An answer to the print of John Wilkes Esq by Wm Hogarth, William Hogarth, 1763

Satire on william hogarth in response to his print of john wilkes (paulson 214) showing the artist seated in a similar pose; one leg has a cloven hoof, the other is the leg of a satyr wearing a shoe with spikes which rests on the cap of liberty; he holds the wilkes print in his hand and tied to his right arm is a money bag lettered, "£300 per ann for distorting features" (an allusion to his income as sergeant painter); he wears sleeve protectors and holds a porte-crayon in his right hand; the chair back is decorated with an owl, and the leg with the head of a satyr. On the table beside him is a paint pot lettered "colours to blaken fair carachters"; his dog sits below with a palette attached to his collar inscribed with hogarth's 'line of beauty'. Behind him stands a haggard woman, presumably jane hogarth, apparently one-eyed, wearing an old-fashioned cap, elaborate earrings and necklace, and holding a fan and hand mirror. A monkey wearing a fool's cap and an eye-glass uses dividers to mark the line of beauty on a canvas resting on an easel. 1763 etching. Date: 1763. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm; Width: 279 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: William Hogarth. Collection: British Museum. An answer to the print of John Wilkes Esq by Wm Hogarth (BM 1868,0808.4316)