Accession number
PML 146852.10
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Published
[London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, March 6, 1749.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Full publication line reads: Painted by W. Hogarth ... Engrav'd by C. Mosely & W. Hogarth. ... Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 6th. 1749.
Print forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Full publication line reads: Painted by W. Hogarth ... Engrav'd by C. Mosely & W. Hogarth. ... Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 6th. 1749.
Print forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; image: 344 x 440 mm; plate mark: 380 x 456 mm; sheet: 358 x 414 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a scene at the Gate of Calais (after the painting in the Tate Gallery) with a fat monk prodding a large sirloin of beef carried by a cook, on either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of thin soup as he gazes in amazement at the beef; on the left, three market women with crosses hanging from their necks admire a skate in a basket of fish; on the right, two ragged men carry a large pot of soup while another drinks from a bowl, and a Scottish soldier cowers beneath an archway; in the middle distance, to left, Hogarth himself is seen sketching at the moment when a soldier's hand takes him by the shoulder; beyond, through the gate, is a religious procession.
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