Thought for the day

[shewhomust]

The fourth and final picture in William Hogarth's Humours of an Election (click for a larger view) shows the successful Tory candidate being carried through the town in a chair, from which he is about to fall, because his bearers have run into a fight in the street. Meanwhile, a family of pigs seem to have emerged from under the chair and are rushing across the scene.

Thank you, Mr Hogarth.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Hogarth was a genius and you can still pick his prints up at quite a reasonable price.

[shewhomust]

We enjoyed the mini-exhibition at the Sir John Soane museum - and this one seemed very timely!