France. Plate 1st [graphic] / design'd & etch'd by Wm. Hogarth.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
- Edition:
- [Counterproof of state 3].
- Published/Created:
- [London]
[Wm. Hogarth],
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 8th, 1756. - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 32.1 x 38.7 cm, on sheet 32.7 x 39.3 cm
- Notes:
- Companion print: England. Plate 2d.
Four columns of verse below image: With lanthern jaws, and croaking gut, See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen strut, and call us English dogs! ... But should they sink in coming over Old Nick may fish 'twixt France & Dover And catch a glorious dinner.
Title engraved above image. The 'N' in France has been engraved backwards.
Title from Paulson: The invasion. Pl. I. France. - Abstract:
- On the coast of France outside a tavern on the coast of France a group of emaciated soldiers are preparing to sail for England. On the right a soldier roasts frogs over a fire on the blade of his sword; above a flag with the words "Vengence et le Bon Bier et Bon Beuf de AngleteĢre." In the center of the design, a monk tests the edge of an axe as he bends to over a horse-drawn sledge laden with instruments of torture, a statue of St. Antony, and a plan for a monastery at Blackfriars. In the distance on the left a line of soldiers are being forced on board a ship. Above them on the cliffs, women are seen ploughing a field. The sign above the tavern advertises Soup meagre and identifies itself as "La Sabot Royal."
- Variant Titles:
- Invasion. Pl. I. France
- Topics:
- Clergy.
Eating & drinking.
Punishment & torture.
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763--Public opinion--Great Britain.
Soldiers.
Taverns (Inns)
War. - Topics:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Counterproofs.
Etchings--England--London--1756.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1756. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 12820585
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26241a
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3446
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 202 - OID:
- 16945081
- PID:
- digcoll:4889805
