The battle of the pictures; a bidder's ticket for Hogarth's auction of 19 paintings mb-code 1620788 Watling Street and the dome

Watling Street and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background

was used as a rectory

Also showing labourers and a figure standing observing the activity

a lion from Senegal

'A Bagnigge Wells Scene

The battle of the pictures; a bidder's ticket for Hogarth's auction of 19 paintings mb-code 1620788 Watling Street and the dome'The battle of the pictures; a bidder's ticket for Hogarth's auction of 19 paintings', 1744. The building on the left is the auction house; the building on the right is Hogarth's studio. The old master paintings have lined up in ranks on the left, and commence battle with Hogarth's paintings on the right.