Photo, Print, Drawing England Plate 2nd.
About this Item
Title
- England Plate 2nd.
Summary
- This unsigned wash drawing is presumed to be the original by William Hogarth (1697-1764) for the etched plate, The Invasion, Plate 2, England. Hogarth was a major English pictorial satirist and social critic. He was also one of the first artists to draw subjects in a series. One of his best-known works is the series The Rake's Progress, which shows the downfall of a young man of means who squanders his inheritance. The Invasion series, consisting of two plates, depicts the French plotting an invasion of England while the English appear unconcerned. The series was done in 1756, the year the Seven Years' War began. The drawing is from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library, the foremost American collection devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering, and one of the world's largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms.
Names
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 Artist.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1756.
Headings
- - France
- - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- - 1700 to 1799
- - Caricatures and cartoons
- - Soldiers
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 drawing; 31.2 x 39.5 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: Brown University Library.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021669867
Online Format
- compressed data
- image