William Hogarth (1697 – 1764)

I was reading Thierry Smolderen's recent [and well-recommended] book "Naissances de la bande dessinée De William Hogarth à Winsor McCay" which brought to mind this ancient article "Memoirs of the Celebrated William Hogarth," from the November 1780 Universal Magazine. I have cleaned my photocopies up a bit -- in the original the type bled through the paper so the reproduction is not of the best quality.