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The Election Series- An Election Entertainment

Maker

(artist)
1697-1764

(engraver)
1697-1764

Title

The Election Series- An Election Entertainment

Date of Production

1755

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 43.4 cm
Width: 56 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2036

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









votes







gluttony

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

William Hogarth - Printmaker, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2001-13/05/2001

Hogarth and Piranesi: Engravings and etchings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1992-07/06/1992

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : AN ELECTION ENTERTAINMENT Plate I//

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Painted and [something scratched out] Engraved by W,,m Hogarth. Published 24th Feb,,ry 1755, as the Act directs. // TO the Right Honourable Henry Fox,... by his most Obedient Humble Serv,, W,,m Hogarth //

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