Village view with canvassing votes, Canvassing for Votes (title on object), Elections (series title), Four Prints of an Election (series title), Village view with three inns. At the center of the performance, two competing politicians try to bribe a farmer with money and an invitation to dinner at the inn. The candidate on the left invites him to the 'Whig' inn 'The Crown', and the candidate on the right to dinner with the Tories at the inn 'Royal Oak'. Above them hangs a canvas that reads 'Punch Candidate for Guzzledown', showing a candidate emptying the treasury to buy votes. The sign of The Royal Oak with the portrait of Charles II also hangs here. In the background, a crowd of Tories are tearing down The Crown's sign. Below the crown on the signboard reads 'The Excise Office', referring to Robert Walpole's 'Excise Bill' of 1733. On the left, two veterans sit in front of the inn 'Portobello', referring to the Battle of Porto Bello of 1739. On the right, an innkeeper counts her money . She is sitting on the British lion, which is eating a French lily. The woman is watched by an English soldier in the doorway., print maker: Charles Grignion (I), after painting by: William Hogarth, William Hogarth, London, Feb-1757 and/or 1758, paper, etching, engraving, height 436 mm × width 556 mm, print
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