サイモン・ロヴァット卿
1746
William Hogarth captured the infamous Jacobite rebel Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, sitting in the Tower of London just before his execution. The Scottish lord looks remarkably jolly for a man awaiting the axe, slumped in a chair with a mischievous, almost toad-like grin that Hogarth masterfully exaggerated. This etching is famous because Hogarth actually drew it from life while visiting Lovat in prison, turning a traitor into a grotesque but hilarious caricature. It remains a brilliant example of 18th-century political satire, proving that even the most serious criminals could be mocked before they met their end.
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