Forrest (Theodosius). The Roast Beef of Old England. A Cantata, circa 1749

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[Forrest, Theodosius]. The Roast Beef of Old England. A Cantata, [published by Robert Sayer, circa 1749], engraving on laid paper after William Hogarth's famous painting O'The Roast Beef of Old England, a good strong impression, with letterpress verse in three columns to the lower half of the sheet, laid down on later backing paper, sheet size 38 x 26.5 cm (15 x 10.5 ins)

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BM Satires 3053; Paulson 180; ESTC online (one copy only at Huntington Library, although this version is dated circa 1760 and is of a different size).

Theodosius Forrest (1728-1784) was a lawyer, author and songwriter, and member of the Beef Steak Club, and a friend of the artist William Hogarth, whose famous anti-French pictorial satire is placed at the head of this broadside.