- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published 20th Febry 1757, as the act directs.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A rural scene with three inns. At "The Portobello" (celebrating the naval victory of 1739 in contrast with the recent loss of Minorca), two veterans sit reminiscing. At "The Excise Office" (the Whig stronghold, its name alluding to Walpole's Excise Bill of 1733) with the sign of the Crown and a rioting crowd; and "The Royal Oak" (recalling Tory support for the Stuart monarchy), its sign partly obscured by the banner of "Punch Candidate for Guzzledown" in which the Treasury is being emptied of money that the candidate throws at voters; in the centre, a young country gentleman is being bribed by agents of both parties, while, to right, a portly candidate buys trinkets from a Jewish pedlar for two young ladies on the balcony of "The Royal Oak"; the landlady counts her bribe under the watchful eye of a soldier while she leans against a carved British lion about to devour the fleur-de-lis of France
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., Second plate in "Four prints of an election"., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication etched below image: To his Excellency Sr. Charles Hanbury Williams embassador to the court of Russia. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth., Second in the series "Four prints of an election"., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand: 1st impression., Sheet trimmed to: 43.3 x 55.5 cm., and Formerly on page 172 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- W. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Riots, Political elections, Taverns (Inns), Smoking, and Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Canvassing for votes. [graphic] / Plate II
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- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published 20th Febry 1757, as the act directs.
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 39K Box 310
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A rural scene with three inns. At "The Portobello" (celebrating the naval victory of 1739 in contrast with the recent loss of Minorca), two veterans sit reminiscing. At "The Excise Office" (the Whig stronghold, its name alluding to Walpole's Excise Bill of 1733) with the sign of the Crown and a rioting crowd; and "The Royal Oak" (recalling Tory support for the Stuart monarchy), its sign partly obscured by the banner of "Punch Candidate for Guzzledown" in which the Treasury is being emptied of money that the candidate throws at voters; in the centre, a young country gentleman is being bribed by agents of both parties, while, to right, a portly candidate buys trinkets from a Jewish pedlar for two young ladies on the balcony of "The Royal Oak"; the landlady counts her bribe under the watchful eye of a soldier while she leans against a carved British lion about to devour the fleur-de-lis of France
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., Second plate in "Four prints of an election"., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication etched below image: To his Excellency Sr. Charles Hanbury Williams embassador to the court of Russia. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth., and Second in the series "Four prints of an election".
- Publisher:
- W. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Riots, Political elections, Taverns (Inns), Smoking, and Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Canvassing for votes. [graphic] / Plate II