Painting Latitat — Engraved by Evans; Phiz's sixth wood-engraving dropped into the letterpress and the twelfth serial illustration for Charles Lever's Jack Hinton, The Guardsman, Part 4 (April 1842), Chapter XVI, "A Morning in Town." 5.8 by 8.5 cm (2 ¼ by 3 ⅜ inches), vignetted, p. 111. [Click on the illustration to enlarge it.]
Passage Illustrated
'The fact is, Jack, it is generally passed off on a young hand, the first time he raises money. He knows little of the town, less of its secret practices, and not until he has furnished a hearty laugh to all his acquaintances does he discover the blunder he has committed. Besides, sometimes you're hard up for something to carry you about. I remember once keeping it an entire winter, and as I painted Latitat a good piebald, and had his legs whitewashed every morning, few recognised him, except such as had paid for their acquaintance. After this account, probably, you'll not like to drive with me; but as I am going to Loughrea for the races, I've determined to take the dennet down, and try if I can't find a purchaser among the country gentlemen. And now let's think of dinner. What do you say to a cutlet at the club, and perhaps we shall strike out something there to finish our evening?' [Chapter XVI, "A Morning in Town," 80]
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Lever, Charles. Jack Hinton, The Guardsman. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843, rpt. 1857; reprinted with "26 etchings by Phiz" (London: Downey, 1897; 1901).
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Thomson, David Croal. Life and Labours of Hablột Knight Browne, "Phiz". London: Chapman and Hall, 1884.
Created 25 May 2023