An election entertainment. [graphic] / Plate IHogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmakerpublished 24th Febry. 1755, as the act directs.engA 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 removedTitle 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."Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 3d impression.Sheet trimmed to: 43.3 x 55.5 cm.Formerly on page 171 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.