The Bruiser, C. Churchill ... in the character of a Russian Hercules ... thespian Member of the light infantry

Member of the light infantry in the Bank Volunteers

'Sir Edward Coke

A pile of empty bottles lies in the corner

playing a large stringed instrument

' A woman buys from an eel seller who displays the fish in a basket resting on the pavement

The Bruiser, C. Churchill ... in the character of a Russian Hercules ... thespian Member of the light infantry'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