Art Institute of Chicago
Election Candidates
James Gillray (English, 1756-1815)LinkedCulture matchlcp-a63a9c259445
- Date
- published May 20, 1807
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 89878
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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- Credit line
- Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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