The Election Hoax. “My dear friend... do not think that I have come to ask you for your vote. I respect the independence of opinion too much for that. It is the Baroness who said to me: " Go see that poor Galouzet, tell his little wife that she is neglecting me and that I am angry with her for that. Ask about their lovely children, and say that I absolutely insist on having them over for dinner,” plate 1 from Les Carottes
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 22 × 18.2 cm (8 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 27 cm (14 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- lithograph
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph
About
This work comes from a series of six prints published from March to May 1844 in the illustrated periodical Le Charivari. In each a victim is taken by a clever gambit. Here an ingratiating political candidate appears out of his depth while trying to win his neighbor’s vote with a house call. Not just kissing babies, he has been surrounded by the family’s children and may not emerge with the contents of his pockets intact.
