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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published 20 Febry 1758, as the act directs.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 41. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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:
- Title engraved above image., Third state with the words 'Milicia Bill' on the coat pocket of the crippled voter in the left foreground., Third in a series Four prints of an election., 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.6 x 55.9 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 41 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Card games, Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Political elections, and Riots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The polling. [graphic] / Plate III