[European politicians bribing voters] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [European politicians bribing voters]
Subject: Voter Intimidation; Politics; Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see a politician bribing a voter. The politician is on the right and hands the man on the left a piece of paper that reads “vote … B”, and a small bag of money. In this chapter Gulliver talks with the king of Brobdingnag about English traditions. Gulliver tells the king about diplomacy, religion, the justice system, the arts, the financial system, and the nobility, then debated these issues with the king. This image comes when Gulliver is discussing the corrupt political atmosphere and the election of officials. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator);Breviere (Illustrator);Francais (Illustrator); Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21639
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21639_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Voter Intimidation; Politics; Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels