An election entertainment. [graphic] / Plate I

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Title: An election entertainment. [graphic] / Plate I
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: published 24th Febry. 1755, as the act directs.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: A dining room in a tavern is filled with drunken and rowdy men seated around a rectangular and a circular table that have been pushed together. More men and women are pushing through the doorway on the right. In the back of the room, a band of musicians play their instruments. Through the window demonstrators care signs with political messages: "Liberty and property" and "Marry and multiply in spite of the devil and the ..." State with hatching lines throughout strengthened. The space where "the whole" was is in the inscription is now crossed out with lines. Dark areas on the surface of the overturned table are removed
Description: Title engraved above image.
State from Paulson.
The first plate of four of an election.
Dedication engraved below design: To the Right Honourable Henry Fox, &c,&c,&c. This plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servt. Wm. Hogarth.
Statement of responsibilty with heavily scored through word between "Painted and" and "engraved by Wm. Hogarth."
Provenance: MacDonald; February 1941;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 435 x 558 mm, on sheet 471 x 611 mm
Edition: [State 8].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Hogarth 755.02.24.01.8++ Box 305
Collection Title: Plate 39. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1755
Engravings England London 1755
Etchings England London 1755
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Children
Demonstrations
Eating & drinking
Gin
Intoxication
Musicians
Political elections
Politicians
Smoking
Taverns (Inns)
Subjects: Great Britain > Politics and government > 1714-1760 > Caricatures and cartoons
Children
Demonstrations
Eating & drinking
Gin
Intoxication
Musicians
Political elections
Politicians
Smoking
Taverns (Inns)
England > 1755
England > London > 1755
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership

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