The Politician
Dateca. 1822
After work by
William Hogarth
1697 - 1764
Publisher
Jane Hogarth
Engraver
John Keyse Sherwin
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and line engraving
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1972-409,139
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Will.m Hogarth Inv.t/ Etch'd by J.K. Sherwin./ The Politician./ Etch'd from an Original Sketch of W.m Hogarth's, in the Possession of M.r Forrest. Pub'd as the Act directs by Jane Hogarth, 1775./ Od.r?"Provenance1972 [sold, Sotheby’s Belgravia, “18th/19th Century Sporting Prints, Decorative Subjects and Views,” London, England, October 31, 1972, Lot 168]; 1972-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
