The polling. Plate III [graphic] / engrav'd by W. Hogarth & Le Cave.

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Title: The polling. Plate III [graphic] / engrav'd by W. Hogarth & Le Cave.
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Contributor: Cave, François Morellon La, active approximately 1700-1766
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Published / Created: published 20 Febry. 1758 as the act directs
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: [Wm. Hogarth]
Abstract: "A rural scene with a hustings where ailing men are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bottle; in the middle ground a coach bearing the sign of the Union Flag has collapsed, but its female passenger (Britannia) is unable to gain the attention of her coachmen who are absorbed in a card game; beyond, a bridge across a river is crowded with a riotous procession"--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Dedication engraved below image: To the Honble. Sr. Edward Walpole, Knight of the Bath. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., Edinburgh; August 1940; £20 Kinnaird lot. With Kinnaird bookplate; disbound at Yale.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Third in a series Four prints of an election.
Title engraved above image.
Extent: 1 print : etching and engraving, on laid paper ; sheet 43.4 x 50.5 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1758
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1758
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1758
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1714-1760
Subject (Name): Cave, François Morellon La, active approximately 1700-1766
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic): Card games
Carriages & coaches
Crowds
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Political elections
Riots
Steevens, George, 1736-1800

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Orbis Record: 9877721
Object ID (OID): 16030649
More Information: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3309