Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4
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Description
- Title
- Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
- Contributor
- Aveline, François Antoine, 1718-1762?, printmaker.
- Published / Created
- published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and surrounded by a chaotic and disreputable crowd; two chimney boys sit on the church wall, a dancing-bear interferes with a donkey's load and is about to be clubbed by the driver, the one-legged bear-leader (dressed in sailor's clothes) is engaged in a fight with a man swinging a flail, a rifle slung over a monkey's shoulder discharges to the horror of a black serving woman, a sow and her piglets up-end a woman as they charge across the street, a soldier stripped to the waist for a boxing bout is taking tobacco from a wrapper; to right, dishes of food are being carried into an elegant house where victory is being celebrated."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title engraved above image.
State from Paulson.
State with the word "NDINTUR" added to the paper hanging from the upper window on the right. with other design enhancements. See Paulson.
Fourth and final print in a series: Four prints of an election.
Dedication etched below image: To the Honble. George Hay, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, &c,&c. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient, humble servant, Willm. Hogarth.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 2nd impression.
On page 177 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 43.4 x 55.5 cm. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 43.6 x 56 cm, on sheet 47.1 x 62 cm
- Edition
- [State 3].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Plate 42. 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]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1758
Engravings England London 1758
Etchings England London 1758
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic)
-
Politics and government
Bears
Black people
Chimney sweeps
Donkeys
Fighting
Monkeys
Peg legs
Political elections
Riots
Servants
Street musicians
Swine - Subjects
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Great Britain > Politics and government > 1714-1760 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bears
Black people
Chimney sweeps
Donkeys
Fighting
Monkeys
Peg legs
Political elections
Riots
Servants
Street musicians
Swine
England > 1758
England > London > 1758
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9884545
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194136