France Plate I

Artist William Hogarth English, 1697 - 1764

Date1756

MediumEngraving

Dimensions31.9 x 39.3

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineMusuem collection

Object number1976.47.1

DescriptionA group of French soldiers are standing beneath a sign: "soup Meagre a la Sabot Royal". One is cooking frogs on his sword over an open fire. A monk in the foreground tests the blade of an executioner's axe. From a sledge containing various religious objects, tools of torture and plans for a french monastery in London.

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