Humours of an Election
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The Humours of an Election is a series of four oil painting and later engravings by William Hogarth that illustrate the election of a member of parliament in Oxfordshire in 1754. The oil paintings were created in 1755. The first three paintings, An Election Entertainment, Canvassing for Votes and The Polling, demonstrate the corruption endemic in parliamentary elections in the 18th century, before the Great Reform Act, and the last painting, Chairing the Member, shows the celebrations of the victorious Tory candidate and his supporters. The originals are held by Sir John Soane's Museum.
[edit] The Humours of an Election
 An Election Entertainment, The Humours of an Election series, 1755 (Includes famous "Give us our Eleven days" protest against the adoption of the Gregorian calendar at lower right.) |
 Canvassing for Votes, The Humours of an Election series, 1755 |
 The Polling, The Humours of an Election series, 1755 |
 Chairing the Member, The Humours of an Election series, 1755 |
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