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His first wife, Sarah, and eldest son, Newton, who died when 4 years old. (George Caleb Bingham, ca 1841) In 1836, the year Missouri expanded with the Platte Purchase of former Native American territory (thus violating the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which had led to the state's creation), 25-year-old Bingham married 18-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Hutchison (1818–1848), who bore him four ...
An Election Entertainment from The Humours of an Election series, 1755. The painting depicts a tavern dinner organised by the Whig candidates, while the Tories protest outside. The Tories are carrying an antisemitic caricature of a Jew, a reference to Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753 recently passed by the Whig government.
The first painting made for the Election Series shows the voting process in Missouri. [32] The County Election depicts a variety of people from several different social classes, such as young boys playing a game, two men talking about the election happening around them, and a mass of men walking up the stairs to vote. [33]
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A New York Times analysis published Sept. 25 suggests, based on current polling, the Republican electoral advantage could be down to just 0.7 points this year. This means any poll that shows a tie ...
The last painting of Bingham's Election Series, The Verdict of the People tells the end of the story represented in the series. Within this painting, Bingham hid several political motives and ideas similar to the rest of the Election Series. Historians [1] say the painting depicts public reaction to a likely proslavery candidate's election victory.
Election Day in Philadelphia is a genre painting of a "bustling streetscape" on Chestnut Street outside Independence Hall. [3] Highlights include a parade towing an election float shaped like a longboat, a man pasting flyers on a wall, a brawl spilling out of a tavern, a drunk sprawled in the gutter, children and dogs playing in the street, and many groups of men and women in animated discussion.
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