The polling. [graphic] / Plate III

Description

Title: The polling. [graphic] / Plate III
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Cave, François Morellon La, active approximately 1700-1766, printmaker.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: published 20 Febry 1758, as the act directs.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth.
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.
Plate 41 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 43.9 x 55.9 cm, on sheet 47.2 x 61.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Plate 41. 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]