Voting Collection (page 2)

Some women are able to vote for the first time, Britain, 14 December 1918, (1935). In the General Election on December 14, 1918

Monsieur Gaston Doumergue... has voted!, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Monsieur Gaston Doumergue...has voted!, 1929. M. Doumergue Gaston...A Vote!. French statesman Doumergue Gaston (1863-1937) was President of the French Republic from 1924 to 1931

Father John Murphy leading his tenants to vote in the Clare by-election, Ireland, 1828 (c1890)
Father John Murphy leading his tenants to vote for Irish Catholic political leader Daniel O Connell in the Clare by-election, Ireland, 1828 (c1890)

First ballot that allowed women to vote, polling station in a school in Madrid, legislative elections in October 1933

Santiago Carrillo, voting in the elections in 1977 which would deputy of the Communist Party of Spain

The King Juan Carlos I voting in the referendum on the accession of Spain to OTAN in 1986

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

Chairing the Members, 1758. Artist: F Aviline
Chairing the Members, 1758; the victorious members are being borne by their constituents on chairs through the streets. The scene is chaotic

The Polling, 1758. Artist: Peter La Cave
The Polling, 1758; a polling booth on election day with reserve voters being brought up; one, an old soldier who has lost both arms and a leg; the other an imbecile. Third and final state of the plate

Women at the Polls in New Jersey in the Good Old TImes, from Harpers Weekly, pub. 1880 (lithograph). In 1776 the New Jersey Constitution stated that all inhabitants of this colony, of full age

Emblem for the Harrison & Tyler Presidential Campaign in 1840, 1840
Emblem for the Harrison & Tyler Presidential Campaign in 1840, pub. 1840 (woodcut)

This Has Killed That, 1871, (1946). Artist: Honore Daumier
This Has Killed That, 1871, (1946). In French, Ceci a tuU cela. Woman pointing at a voting urn with the word oui ( yes ) floating above it

Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragettes, in prison dress, 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1918) and her daughter Christabel (1880-1958)

Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. This series of four plates depicts the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754

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

Serving in the Middle East, 1945. Men of a Royal Signals unit record their votes in the General Election of July 1945. From The War Illustrated Volume 9 edited by Sir John Hammerton

A woman recording her vote at the ballot box, c1922. Women over the age of 30 were given the right to vote in Britain for the first time by the Representation of the People Act 1918

Mrs Pankhurst, arrested outside Buckingham Palace, London, 1914, (1935). Emmeline Pankhurst was trying to present a petition to the king

The second general election of 1924 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Benjamin Disraeli introducing his reform bill in the House of Commons, c1867. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and as British Prime Minister

Declaring the result of the poll during the general election, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1880

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

Emmeline Pankhurst arrested by Superintendent Rolfe outside Buckingham Palace, London, May 1914. Mrs Pankhurst (1857-1928) was trying to present a petition to the king

Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette, early 20th century. Born in Manchester from a Radical political background, Emmeline Goulden (1857-1928) married Dr Richard Pankhurst, the Red Doctor

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

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

Degenerate Days!!, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
Degenerate Days!!, 1874. A publican and his customer discuss the forthcoming General Election. After being in power since 1868, the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone

General election, (1874?). Artist: Joseph Swain
General election, (1874?). A shrouded figure holds up the ballot box whilst, in the mists and gloom at the figures feet, the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone

Waiting for the Verdict, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
Waiting for the Verdict, 1865. Lord Derby (left) and Disraeli represent the Conservatives who awaited the verdict of the country following the 1865 General Election

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