Bribery Collection

Man Chooses a Young Woman, 1600. Creator: Jacob Matham
Man Chooses a Young Woman, 1600

Seule manière de faire poser un enfant avec fruit.. 1847. Creator: Honore Daumier
Seule maniere de faire poser un enfant avec fruit.. 1847. The only way to make a child pose with fruit. Series: Les Papas, no. 15; Periodical: Le Charivari, 24 August 1847

The Finsbury Election: the Hustings on Clerkenwell-Green: the Nominations, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Finsbury Election: the Hustings on Clerkenwell-Green: the Nominations, 1857. At the close of the poll at four o'clock at least 10

Allegory of Avarice, 1507. Creator: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)
Allegory of Avarice, 1507. Found in the Collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

The Triumph of Boodle, from Boodle, n.d. Creator: Joseph Keppler
The Triumph of Boodle, from Boodle, n.d

Avarice. A miniature with scenes of banking. Artist: Master of the Cocharelli Codex (active ca 1330)
Avarice. A miniature with scenes of banking. Found in the collection of British Library

Balfours Irrepressible Donkey, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Balfours Irrepressible Donkey, 1888. Arthur James Balfour was the Chief Secretary for Ireland at the beginning of 1888 in Lord Salisburys Conservative administration.The cartoon is accompanied by a

The Judge. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
The Judge

Peaceable Kingdom, c. 1834. Creator: Edward Hicks
Peaceable Kingdom, c. 1834

Penns Treaty with the Indians, c. 1840 / 1844. Creator: Edward Hicks
Penns Treaty with the Indians, c. 1840/1844

Canvassing for Votes, Plate II: Four Prints of an Election, February 20, 1757

A Brace of Public Guardians, July 10, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Brace of Public Guardians, July 10, 1800

The Ceremony of Investiture of My Ld Smth with the Order of Cabbage-hood, ca
The Ceremony of Investiture of My L**d S**m**th with the Order of Cabbage-hood, ca. June 1819

Ogni cosa vince l oro, ca. 1590-95. Creator: Agostino Carracci
Ogni cosa vince l oro, ca. 1590-95

Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors, 1732-92

Susanna and the Elders, 1622-60. Creator: Augustin Medow
Susanna and the Elders, 1622-60

Killing with Kindness, October 1, 1799. October 1, 1799. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Killing with Kindness, October 1, 1799

Corruption. Miniature from Le livre appelle Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 1460s. Found in the Collection of Bibliotheque de l Arsenal

God save great George our King, c1820. Creator: Unknown
God save great George our King, c1820. Satirical cartoon; a man wearing a dukes coronet and horns (representing cuckolding) supports George IV in return for a dukedom

Away with her, and waft her hence ---, c1820. Creator: Unknown
Away with her, and waft her hence ---, c1820. Satirical cartoon with a quote from Shakespeares " Henry VI, Part III", showing Queen Caroline being offered a bribe of £ 50

The bribe. Private Collection

Kaw Jack have Canada or to the Tower... 1763. John Wilkes seated, with staff and cap of liberty. The Earl of Bute, with devils tail and wings, offers him an inscribed stick and a bribe of money

Canvassing for votes, 1757. Artist: Charles Grignion
Canvassing for votes, 1757; scene with two country innkeepers, agents for their respective parties, are here dropping money into the hands of a rustic freeholder

Congratulations to the boss, 1867. Private Collection

Khlestakov. Illustration for comedy The Government Inspector by N. Gogol. Found in the Collection of State Museum Abramtsevo Estate, near Moscow

The Flatterers. Artist: Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger (1564-1638)
The Flatterers. Private Collection

The Judgment of Cambyses (left panel), 1498. Artist: David, Gerard (ca. 1460-1523)
The Judgment of Cambyses (left panel), 1498. Found in the collection of the Groeningemuseum, Bruges

Avarice, ca. 1600. Artist: Anonymous
Avarice, ca. 1600. From a private collection

Allegorical caprice. The Avarice, 1852. Artist: Lucas Velazquez, Eugenio (1817-1870)
Allegorical caprice. The Avarice, 1852. Found in the collection of the Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid

Arrival of a voivode, 1907. Artist: Ivanov, Sergei Vasilyevich (1864-1910)
Arrival of a voivode, 1907. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Poster for the play The Bribery, 1920s. Artist: Bulanov, Dmitry Anatolyevich (1898-1942)
Poster for the play The Bribery, 1920s. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The Flaying of the Corrupt Judge Sisamnes (right panel), 1498. Artist: David, Gerard (ca. 1460-1523)
The Flaying of the Corrupt Judge Sisamnes (right panel), 1498. Found in the collection of the Groeningemuseum, Bruges

Police Commissarys Reception Room the Night Before a Holiday, 1837. Artist: Fedotov, Pavel Andreyevich (1815-1852)
Police Commissarys Reception Room the Night Before a Holiday, 1837. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Curius Dentatus refusing the Magnificent Gift offered by the Samnites, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Curius Dentatus refusing the Magnificent Gift offered by the Samnites, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

An Election Won By Bribery, 1727, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

The Prison Window, 1857, (1917). Artist: John Phillip
The Prison Window, 1857, (1917). Painting held at the Tate, London. From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

The Election: Canvassing for Votes, 1754-1755, (c1915). Artist: William Hogarth
The Election: Canvassing for Votes, 1754-1755, (c1915). The painting held by Sir John Soanes Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney

Canvassing for Votes, Plate II from The Humours of an Election, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
Canvassing for Votes, Plate II from The Humours of an Election, 1757. This series of four plates depicts the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754

Canvassing for votes, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
Canvassing for votes, 1757. Two country innkeepers, agents for their respective parties, are here dropping money into the hands of a rustic freeholder

Evangelina Cossio (1877-1970), c1910
Evangelina Cossio (1877-1970), (c1910). During the Cuban War of Independence in 1896-98 her imprisonment as a rebel and escape from a Spanish jail in Cuba

King James II receiving the French bribe, c1902. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume III (c1902)

The Tribute Money, 1518, (1937). Artist: Titian
The Tribute Money, 1518, (1937). A print from Titian Paintings and Drawings, introduction by Hans Tietze, Phaidon Press, Vienna, 1937

The hoarders and wasters. Illustration to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1857. Artist: Dore, Gustave (1832-1883)
The hoarders and wasters. Illustration to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1857. From a private collection

French Workers, You have the Key to the Camps, 1940-1944. Propaganda poster of the Vichy Government encouraging French workers to volunteer to work in German factories in return for which the Nazis

Samson and Delilah, c1609-1610. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Samson and Delilah, c1609-1610. Samson, the Jewish hero, fell in love with Delilah. She was bribed by the Philistines, and discovered that his strength came from his hair which had never been cut

The exhortations, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
The exhortations, 1819-1823. Plate 16 of Proverbs, published in 1864. The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

Riches (Divitiae), ca. 1600. Artist: Mallery, Karel van (1571-c. 1635)
Riches (Divitiae), ca. 1600. From a private collection

Scene from Shakespeares Richard III, (1591), c1858. Artist: Robert Dudley
Scene from Shakespeares Richard III, (1591) c1858. Richard III gives Sir James Tyrrell the order to kill the sons of Edward IV, the Princes in the Tower, with the inducement say it is done

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