An Election Entertainment, Plate I: Four Prints of an Election — William Hogarth | DiscoverArt

William Hogarth

An Election Entertainment, Plate I: Four Prints of an Election

February 24, 1755

Etching and engraving; eighth state of eight

41.5 × 55.2 cm (16.3 × 21.7 in)

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