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Chairing the Members, plate 4 from the series Canvassing for Votes: Four Prints of an Election
Chairing the Members, plate 4 from the series Canvassing for Votes: Four Prints of an Election

Chairing the Members, plate 4 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 1/8 in. (44.1 × 56.2 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 number1975.241
Status
Not on view
More Information
The victorious elected members of Parliament are being paraded on chairs by their constituents. The portly candidate in the foreground, George Bubb Dodington, was actually defeated in the Oxfordshire election. The numerous animal--man parallels in the scene allude to the blind acquiescence of many voters.
Exhibition History
'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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