, Member, 1995
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
William Hogarth was famously – or, rather, infamously – bound to his dog. The adoration he felt towards his pug, Trump, is well documented throughout the artist’s career. Trump appeared in a number of Hogarth’s works prior to his 1745 self-portrait The painter and his pug. The pug was not a popular breed among men at the time, and Hogarth was unfortunately mocked by critics for his love of the unusual-looking dog.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 215 vii/viii; BM Satires 4084
Edition
7th of 8 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Design'd and Engraved by W.m (m in superscript above . ) Hogarth Price Is. (s in superscript above I ) 6.d (d in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.r.: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 1. 1763.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: THE BRUISER, C. CHURCHILL (once the Rev:d!) in the Character of a Ruſsian Hercules, 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 ne'er don't I warrant ye: - Dragon of Wantley
Accession Number
1995.362
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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