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Title

The County Election

Description

Painting of white men voting by attestation in a local election

Bibliographic Citation

https://reynoldahouse.emuseum.com/objects/163/the-county-election

Creator

George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879)

Type

image

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Source

https://reynoldahouse.emuseum.com/objects/163/the-county-election

Original Item

sjsu-library.github.io

Identifier

unionist--image-0307

IIIF Manifest

https://sjsu-library.github.io/unionist/img/derivatives/iiif/unionist--image-0307/manifest.json

Category

Image

Related Transcription

unionist--text-0308; unionist--text-0313

Location of Related Text in Issue

1834-04-10 p.02.08; 1834-04-10 p.02.13 1834-04-10 p.02.13

Caption

This famous painting captures the chaos of voting prior to the ballot becoming secret. Note the uniform gender and race of the participants, and the various degrees of seriousness with which they are undertaking the solemn duty of voting.