LIST OF PLATES DESCRIBED IN THE THIRD SERIES. PAGE FAC-SIMILE AUTOGRAPH-"THE NO DEDICATION," Frontispiece to face Title. HERCULES, HENRY VIII., AND A FRENCH DANCING-Master, 114 CHARLES I., HENRIETTA MARIA, ITALIAN JUPITER, etc., . 124 THE DANCE,. PLATE IV. The Innkeeper's Wife and Daughter admini- ADVERTISEMENT. HE manuscripts from which the principal parts of this volume are compiled were written by the late Mr. Hogarth; had he lived a little longer, he would have methodized and published them.1 On his decease, they devolved to his widow, who kept them sacred and entire until her death, when they became the property of her relation and executrix, Mrs. Lewis, of Chiswick, by whose kindness and friendship they are now in my possession. This is the fair and honest pedigree of the Papers, which may be thus divided: I. Hogarth's life, comprehending his course of study, correspondence, political quarrels, etc. 1 The Dedication, of which I have prefixed a fac-simile, was written for that work. I am authorized to say that during her life Mrs. Hogarth never parted with any of his papers, except a loose leaf or some such trifle, which in one or two instances she gave to such as wished to possess a little specimen of Hogarth's handwriting. |