Size: mm 580 x 435 mm (sheet size) mm 470 x 405 mm (plate mark)
The scene depicts a side of beef being transported from the harbour to an English tavern in the port, while a group of undernourished, ragged French soldiers and a fat friar look on hungrily. Hogarth painted himself in the left corner.
Published by G.G. & J. Robinson,Paternoster Row,Dec.rI.st 1797.
London 1806.
Designed by William Hogarth.
Engraved by Thomas Cook (1774 ca. - Londra 1818)