Painting by William Hogarth, ca. 1755; original title: "An Election Entertainment", from the series known as "The Humours of an Election" or (when engraved) "Four Prints of an Election".

Includes famous "Give us our Eleven days" protest slogan against Gregorian calendar at lower right (on black sheet on floor).

According to Hogarth: A Life and a World by Jenny Uglow, this was loosely based on the 1754 Oxfordshire elections, in which the 1752 calendar change was one of a number of issues brought up by Tory opponents to the Whig candidate for MP (the son of George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, who had been influential in passing the calendar law). The painting shows a Whig banquet, and "Give us our Eleven Days" is a stolen Tory campaign banner.

An Election Entertainment
Artist	William Hogarth  (1697–1764)       Description English-British painter and engraver Date of birth/death 10 November 1697  25 October 1764 Location of birth/death London London Work location London, Chiswick Authority file : Q171344 VIAF: 17268409 ISNI: 0000000120993749 ULAN: 500004242 LCCN: n80126106 NLA: 35201047 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q171344
Title	English: An Election Entertainment Deutsch: Gemäldeserie »Wahlzyklus«, Szene: Das Bankett
Series title	Humours of an Election
Object type	painting
Genre	genre art
Depicted people	Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet
Date	1754 date QS:P571,+1754-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	English: oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 Deutsch: Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions	height: 100 cm (39.3 in); width: 127 cm (50 in) dimensions QS:P2048,100U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,127U174728
Collection	Sir John Soane's Museum    Native name Sir John Soane's Museum Location London Coordinates 51° 31′ 01.57″ N, 0° 07′ 00.89″ W   Established 1837  Website Soane Museum, London Authority file : Q2060860 VIAF: 153039965 ISNI: 0000000121877918 ULAN: 500301982 LCCN: n85260825 NLA: 36571109 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q2060860
Current location	Deutsch: London
Accession number	SM P53 (Sir John Soane's Museum)
Inscriptions	Give us our Eleven days
Notes	Deutsch: Satire
References	Web Gallery of Art, searchable fine arts image database  Art UK artwork ID: an-election-1-the-entertainment-123981
Source/Photographer	www.allartpainting.com Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/h/hogarth/elect01.html"
Permission (Reusing this file)	PD-ART
Other versions	File:William_Hogarth_028.jpg

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