...or die. Hogarth's account of this part of his life is brief and modest. " I married," he says, " and commenced painter of small conversation pieces from...fancy, it was still but a less kind of drudgery; and as 1 could not bring myself to act like some of my brethren, and make it a sort of manufactory to be carried...

...or die. Hogarth's account of this part of his life is brief and modest, " I married," he says, " and commenced painter of small conversation pieces from...sort of manufactory to be carried on by the help of backgrounds and drapery painters, it was not sufficiently profitable to pay the expenses my family...

...which succeeded for a few years ; but it was still, he tells us, " a kind of drudgery ;" and adds, " as I could not bring myself to act like some of my...sort of manufactory, to be carried on by the help of back grounds and drapery painters, it was not sufficiently profitable to pay the expenses of my family."...

...admirable portrait of Captain Coram, and presents it to the Foundling Hospital. I THEN married, and commenced painter of small Conversation pieces, from...few years. But though it gave somewhat more scope to the fancy, was still but a less kind of drudgery ; and as I could not bring myself to act like some...

...who could produce such works, could maintain a wife without a portion. After his marriage, Hogarth commenced painter of small conversation pieces, from twelve to fifteen inches high, which succeeded for a few years ; but it was still, he tells us, " a kind of drudgery ;" and adds,...

...or die. Hogarth's account of this part of his life is brief and modest. " I married," he says, " and commenced painter of small conversation pieces from...sort of manufactory to be carried on by the help of backgrounds and drapery painters, it was not sufficiently profitable to pay the expenses my family...

...small conversational pictures, which he says succeeded for a few years, but even this he says, was " but a less kind of drudgery, and as I could not bring...sort of manufactory, to be carried on by the help of backgrounds and drapery painters, it was not sufficiently profitable to pay the expenses my family...

...small conversational pictures, which he says succeeded for a few years, but even this he says, was " but a less kind of drudgery, and as I could not bring...sort of manufactory, to be carried on by the help of backgrounds and drapery painters, it was not sufficiently profitable to pay the expenses my family...

...and generous to the young couple.' — Hogarth's Works, by Nichols and Steevens, vol. ip 44.] "— commenced painter of small Conversation Pieces, from twelve to fifteen inches high. This being a novelty, succeeded for a few years." (About this time Hogarth had summer-lodgings at South...

...and generous to the young couple.' — Hogarth's Works, by Nichols and Steevens, vol. ip 44.] " — commenced painter of small Conversation Pieces, from twelve to fifteen inches high. This being a novelty, succeeded for a few years." (About this time Hogarth had summer-lodgings at South...