Catalogue Number
NMLH.2000.10.767
Object Name
Print
Title
The Bruiser Triumphant: A Farce
Place
Fleet Street, London, England, UK
People
William Hogarth, John Wilkes, Charles Churchill
Description
Subtitle: A Farce. The Principal Charaters By Mr Hogass, Mr Wi-k-s, Mr Church-II.... William Hogarth depicted as an Ass, his painters pallet around his neck.
In 1763, the satirist Charles Churchill wrote Epistle to William Hogarth criticising Hogarthâs caricature of John Wilkes. In response, Hogarth published The Bruiser which depicted Churchill as a drunken bear whilst a dog urinated on a copy of the Epistle. This print satirises The Bruiser and the feud with Wilkes, calling it a farce, and depicts Hogarth as an ass.
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