Canvassing for Votes, Plate II: Four Prints of an Election
William Hogarth|Charles Grignion, I
February 20, 1757
Medium
Etching and engraving; sixth state of six
Dimensions
sheet: 16 7/16 x 21 5/8 in. (41.7 x 55 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.73
Tags
BuildingsMenWomen
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Charles Grignion, I · 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...