Gallery›Wellcome Collection›At a polling booth reserve voters, consisting of an imbecile, a dying man and others proceed up the stairs to take oaths; in the background Britannia sits in a coach that has foundered while the coachman and footman play at cards. Engraving by William Hogarth and Francois Morellon de la Cave, 1758.
At a polling booth reserve voters, consisting of an imbecile, a dying man and others proceed up the stairs to take oaths; in the background Britannia sits in a coach that has foundered while the coachman and footman play at cards. Engraving by William Hogarth and Francois Morellon de la Cave, 1758.
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At a polling booth reserve voters, consisting of an imbecile, a dying man and others proceed up the stairs to take oaths; in the background Britannia sits in a coach that has foundered while the coachman and footman play at cards. Engraving by William Hogarth and Francois Morellon de la Cave, 1758.

William Hogarth

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Lettering: The polling. plate III. engrav'd by W. Hogarth & Le Cave. published 20 Febry 1758. as the act directs. to the honble sr Edward Walpole Knight of the Bath. this plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm Hogarth.

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