HOGARTH William (1697 - 1764) (after) - "O the roast beef of Old England &c" (The Gate of Calais). 1797. Etching and burin engraving by T. COOK. Proof with letter, on wove paper. Published by G.G & J. Robinson. Margins. Engraving of William Hogarth's painting The Calais Gate (1748-9, Tate Britain), painted following Hogarth's visit to France in 1748. On his way back, he was arrested in Calais as a suspected spy after trying to draw the town's ancient drawbridge. This scene takes place there (Hogarth includes a self-portrait of himself drawing on the left-hand side) and satirizes the French and Catholicism. 42 x 53 cm. Condition A (a few light marginal stains and on verso, good condition).