The Polling, Plate III: Four Prints of an Election
William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764
February 20, 1758
Etching and engraving on paper
Image: 16 × 21 in. (40.7 × 53.3 cm)
Plate: 17 7/16 × 22 1/16 in. (44.3 × 56.1 cm)
Sheet: 18 3/4 × 25 1/16 in. (47.7 × 63.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2018.10.7
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, top center margin, in plate: THE POLLING. PLATE III.; inscribed, lower left, in plate: Engrav'd by W..Hogarth & Le Cave; inscribed, lower right, in plate: Published 20 Febry..1758. As the Act directs.-; inscribed, bottom margin, left to right, in plate: 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
Course History
ARTH 48.05, Satire: Art, Politics & Critique, Kristin O'Rourke, Winter 2022
ARTH 48.05, Satire: Art, Politics & Critique, Kristin O'Rourke, Winter 2022
ARTH 48.05, Satire: Art, Politics, & Critique, Kristin O'Rourke, Fall 2022
Provenance
Found in the collection; catalogued, 2018.
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