214 ARTISTIC REPRESENTATIONS 



George IV, when he used to frequent Virginia water with 

 the rod. There is one fine print, representing him sitting 

 fishing in a punt on the Thames, with all the leading 

 female characters who then figured at the English 

 Court. 



The print by Hogarth, showing the fallacy in the rules 

 of perspective, by a representation of two anglers, is well 

 known. It is the only thing connected with the pisca- 

 tory art, which this celebrated man was known to have 

 executed. 



The angling caricatures by George Cruickshank are 

 very admirable. In the opinion of some critics .they are 

 considered superior in point of life and truthfulness, to 

 those which Seymour executed. 



The famous caricature in the Vernon Gallery, Marl- 

 borough House, painted by Lane (No. 53), represents an 

 enthusiastic rod fisher, under a severe fit of the gout, laid 

 up in his chamber, fishing out of a tub of water, for his 

 amusement. There is an engraving of this picture 

 possessing all the power and spirit and life of the original, 

 by the Society of the Art Union. 



Mr. Stothard's sketches on angling subjects have a 

 high reputation among artists. Twenty of his drawings 

 on this subject were sold at Mr. Pickering's sale (March, 

 1854) for 84. 



The caricatures by Seymour, representing all the curious 

 devices and positions of cockney anglers, are, in our 

 humble opinion, by far the choicest pieces of fine humour 



