Note 1 — CATALOGUE OF HOGARTH'S PRINTS.[1] (continued 3)

I learn from The Grub-street Journal for June 13, 1734, that the same subject had been attempted by an earlier hand, under the title of The Humours of a Country Election. The description of some of the compartments of this work (which I have not seen) bears particular resemblance to the scenes represented by Hogarth. "The candidates very complaisant to a Country Clown, &c."—"The candidates making an entertainment for the electors and their wives.—At the upper end of the table the Parson of the Parish, &c."