| Maker(s): | Hogarth, William (painter); Sullivan, Luke (engraver)
| | Culture: | English (1697-1764); Irish (1705-1771)
| | Title: | A Representation of the March of the Guards towards Scotland, in the year 1745 or The March to Finchley
| | Date Made: | 1750 or later
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | ink, gouache, watercolor, rag, linen, wood, glass
| | Place Made: | United Kingdom; Great Britain: England; Great Britain: Greater London, London
| | Measurements: | overall: 16 5/8 x 22 1/8 in.; 42.2275 x 56.1975 cm
| | Accession Number: | HD 54.098.5
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
This print shows English soldiers sent to defend London from advancing Jacobite soldiers during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745; known as the March to Finchley'. After the painting of 1749–50 in the Foundling Hospital. Hogarth offered two rates of subscription to the print in 1750, 7s 6d and 10s 6d. The higher rate included a ticket for the lottery of the original painting. In less than two months Hogarth sold 1,843 out of the 2,000 tickets, and on closing the subscription gave the remaining tickets to the Foundling Hospital. The winning number was among the latter. The engraving by Hogarth's assistant Luke Sullivan was delivered to subscribers in December that year. This is, according to Paulson, the eighth state of the print, reissued, with some retouching by Hogarth himself, just over a decade after the first printing. The scene is set at the Tottenham Court Turnpike north of London, where the English Guards gathered before marching to Finchley to guard the northern approaches to the capital against expected Scottish invaders. Their chaotic disarray before departure is contrasted with the orderly formations of troops in the background, ready to march. (see related print 2002.65)
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