A New And General Biographical Dictionary Containing An Historical And Critical
A New And General Biographical Dictionary Containing An Historical And Critical
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Hogarth has caught his heroine during this moment of hefitation, this ftruggle with herfelf, and has marked her feelings with uncommon fuccefs. In the " Mifer's Feaft, " Mr, Hogarth thought proper to pillory Sir Ifaac Shard, a gentleman proverbially avaricious. Hearing this, the fon of Sir Ifaac, the late Ifaac Pacatus 'Shard, Efq; a young man of fpirit, juft returned from his travels, called at the painter's to fee the pi&ure ; and, among the reft, afking the Cicerone " whether that odd figure... was " intended for any particular perfon ;" on his replying, " that it was thought to be very like one Sir Ifaac Shard j" he immediately drew his fword, and flafhed the canvas. Ho- jarth appeared inftantly in great wrath ; to whom Mr. Shard calmly juftihed what he had done, faying " that this was a " very unwarrantable licence ; that he was the injured party's " fon, and that he was ready to defend any fuit at lawj" which, however, was never inftituted. About 1757, his brother-in-law, Mr. Thornhill, refign- cd the place of king's ferjeant-painter in favour of Mr.
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