An Election Entertainment, Plate I: Four Prints of an Election
William Hogarth
February 24, 1755
Medium
Etching and engraving; eighth state of eight
Dimensions
sheet: 16 5/16 x 21 3/4 in. (41.5 x 55.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.76
Tags
MenWomenPartyDrinking
About the Artist
William Hogarth · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...