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1972-409,109, Print
The Polling, Plate III
1972-409,109, Print

The Polling, Plate III

Dateca. 1822
Artist/Maker William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and line engraving on laid paper
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1972-409,109
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "THE POLLING. Plate III."
Lower margin reads: "Engrav'd by W.m Hogarth & Le Cave/ Published 20 Feb.ry 1758, as the Act directs/ To the Hon.ble S.r Edward Walpole Knight of the BATH. 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.