Painting

Sir John Soane's Museum, London

A detailed satirical depiction of electoral treating at an inn, partly inspired by the highly controversial issues and events of the Oxfordshire election of 1754, and the first in the sequence of four paintings in Hogarth's Election series. For a full description, see https://collections.soane.org/object-p53

Sir John Soane's Museum; Museum Number: P53

Image copyright Sir John Soane's Museum, London

Candidate: Philip Wenman
Candidate: James Dashwood
Candidate: Thomas Parker
Candidate: Edward Turner
Constituency: Oxfordshire
date: 1754
date: 1755
Election: Apr-1754
keyword: Oil Painting
keyword: Painting
maker: William Hogarth
materials: Oil on Canvas
place: Oxford
place: Oxfordshire