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France

France
1756
plate 1 from The invasion series

Medium
etching

Measurements
29.4 × 37.9 cm (image) 32.2 × 39.2 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1917

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 202 iii/iii; BM Satires 3446

Edition
3rd of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: Design'd & Etch'd by W.m (m in superscript above . ) Hogarth
printed in ink u.r.: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 8.th (th in superscript above . ) 1756.
printed in ink u.c.: FRANCE (N reversed) PLATE 1.st (st in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: (poem by David Garrick in four verses)

Accession Number
840.1-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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