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An Election Entertainment

1755
18th century
434 x 555 mm (17.1 x 21.9 in.)

William Hogarth, British (English), (1697–1764)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching and engraving on laid paper

State: Eighth of eight states

Print impression quality: Good

Series: Number 1 from set of four prints The Election

Edition: Dated February 1755

Bibliography: Paulson 198 viii/viii.

Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richards, 1962

Accession Number: 1962.34.2.1

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political satire, politics, satire*, series (groups)*

political satire
politics
satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
series (groups) - Use for related publications issued successively, especially those bearing a collective as well as an individual title; and, in the visual arts, for groups of works by a single artist having a specific and purposeful relation among the works. [March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'series'; alternate term added; descriptor moved. January 1991 scope note added.]

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plate Dimensions: 434 x 555 mm (17.1 x 21.9 in.)

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William Hogarth, British (English), (1697–1764) . An Election Entertainment, 1755. From The Election. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Eighth of eight states. plate : 434 x 555 mm (17.1 x 21.9 in.). DAC accession number 1962.34.2.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richards, 1962. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .

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