Chairing the Members, Plate IV: Four Prints of an Election

Chairing the Members, Plate IV: Four Prints of an Election by William Hogarth|François Antoine Aveline

Medium

Etching and engraving; third state of three

Dimensions

sheet: 16 15/16 x 21 7/8 in. (43 x 55.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932

Accession Number

32.35(214)

Tags

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About the Artist

William Hogarth|François Antoine Aveline · 16971764

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...

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