A Country Inn Yard at the Time of an Election, William Hogarth, between 1750 and 1770

Copy of scene in the "old angle in", an inn with the sign of an angel that gives the proprietor as 'toms. Bates', and a stop for coaches on the road to london; in foreground a large woman enters a coach, the man to her left helps her in with a hand on her round backside, a man with a protruding belly stands waiting, behind him a boy holds out a hat for tips; to the left a refreshment seller yells out advertising her goods, two drunken guests lean out from a window above with a pipe and a horn, and two figures embrace in the doorway below, the watchdog lies asleep in his kennel on the right; a crowd of election campaigners at the far end of the inn; after hogarth; without publication line. C. 1760 etching and engraving. Date: between 1750 and 1770. Dimensions: Height: 249 mm; Width: 352 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Country Inn Yard at the Time of an Election (BM 1871,1209.2817)