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Honest voters trying to elect their officers in front of the house

Creator:
Kimball, Charles P. (Charles Proctor), 1821-1894
Published / Created:
[186-?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 385
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Alternative Title:
Ballot box stuffers, electing their men behind the house
Description:
Cartoon, with two panels. and Title from caption of top panel of cartoon.
Publisher:
Noisy Carriers 64 & 66 Long Wharf
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Elections, and Corrupt practices
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Honest voters trying to elect their officers in front of the house

2.
Ready mony the prevailing candidate, or The humours of an election [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1727]
Call Number:
727.00.00.02
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Print shows on the left, a statue of Justice in a niche beneath which a candidate, doffing his hat, offers a purse of money to a voter who replies, "Twill scarce pay, make it twenty more", beside them a gentleman points to the statue saying "Regard Justice" to another carrying a bundle on his shoulder who replies, "We fell out, I lost money by her". In the centre, in front of a large crowd are two candidates, both waving their hats, slip coins into two of the many pockets of a voter's coat; one candidate says, "Sell not your Country" and the voter replies, "No Bribery but Pocketts are free". Further to the right another candidate, saying "Accept this small acknowledgment", offers a purse to a gentleman who grovels on the ground for coins that have been thrown down by the prevailing candidate, from his position on a chair supported by poles on the shoulders of four men. On the right, a statue of Folly in a niche empties bags of coins; before the statue is an altar on which a fire burns, a candidate kneels at its base imploring, "Help me Folly or my Cause is lost"; to the left of the altar, is a butcher crying "See here, see here" and to the right, a classical philosopher, saying "Let not thy right hand know what thy left does", puts his hand behind him to received a bribe from a young man. Beyond is a tavern outside the landlord, wearing horns, calls out "He kist my Wife he has my Vote"; outside the tavern hangs the sign of a bottle with a large globe attached
Alternative Title:
Ready money the prevailing candidate, or The humours of an election and Humours of an election
Description:
Title engraved above image., Satire on corrupt elections, particularly that of 1727, set in a country town with several candidates bribing voters., Three columns of verse below: The Laws, against Brib'ry Provision may make ... Contemn Gilded Baits, & Elect Men of Merit., Price following imprint: "Pr. 6 pence.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold at the Print Shop in Grays Inn
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Corrupt practices, Corruption, Crowds, Justice, Political elections, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ready mony the prevailing candidate, or The humours of an election [graphic].