William HOGARTH
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

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

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Military and Warfare

Subjects (specific)
armies frogs (animals) invasions monks (people) ships shoes (footwear) soldiers torture device

Movements
Georgian