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1972-409,108, Print
Canvassing for Votes, Plate II
1972-409,108, Print

Canvassing for Votes, Plate II

Dateca. 1822
Artist/Maker William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and line engraving on laid paper
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1972-409,108
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "CANVASSING for VOTES Plate II."
Low margin reads: "Painted by H. Hogarth Engrav'd by C. Grignion/ Published 26.th Feb.ry As the Act directs./ To His Excellency S.r Charles Hanbury Williams Embassador to the Court of RUSSIA. This Plate is most humbly Inscrib'd by his most Obedient humble Servant./ Will.m Hogarth"
Label TextHogarth's copperplates were re-used after his death by his widow, Jane until her death in 1789. They were sold to the print publishers John and Josiah Boydell who published until the Boydell sale in 1818. In 1822, James Heath [THIS EDITION] was in possession of the plates and published at least four bound editions of the plates. For more, see Ronald Paulson, Hogarth's Graphic Works, Third Revised Edition (London: Print Room, 1989), pp. 20-21.