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| Keywords: An Election Entertainment.jpg Painting by William Hogarth ca 1755; original title An Election Entertainment from the series known as The Humours of an Election or when engraved Four Prints of an Election Includes famous Give us our Eleven days protest slogan against Gregorian calendar at lower right on black sheet on floor According to Hogarth A Life and a World by Jenny Uglow this was loosely based on the 1754 Oxfordshire elections in which the 1752 calendar change was one of a number of issues brought up by Tory opponents to the Whig candidate for MP the son of George Parker 2nd Earl of Macclesfield who had been influential in passing the calendar law The painting shows a Whig banquet and Give us our Eleven Days is a stolen Tory campaign banner Artwork creator William Hogarth <br /> An Election Entertainment 1754 <br /> technique oil canvas Öl auf Leinwand size cm 100 127 Institution Sir John Soane's Museum London <br /> London object history credit line <br /> Satire accession number http //www allartpainting com/an-election-entertainment-p-6561 html www allartpainting com WGA link 11456 http //www wga hu/art/h/hogarth/elect01 jpg http //www wga hu/html/h/hogarth/elect01 html PD-ART File William_Hogarth_028 jpg painting genre English 1701-1750 Creator William Hogarth PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Hogarth An Election Paintings by William Hogarth Election Soane Museum ¢ Rococo paintings in the United Kingdom Rococo paintings of people 1754 oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom Paintings of banquets Calendars in art Elections in the United Kingdom Gregorian calendars WGA form painting WGA type genre WGA School English WGA time period 1701-1750 | ||||
