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William Hogarth
1697-1764
The polling / engrav'd by W. Hogarth & Le Cave.
engraving
image: 15 11/16 x 21 1/8 inches (398 x 537 mm); sheet: 17 x 22 inches (432 x 559 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1226
Published:
[London] : Published 20 Febry. 1758. As the Act directs, [1758]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
With the words "Plate III" following caption title.
Dedication 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.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Summary:
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.
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