Election Candidates

Prints and Drawings

published May 20, 1807

James Gillray (English, 1756-1815)
published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818)

Despite its jovial hand coloring, James Gillray’s response to the 1807 parliamentary election in the district of Westminster caricatures real candidates with ruthlessness. Here Gillray implied that the winner, the radical Sir Francis Burdett, had extra help. Burdett becomes the goose atop the pole, supported by a demonic figure with a pitchfork, while the agitated constituency below degenerates into a mob.

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Artist: James Gillray
Title: Election Candidates
Place: England (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Published 1807
Medium: Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 31.5 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 36 × 25.8 cm (14 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 36.8 × 28.7 cm (14 1/2 × 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee
Reference Number: 1928.1282
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