Canvassing for Votes

"Canvassing for Votes" was the second of a series of four oil paintings, titled "The Humours of an Election", by English painter, engraver, and social critic William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). Completed in 1755, this painting, along with the other three that make up the complete series, is part of the collection of the Soane Museum in London. more

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William Hogarth

William Hogarth (10 November, 1697 – 26 October, 1764) was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures...

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