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The Polling, plate 3 from the series Canvassing for Votes: Four Prints of an Election
The Polling, plate 3 from the series Canvassing for Votes: Four Prints of an Election

The Polling, plate 3 from the series Canvassing for Votes: Four Prints of an Election

Artist/Maker (English, 1697–1764)
Date1758
MediumEtching and engraving
DimensionsImage: 17 3/8 × 22 in. (44.1 × 55.9 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 24 7/8 in. (48 × 63.2 cm)
Credit LineAnnie A. Wager Bequest
PortfolioCanvassing for Votes: Four Prints of an Election
Object number1975.240
Status
Not on view
More Information
On election day, the reserve voters – the maimed, the blind, the mentally incompetent, and the dying – are brought to the polling booth. The two candidates sit on chairs at the back of the booth.
Exhibition History
William Hogarth: Master of Graphic Social Satire
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 17, 1978 - December 17, 1978 )
'A more new way of proceeding': Representation and Narrative in the Art of William Hogarth
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 23, 1995 - May 29, 1995 )
Wit and Wisdom: Political and Social Satire in the Prints of Hogarth, Goya, and Daumier
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 27, 2022 - December 23, 2022 )
Collections
  • European
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