Lot 199: Sold for £2,000 hammer
A Fine Art and Antiques Auction to include Marine and Maritime ,
Thursday 29th April 2021
Manner of William Hogarth (1697-1764), two gentlemen, one gazing through an eyeglass, oil on panel, indistinctly signed, inscribed paper label verso stating:"Sir Fopling Flutter through his Glass, Inspects the ladies as they pass, Yet still the Coxcomb lacks the Wit, To guard against the Baliff's Writ painted by W Hogarth 1736", 36cm by 28cm, This image and verse also appears in Ashton, John, The Fleet. Its River, Prison and Marriages, pub.1888 Scribner and Welford