This spectacular portrait bust perfectly captures Hogarth's strength of character, individuality and dynamism. The French sculptor and Hogarth's friend, Roubiliac settled permanently in London, finding patronage among the high number of citizens who wanted to sit for their portrait. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).

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Motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Robert Walpole is followed by a general election. Walpole's majority is reduced to less than twenty and he suffers defeat in seven divisions.Opening of the Foundling Hospital, London, to aid homeless and abandoned children.Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is appointed head gardener at Stowe, where he works with the architect William Kent.Actor David Garrick makes his debut on the London stage inHenry Fielding publishessatirising Samuel Richardson's best-selling novelWar of the Austrian Succession: Admiral Edward Vernon leads an unsuccessful attack on Spanish stronghold of Cartagena. Frederick II's Prussian army defeats the Austrians at Mollwitz, securing his hold on most of Silesia. French and Bavarian forces enter Prague.Composer Johann Sebastian Bach publishes his set of, supposedly written for performance by the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg.