Detail from 'Chairing the Member', by William Hogarth, 1755 (1956). Artist: Unknown
Title

Detail from 'Chairing the Member', by William Hogarth, 1755 (1956). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Detail from 'Chairing the Member', by William Hogarth, 1755 (1956). The painting, one of a series of four depicting the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754, shows the victorious Tory candidate being carried in triumph by his supporters. In the foreground, two men, wielding a flail and a club, confront each other. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1956

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C53_054

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

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