Calais gate: the Host is administered to sick people, while emaciated and ragged French people go about their business. Etching by C. Mosley after W. Hogarth.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date:
- 6th March 1749
- Reference:
- 39190i
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Only the friar is fat, all other denizens of Calais are emaciated, the cook is struggling under the sirloin of beef; representing the folly of the French as their addiction to fashion and to the Church of Rome
Publication/Creation
6th March 1749.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 34.4 x 44 cm
Lettering
O roast beef of Old England & c. ; Painted by W. Hogarth ; engraved by C. Mosley & W. Hogarth. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 6th 1749
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, pp.139-140 [180]
Reference
Wellcome Collection 39190i
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After a painting is in the Tate Gallery, London
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