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The invasion / design'd & etch'd by Wm. Hogarth.

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William Hogarth
1697-1764

The invasion / design'd & etch'd by Wm. Hogarth.

Published

[London?] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, Mar. 8, 1756.

etching
image: 11 7/16 x 14 13/16 inches (290 x 377 mm); sheet: 12 1/2 x 15 5/16 inches (317 x 389 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1223
Notes
Verses below image begin: With lanthern jaws, and croaking Gut, See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen Strut ...
Title and publisher from Paulson.
Series title engraved above image. The 'N' in France engraved backwards.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

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 Angletére." 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."

Associated names
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department