Bribe Collection

Death snatches the staff of office from the Judge as he receives a bribe.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Cartoon, Lord Lytton and the drama critic
Cartoon, Lord Lytton (Robert Bulwer-Lytton) insinuates that if you want the good word of a dramatic critic, you should first give him a good supper! 1884

Skeleton of Death showing the hourglass to an Advocate, even as he is being paid off by a Judge in front of a wretched client

Country Inn / Election
Passengers board the coach as it is about to depart. An English sailor prepares to knock off a Frenchmans hat who is dejected at the news of a recent British naval victory Date: 1747

Edgar Wallace entertains a few of his acquaintance 1929
Cartoon by H.M.Bateman, showing businessmen acting in a non Professional manner, probably depicting one of Edgar Wallaces (British author), crime books that he wrote at the time? Date: 1929

Suffragette Doll Votes for Women. A Suffragette doll, complete with dress, hat, spectacles, umbrella and little flag, proclaims, Womens suffrage & Rights is our cry

Cartoon, More Hands Wanted, WW1
Cartoon, More Hands Wanted. Showing Admiral von Tirpitz, Von Gwinner (Deutsche Bank), Kaiser Wilhelm, Von Bethmann-Hollweg and Field Marshal Von der Goltz struggling with the war

Light Unshaded! Blackout rebels bribe official
An Upper Class Party is disturbed by an official complaining about the non-blackout of this London address during WWI. The host is furiously apologising

Bribe takers both. Illustration shows, on the left, a man labeled Tariff Coddled Manufacturer voting with one hand and receiving a bribe in the form of High-Protection Schedule from a large hand

Boss Croker
Richard Boss Croker, Sr. (1843 - 1922) - American politician. As head of the Tammany Hall (the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics)

Electoral Bribery
ELECTORAL PURITY the British voter refuses to accept 5 pounds for his vote - his starting price is 15 pounds

A Liberal Candidate
Show of Hands for a Liberal Candidate. Election satire showing a young candidate being very liberal indeed with his attempt to bribe constituents

Fox Elopes with Hen
A fox elopes with a hen, while a monkey holds the ladder and her luggage, and the sly dog of a concierge counts his bribe

Curius Dentatus
An exemplar of Roman integrity, general Curius Dentatus turns down a bribe

Legal expenses of an election
A cartoon satirising The Ordinary Legal Expenses of an Election

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