An Election Entertainment, plate one from Four Prints of an Election
William Hogarth
1757/58
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 40 × 54 cm (15 3/4 × 21 5/16 in.); Plate: 43.7 × 55.9 cm (17 1/4 × 22 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44.9 × 58 cm (17 11/16 × 22 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80830
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...