Looking at William Hogarth's engraving 'An Election Entertainment', this seems like a good image to be reworked for contemporary humour. Created in 1755 to depict party members gathering support for the Whigs who contested the Oxfordshire election in 1754 against the Tory's. It would appear not much has changed in terms of the extravagant, lurid and ludicrous behaviours of politician's, especially during election season. This image is certainly not comfortable viewing, there are messages everywhere about how the people using their tactics. Drinking, fighting, luring, bribing, all crammed into this room, with music being playing, things flying out the window. Creepy expressions on faces, one official looks to have been hit over the head. It looks like chaos.
This image could be reworked to include the current MP's during the illegal meetings of 'Partygate' during the 2020 and 2021 Pandemic lockdowns. Instead of the Inn, it would be the gardens at No.10 Downing Street, MP's, the Prime Minister at the time Boris Johnson all having a jolly time drinking with face masks hanging from an ear, Keep Calm and Stay Home sign by the flower beds, no social distancing as MP's laugh in each other's faces and whispering behind each others back and in the corner getting up to no good behind the rose bushes.
Whilst this research task was not a subject I want to delve into, I did want to have a go at one image to show willingness to look into it.
References:
belltoons.co.uk. 2022. [online] Available at: <https://belltoons.co.uk/> [Accessed 5 October 2022].
Royalacademy.org.uk. 2022. An Election Entertainment (Four Prints of an Election, plate 1) | Works of Art | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts. [online] Available at: <https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/an-election-entertainment-i-four-prints-of-an-election-i-plate-1-1> [Accessed 5 October 2022].
En.wikipedia.org. 2022. Partygate - Wikipedia. [online] Available at: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partygate> [Accessed 5 October 2022].
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