An Election Entertainment, by William Hogarth

An image of An Election Entertainment, Plate I. Four Prints of an Election. Hogarth, William (British, 1697-1764). Etching, engraving, 1754-1755. Production Note: State VI/VIII.

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An Election Entertainment, Plate I. Four Prints of an Election. Hogarth, William (British, 1697-1764). Etching, engraving, 1754-1755. Production Note: State VI/VIII.

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Accession Number: 22.K.3-30
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 804 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 229.43kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2015:04:20 16:33:30

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