BIB_ID
288981
Accession number
MA 4981.40
Creator
Crawhall, Joseph, 1821-1896.
Published
[England], 1853.
Credit line
Gift of Kenneth A. Lohf, 1995.
Description
1 print : etching ; 288 x 186 mm
Notes
Part of an album of drawings, letters, engravings, and photographs compiled by Joseph Crawhall. Select items in the album are described in individual records. See MA 4981 for more information.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 23 May 1972, lot 416); Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Northumbria, here represented by a woman in the sky wearing a crown surmounted by buildings and a cathedral, holds scales in each hand to weigh political candidates. Candidates representing "Real Independence" and "PEOPLE" have the most weight, while candidates representing "Aristocracy & Whig Principles" and "Old Tory Aristocracy" appear to be weightless. Onlookers cheer for the winning candidates while others attempt to help down the candidates who are stuck in the air.
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