Corruption Collection (page 2)

The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Mauling Each Other, 1827

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

The Circle of Corrupt Officials: The Devils Tormenting Ciampolo, from Dantes Inferno, Canto XXII, ca. 1825-27

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

The Babylon Harlot seated on the Seven-Headed Beast, from the Apocalypse. n. d
The Babylon Harlot seated on the Seven-Headed Beast, from the Apocalypse.n.d

The Corrupt Judge, 1565-73. Creator: Battista del Moro
The Corrupt Judge, 1565-73

What are You Laughing at? To the Victor Belong the Spoils (from Harpers Weekly), November 25, 1871

Le Jeu Ne Vaut Pas La Chandelle (The Game is Not Worth a Candle), 1881-83. 1881-83
Le Jeu Ne Vaut Pas La Chandelle (The Game is Not Worth a Candle), 1881-83

Thou Art the Brightest Jewel in My Crown, reprinted 1880-95. reprinted 1880-95
Thou Art the Brightest Jewel in My Crown, reprinted 1880-95

Introduction, November 30, 1793. November 30, 1793. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Introduction, November 30, 1793

The Devonshire, or Most Approved Method of Securing Votes, April 12, 1784

Dedicated to the Newly Created E-l of L-nsd-le, May 11, 1784. May 11, 1784
Dedicated to the Newly Created E-l of L-nsd-le, May 11, 1784

The Champion of the People, March 11, 1784. March 11, 1784. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Champion of the People, March 11, 1784

The Holy Friar, May 6, 1807. May 6, 1807. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Holy Friar, May 6, 1807

A Rough Sketch of the Times as Deleniated by Sir Francis Burdett, [May 9, 1810], reissued 1819

A Rough Sketch of the Times as Deleniated by Sir Francis Burdett, 1810. 1810
A Rough Sketch of the Times as Deleniated by Sir Francis Burdett, 1810

The Flower of the City, April 10, 1809. April 10, 1809. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Flower of the City, April 10, 1809

The Champion of Oakhampton, Attacking the Hydra of Gloucester Place, March 15, 1809

Warren Hastings, c1790, (1890). Creator: Unknown
Warren Hastings, c1790, (1890). Warren Hastings (1732-1818) English statesman, first Governor of Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), head of Supreme Council of Bengal

Have you a precedent of this Commission? I believe not any, c1820. Creator: Unknown
Have you a precedent of this Commission? I believe not any, c1820. Satirical cartoon showing British judge John Scott, Earl of Eldon, holding a telescope and a bag of money

Jonathan Wilds House, 1813, (1925). Creator: Unknown
Jonathan Wilds House, 1813, (1925). View of the house which was once the residence of extortionist Jonathan Wild (1682-1725), in Old Bailey, London

The bribe. Private Collection

The Middlesex election, 1775. Artist: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm
The Middlesex election, 1775. A citizen records his vote at a polling station. A fat man brandishes a knife. On the left a frightened citizen is being hustled to the booth by a man brandishing

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

The Atlas of the Landed Interest, 1784. Thomas Powys, MP for Northamptonshire, carries a large bale representing the interests of the landowners

Innocence betrayed, or the journey to London, plate I of The Harlots Progress, 1732; shows Mary Hackabout arriving at the Bell Inn, Wood Street, London

Marriage a la Mode, 1745; plate III. Artist: Bernard Baron
Marriage a la Mode, 1745; plate III. The nobleman is in the house of Dr Misaubin, no 96 St Martins Lane. He threatens the quack with his cane for having prescribed pills which proved ineffective in

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

Summer camp of the Hitler Youth, Germany, 1936. Founded in 1922, the Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organisation for boys aged 14 and over

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

Odo Bishop of Bayeaux, Earl of Kent, Taken Prisoner by his Brother William the Conqueror, c1787
Odo Bishop of Bayeaux and Earl of Kent, Taken Prisoner by his Brother William the Conqueror, for illegally amassing immense sums of the Public Money, c1787

The Rakes Progress - The Arrest, c1735, (1904). Artist: William Hogarth
The Rakes Progress - The Arrest, c1735, (1904). From the collection of the Sir John SoaneAEs Museum, London. From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection, c1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection, c1743. The nobleman is in the house of Dr Misaubin, no 96 St Martins Lane. He threatens the quack with his cane for having prescribed pills which proved

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

The trial of Warren Hastings, 1788-1795 (1905). Warren Hastings was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal)

The Lords against all England, The political drama, 19th century. Or a slap-up match between the Tories for curruption, and the Whigs for Reform, at the Lords Cricket ground

The Sabbath, 16th century (1849). Artist: A Bisson
The Sabbath, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original manuscript illustration held by the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

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

Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), c 18th century. Artist: E Hader
Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), c 18th century. The Borgias were a Spanish royal family remembered today for their corrupt rule of the Papacy during the Renaissance

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