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Detail from 'Chairing the Member', by William Hogarth, 1755 (1956). Artist: Unknown

Detail from 'Chairing the Member', by William Hogarth, 1755 (1956). The painting, one of a series of four depicting the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754, shows the victorious Tory candidate being carried in triumph by his supporters. In the foreground, two men, wielding a flail and a club, confront each other. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.

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Title: Detail from 'Chairing the Member', by William Hogarth, 1755 (1956). Artist: Unknown

Caption: Detail from 'Chairing the Member', by William Hogarth, 1755 (1956). The painting, one of a series of four depicting the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754, shows the victorious Tory candidate being carried in triumph by his supporters. In the foreground, two men, wielding a flail and a club, confront each other. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.

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Image size: 3650 × 4784 px | 50.0 MB

Print size: 30.9 × 40.5 cm | 1437.0 × 1883.5 in (300 dpi)

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