Canvassing for Votes, plate 2 from the series Four Prints of an Election
Canvassing for Votes, plate 2 from the series Four Prints of an Election

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Canvassing for Votes, plate 2 from the series Four Prints of an Election,

1757

William Hogarth, British, 1697–1764
Engraved by William Hogarth and, British, 1697–1764
Charles Grignion I, English, 1717–1810
x1954-78

Information

Title
Canvassing for Votes, plate 2 from the series Four Prints of an Election
Dates

1757

Maker
William Hogarth
Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 43.3 x 55.2 cm (17 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
sheet: 44.1 x 56.5 cm (17 3/8 x 22 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Henry K. Dick, Class of 1909

Object Number
x1954-78
Place Made

Europe, England, London

Inscription

Titled above plate, upper center: CANVASSING for VOTES. Plate II.

Inscribed in plate, lower left and right: Painted by W. Hogarth, Engraved by C. Grignion. / Published 20th Febry. 1757 As the Act directs.

Dedicated in plate, lower center: To His Excellency S. Charles Hanbury Williams Embassador to the Court of RUSSIA. This Plate is most humbly Inscrib’d By his most Obedient humble Servant / Willm. Hograth

Reference Numbers
Paulson 199 (1965, 1989)
Culture
European, British
Type
prints, engravings, etchings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
groups of people, figures (representations), elections, voters, streetscapes, satires, men, pubs, villages, inns

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