Note 175 — HOGARTH ILLUSTRATED. (continued 3)
Reading edition
In the General Advertiser for March 9, 1748-49, it was thus announced:
"This day is published, price 5s., a Print, designed and engraved by Mr. Hogarth, representing a PRODIGY which lately appeared before the gate of Calais,
'O the Roast Beef of Old England!'
"To be had at the Golden Head in Leicester Square, and at the print-shops."