To the bold and enterprising lads of Great-Britain

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Title: To the bold and enterprising lads of Great-Britain
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [not before 1749]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed by R. Shaw, Silver-Street, White-Friars, Fleet-Street
Description: Caption title.
Illustration at top of sheet is a copy of a French soldier from Hogarth's Gate of Calais.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3050.
On page 145 in volume 2.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 24 x 17.6 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1749
Broadsides 1749
Etchings England London 1749
Material: 1 ill. ;
Subject (Topic): Ethnic stereotypes
Recruiting & enlistment
Subjects: Ethnic stereotypes
Recruiting & enlistment
England > 1749
1749
England > London > 1749
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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