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
Available size
50,0Mb (5,1Mb) / 12,2in x 15,9in / 3650 x 4784 (300dpi)