Election Collection (page 5)

Mr Gladstone Addressing the Crowd from the Balcony, late 19th century. After the Midlothian Victory at Lord Roseberys House, George Street, Edinburgh

The Duke of Newcastle and Lord Holland, 1761 (c1905). Satirical electioneering card. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

Aristodemus, being elected King of Crete, is crowned by the venerable Sages, 1777. Artist: W Walker
Aristodemus, being elected King of Crete, is crowned by the venerable Sages, 1777. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1777

Reading election results in the ewspaper, Paris, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th May 1902

The Conclave, 1903. The meeting held to elect a new pope after the death of the Pope Leo XIII, (1810-1903); Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, (1835-1914), Italian cardinal is elected Pope Pius X

Mid-Lent, election of the Queen of the Queens, 1900. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Mid-Lent, election of the Queen of the Queens, 1900. Old Parisian custom of electing at Mi-Careme (mid-Lent) a Queen of Paris from Queens chosen by each of the 20 arrondissements, or wards, in Paris

The Conscripts of 1892, (1892). Artist: Henri Meyer
The Conscripts of 1892, (1892). A print from the Le Petit Journal, 5th March 1892

Ravenna on election day
The Piezza del Populo, Ravenna, on election day

The Election: The Polling, 18th-19th century. Plate II of a series of four illustrations. An old soldier tenders his oath but is challenged by an advocate as, having lost his right hand

William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, 1896. McKinley (1843-1901) on the front porch of his house in Canton, Ohio, receiving congratulations on his election

Universal Suffrage, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Universal Suffrage, 1893. Universal suffrage (also general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to all adults, without distinction as to race, sex, belief

After the election, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
After the election, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 2nd September 1893

The July Revolution, France, 1848: election of the President of the Republic, December, 1848. Taking the ballot boxes to the Hotel de Ville, Paris

Campaign for Womens Suffrage in Belgium, 1908. Belgian suffragettes upsetting a ballot box in their fight for votes for women. From Le Petit Journal (Paris, 17 May 1908)

A Brave Lady, 1872. Voting at the local elections had been open to women rate-payers since 1869. Punch here takes a sardonic look at the ability of women to cast a thoughtful and considered vote

A Good Beginning 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Good Beginning.. 1872. The new Ballot Bill had recently been passed into law and here Britannia drops a slight curtsey to the lanky figure of the Ballot. The man to the left is Hugh Childers

A Still Bigger Claimant, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Still Bigger Claimant, 1872. John Bull, the representative of the British people, is dwarfed by a huge American claim. The claim is being inflated by the representative of the American

The Cut Direct, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Cut Direct, 1888. The Democrat President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was fighting for re-election. The young lady on the right offering the Fisheries Treaty will not

Cobdens Logic, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
Cobdens Logic, 1863. Cobden, MP for Manchester, made a speech in neighbouring Rochdale in which, on the one hand he condemned the British proletariat for their illiteracy, yet, on the other hand

The Old Real Reformer, 1859. There was No Stopping the Slave-trade until I made it Felony, and so it will be with Election Bribery

Pinback button for Channing Phillips presidential campaign, 1968. Creator: Unknown
A metal and plastic pinback button produced during the campaign of African-American minister, civil rights leader and social activist Channing E. Phillips (1928-1987)

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