Print: 'Canvassing for Votes' by William Hogarth Cork A cloth backing ensured that

A cloth backing ensured that maps would not crease and tear when repeatedly unfolded in use

Jencks maps out the ups and downs of the movement

that align to create a stylised flower form and give a sense of movement when worn

Original sketches from Soane’s long and varied architectural career will be on display throughout the evening including rarely seen sketches in Soane’s own hand

Print: 'Canvassing for Votes' by William Hogarth Cork A cloth backing ensured thatThis is the second painting from William Hogath's An Election series, which hangs in Sir John Soane's Museum Picture Room. The innkeeper's wife counts the profit on the entertainment while gifts are offered to female relatives of voters, seeking their influence. A young man accepts two bribes at once. The inn sign suggests the money comes from appropriated public funds. The four paintings in Hogarth's final 'modern moral subject' series was first