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The Election Series- Canvassing For Votes

Maker

(artist)
1697-1764

(engraver)
1717-1810

Title

The Election Series- Canvassing For Votes

Date of Production

1757

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 43.2 cm
Width: 55.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2037

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







bribe





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 : : CANVASSING for VOTES. Plate II. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Painted by W,, Hogarth, Engrav'd by C,, Grignion. Published 20.th Feb,,ry 1757. As the Act directs. // To His Excellency S,, Charles Hanbury Williams Embassador to the Court of Russia...Will,,m Hogarth. //

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