1756.
1. France and England, two plates; both etched by himself. Under them are the following verses, by Mr. Garrick:
Plate I. France.
With lanthern jaws, and croaking gut,
See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen strut,
And call us English dogs!
But soon we'll teach these bragging foes,
That beef and beer give heavier blows
Than soup and roasted frogs.
The priests, inflam'd with righteous hopes,
Prepare their axes, wheels, and ropes,
To bend the stiff-neck'd sinner;
But, should they sink in coming over,
Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover,
And catch a glorious dinner.
Plate II. England.
See John the Soldier, Jack the Tar,
With sword and pistol arm'd for war,
Should Mounseer dare come here!
The hungry slaves have smelt our food,
They long to taste our flesh and blood,
Old England's beef and beer!
Britons, to arms! and let 'em come,
Be you but Britons still, Strike home,
And lion-like attack 'em;
No power can stand the deadly stroke
That's given from hands and hearts of oak,
With Liberty to back 'em.
2. The Search Night, a copy. J. Fielding sculp. 21st March, 1756.[1] "A very bad print, and I believe an imposition." On this plate are sixteen stupid verses, not worth transcribing. It was afterwards copied again in two different sizes in miniature, and printed off on cards, by Darly, in 1766. The original, in a small oval, was an impression taken from the top of a silver tobacco-box; engraved by Hogarth for one Captain Johnson, and never meant for publication.
[1] There is also a copy of this print, engraved likewise by Fielding, and dated August 11, 1746.