The Bruiser, C. Churchill ... in the character of a Russian Hercules ... Finish:Stretched 'Lady in a Black Dress'

'Lady in a Black Dress'

Tower Bridge and other London buildings of note

'Sir Joseph W Bazalgette'

The triple gibbet and cart used for hanging can be seen in the centre

The Bruiser, C. Churchill ... in the character of a Russian Hercules ... Finish:Stretched 'Lady in a Black Dress''The Bruiser, C. Churchill in the character of a Russian Hercules ', 1763. The poet Charles Churchill is depicted as a bear in a clerical collar, with a mug of beer in one a hand and a club in the other a slovenly clergyman who drinks and writes brutal satires. A dog sits in front of him, with its front paws resting on a page inscribed; An epistle to Hogarth by C Churchill. Hogarth made the engraving in retaliation for a satirical attack made on him