French troops loading a ship for the invasion of England. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Date:
June 1st 1798
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39259i
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French troops loading a ship for the invasion of England. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A monk is testing his axe, and supervises a sledge (on which the condemned were drawn to execution) which contains, among other things a wheel, whip, fetters, pincers, miniature gallows, a statue of St. Antoni and a "plan pour un monastere dans Black Friars a Londre". (Popery was what the English feared most from France)

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London (Paternoster Row) : G.G. & J. Robinson, June 1st 1798.

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 29 x 37.2 cm

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France Plate I. With lanthern jaws, and croaking gut, see how the half-starved Frenchmen strut, and call us English dogs! Designed by W. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook Lettering continues: ..But soon we'll teach these bragging foes, that beef & beer give heavier blows, than soup & roasted frogs

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, related to [202]

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Wellcome Collection 39259i

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