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| Title |
Four Prints of an Election
Plate II, Canvassing For Votes |
| Artist |
Charles Grignion (after William Hogarth) |
| Date |
1757 (reprinted c. 1822) |
| Medium |
Etching and engraving |
| Location |
The Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections,
Northwestern University |
The headquarters of each party are located in taverns. At
the Tory headquarters on the right a large sign proclaims:
'Punch Candidate for Guzzlledown' (a satire of the Whigs,
which shows bribes pouring from the British treasury). In
the far background, a Tory crowd storms Whig headquarters,
while a farmer passing through the hamlet is offered bribes
by representatives of both camps.
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