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Chairing the Members, plate 4 from the series Four Prints of an Election,
1758
William Hogarth, 1697–1764; born and died London, England
Engraved by William Hogarth and, 1697–1764; born and died London, England
François Antoine Aveline, French, active Britain, 1718–1762
Engraved by William Hogarth and, 1697–1764; born and died London, England
François Antoine Aveline, French, active Britain, 1718–1762
x1954-80
Information
Title
Chairing the Members, plate 4 from the series Four Prints of an Election
Dates
1758
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 43.6 × 56 cm. (17 3/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
sheet: 47.2 x 59.4 cm (18 9/16 x 23 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Henry K. Dick, Class of 1909
Object Number
x1954-80
Place Made
Europe, England, London
Inscription
Titled above plate, upper center: CHAIRING THE MEMBERS. Plate 4.
Inscribed in plate, lower left and right: Engrav’d by W. Hogarth & F. Aviline. / Published 1st Janry. 1758 as the Act directs.
Dedicated in plate, lower center: To the Honoble. George Hay, one of the Lords Commissioners of the ADMIRALTY, &C. &C. This Plate is most humbly Inscrib’d By his most Obedient humble Servant / Willm. Hograth
Reference Numbers
Paulson 201 (1965, 1989)
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
- John Trusler, The Works of William Hogarth (London: Jones, 1833)., pp. 105–114 (illus.)
- "Recent acquisitions", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 14, no. 1 (1955): p. 17-19., p. 17
- Ronald Paulson, Hogarth's Graphic Works (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)., no. 122
- Ronald Paulson, Hogarth’s Graphic Works (London: The Print Room, 1989)., no. 122
