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England

England
1756
plate 2 from The invasion series

Medium
etching
Measurements
29.5 × 37.4 cm (image) 32.2 × 39.0 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 203 iii/iii; BM Satires 3454
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.: ENGLAND (both Ns reversed) PLATE 2.d (d in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: (poem by David Garrick in four verses)
Accession Number
840.2-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1917
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Military and Warfare
Subjects (specific)
armies flutes (aerophones) inns (built works) invasions musicians patriotism soldiers weapons
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)