The Humours of an Election
Print
ca. 1755 (printed)
ca. 1755 (printed)
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Image depicting a victorious Tory candidate being carried through the streets on a chair. Engraving print on paper.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Etching and engraving |
| Brief description | Print by William Hogarth 'Chairing the Member' from the series 'The Humours of an Election' ca. 1755. |
| Physical description | Image depicting a victorious Tory candidate being carried through the streets on a chair. Engraving print on paper. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Forster |
| Object history | Chairing the Member; After Hogarth's 1755 oil painting of the same name. Single plate from a volume of 217 plates and cuts from Hogarth's paintings and designs, etched and engraved by himself and others. Some of the plates are duplicated showing various states. |
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| Accession number | F.118:80 |
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| Record created | November 9, 2015 |
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