A Country Inn Yard at the Time of an Election, William Hogarth, 1747-1800 (c.)

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. Etching and engraving. Date: 1747-1800 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 169 mm (trimmed); Width: 273 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Country Inn Yard at the Time of an Election (BM Cc,2.145)