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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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