A scene beside a tavern ("la sabot royal") on the coast of france with a group of emaciated soldiers preparing to set sail for england; a soldier is roasting frogs over a fire on the blade of his sword and a monk is feeling the edge of an axe which he is putting on to a horse-drawn sledge laden with instruments of torture, a figure of st antony and a plan for a monastery at blackfriars; in the distance soldiers are being forced on board a ship and beyond women are ploughing a field. 1756
etching and engraving. Date: 1756. Dimensions: Height: 318 mm (plate mark); Height: 353 mm (sheet); Width: 386 mm (plate mark); Width: 420 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: St Antony of Padua. Collection: British Museum. France Plate Ist (BM S,2.136 1)
