Polls Collection

Southern Democrats forcing black voters to vote the Democratic ticket
SOUTH: FORCED VOTE, 1876. Southern Democrats forcing black voters to vote the Democratic ticket: cartoon published in an American newspaper just before the presidential election of 1876

HOGARTH: ELECTION. Canvassing for Votes. Engraving after the etching by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Van de Polls birdwing butterfly, Troides vandepolli (Amphrysius butterfly, Papilio amphrysius). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Office Girls count the results of the Record Referendum, over 45, 475 received at the offices of the Daily Record, Picture Published 29th November 1976

Office Girl counts the results of the Record Referendum, over 45, 475 received at the offices of the Daily Record, Picture Published 18th November 1976

Caricature illustration of bewildered man holding twin political babies Radical and Tory, by Noel Pocock. Captioned, No Change'

Acts for better maintaining of the purity of elections (litho)
AQS254891 Acts for better maintaining of the purity of elections (litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; eCourtesy

The General Election, announcing the Polls at the Carlton Club (engraving)
1603354 The General Election, announcing the Polls at the Carlton Club (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The General Election)

The General Election (litho)
1600253 The General Election (litho) by Cleaver, Ralph (fl.1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: The General Election, posting the Latest Results)

SUFFRAGE CARTOON, 1920. The Poison and the Antidote. American cartoon by Calvert Smith
SUFFRAGE CARTOON, 1920. The Poison and the Antidote

HARPERs WEEKLY, 1867. The First Vote. Front page of Harpers Weekly, 16 November 1867

Freedmen voting in Richmond, Virginia
RICHMOND: VOTING, 1871. Freedmen voting in Richmond, Virginia, in 1871: wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

Balfours defeat and Churchills victory
The extraordinary turn of the tide at Manchester: Arthur Balfour was beaten in the East Division by Mr T. G

Rise of the Labour Party in Britain by G. H. Davis
The rise of the Labour Party in the British Parliament over the course of 45 years, symbolised as a river growing wider and wider

The advent of women at the polls, 1929
Two sophisticated and fashionable ladies in heels

Freedmen voting in New Orleans in 1867: contemporary engraving
NEW ORLEANS: VOTING, 1867. Freedmen voting in New Orleans in 1867: contemporary engraving

Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1867
THE COLORED VOTER, 1867. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1867

Women voting in an election after the adoption of the 19th (Woman Suffrage) Amendment to the United States Constitution
WOMENs RIGHTS. Women voting in an election after the adoption of the 19th (Woman Suffrage) Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1920: American illustration

Victoria Claflin Woodhull and her sister
SUFFRAGE: WOODHULL SISTERS. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and her sister, Tennessee Claflin, unsuccessfully attempting to vote in New York City on election day, 1871

THE FIRST VOTE, 1867. Freedmen voting in the American South. Color engraving, 1867

HARRISON CARTOON, 1888. An 1888 American cartoon suggesting the coercion of workers by their employers to vote for the Republican presidential candidate, Benjamin Harrison

Opening of the ballot boxes of the polling places in 1871, colored engraving in La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana

Satirical Print, published by George Bickham the Younger, 1741 (etching)
XJF867802 Satirical Print, published by George Bickham the Younger, 1741 (etching) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: BM 1868, 0808.3663); English, out of copyright

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1864. Scene at the polls in the Five Points slum district in New York City on Election Day, 8 November 1864. Contemporary American wood engraving

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1864. Voters procuring tickets at ticket booths in New York City on Election Day, 8 November 1864. Contemporary American wood engraving

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1864. The removal of ballot boxes to the polls, at the fifth precinct police station in New York City on Election Day, 8 November 1864. Contemporary American engraving

Women At The Polls In New Jersey In The Good Old Times, Drawn By Howard Pyle, US, USA, America, United States, American, Engraving 1880, Politics, Political, Politic, Campaign, Patriotic

Artificial nesting shelters and bamboo polls which stop predatory birds from taking the eggs and young of nesting Common Terns. Havergate Island Marsh Suffolk

New Yorkers, predominantly Irish immigrants
NEW YORK: IRISH BALLOTS. New Yorkers, predominantly Irish immigrants, casting their ballots in the 1858 elections at a saloon in Pearl Street: contemporary American engraving

Women voting at the polls in Cheyenne
WOMENs RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Women voting at the polls in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the presidential election of 1888. Contemporary wood engraving

Chinese voting in New York City during the presidential election of 1880
CHINESE IMMIGRANTS VOTING. Chinese voting in New York City during the presidential election of 1880: wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt voting at Hyde Park
THE ROOSEVELTS VOTING. President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt voting at Hyde Park

Black freedmen voting at Washington, D
RECONSTRUCTION, 1867. Black freedmen voting at Washington, D.C. 5 June 1867. Contemporary American wood engraving

The exterior of a polling booth in New York City during the presidential election of 1844
POLLING BOOTH, 1844. The exterior of a polling booth in New York City during the presidential election of 1844. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

The First Vote. Freedmen voting in the American South
FREEDMEN VOTING, 1867. The First Vote. Freedmen voting in the American South. Wood engraving after a drawing by Alfred R. Waud from an American newspaper of 1867

An unidentified woman with her ballot at a voting booth in New York City: oil over a photograph
WOMAN: VOTING, 1920. An unidentified woman with her ballot at a voting booth in New York City: oil over a photograph, 1920

Women at the polls in New Jersey when they were permitted to vote between 1790 and 1807
WOMEN VOTING. Women at the polls in New Jersey when they were permitted to vote between 1790 and 1807. Illustration by Howard Pyle

President and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt voting at Hyde Park, New York, n. d
THE ROOSEVELTS VOTING. President and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt voting at Hyde Park, New York, n.d

Suffrage: Woodhull Sisters
SUFFRAGE: WOODHULL SISTERS. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and her sister, Tennessee Claflin, unsuccessfully attempting to vote in New York City on election day, 1871. Color engraving

Reconstruction, 1870
RECONSTRUCTION, 1870. First municipal election in Richmond since the end of the war - registration of colored voters. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1870

Freedmen Voting, 1867
FREEDMEN VOTING, 1867. Freedmen voting in New Orleans in 1867. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

North Carolina: Vote, 1867
NORTH CAROLINA: VOTE, 1867. Freedmen registering to vote at Asheville, North Carolina, in 1867. Contemporary color engraving

Freedmen Voting, 1871
FREEDMEN VOTING, 1871. Freedmen voting at Richmond, Virginia, in 1871. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

WOMEN VOTING, c1800. Women at the polls in New Jersey when they were permitted to vote between 1790 and 1807. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle (1853-1911)

WOMENs RIGHTS: MUSIC, 1869. Lithograph sheet music cover of an American song satire on the womens suffrage movement, 1869

NEW YORK: ELECTION OF 1870. Scene from the nation-wide election of 1870 in New York City. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

PENNSYLVANIA: VOTING, 1872. Pennsylvania miners voting at their colliery in 1872. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1872

NEW YORK: ELECTION, 1864. A Lincoln and a McClellan supporter coming to blows outside a polling place in a slum district of New York City ( Five Points ) on election day 8 November 1864

WOMEN VOTING, c1800. New Jersey women voting c1800. American engraving, 19th century

ALFRED EMANUEL SMITH (1873-1944). American political leader. Governor Smith, accompanied by his wife, casts his ballot in a 1920 election at Public School No. 3, Oliver & Henry Streets, New York City

CHALLENGING A VOTER, 1872. A prospective voter being challenged at the polls in Ohio in 1872. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1872

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1876. Plantation hands travelling to the polls. A rustic election scene in South Carolina in the presidential election year of 1876. Contemporary American wood engraving

AMERICA: WOMAN VOTER, 1880. A woman attempts to vote in Jersey City, New Jersey, but is foiled by her hair. Line engraving, 1880

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, c1890. The First Patriotic Election in The Beach Street Industrial School, New York City. Photograph, c1890, by Jacob Riis

ILLEGAL VOTERS, 1876. Alleged illegal voters behind bars on Election Day in New York City, 1876. Contemporary American wood engraving

NEW YORK: ELECTION OF 1870. Burning the Democratic Party booths following the election of 1870 in New York. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

FIRST SECRET BALLOT, 1889. The Australian (secret) ballot system in use at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1889. Contemporary American wood engraving

CIVIL WAR: VOTING, 1864. Pennsylvania soldiers voting during the presidential election of 1864. Pencil drawing by A.R. Waud

MERCANTILE LIBRARY, 1871. The annual election at the New York Mercantile Library. Wood engraving, American, 1871

VOTING IN NEW YORK, 1858. New Yorkers, predominantly Irish immigrants, casting their ballots in the 1858 elections at a saloon in Pearl Street. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1858

ELECTIONS: VOTING. The first American use of the Australian--or secret--ballot in the Boston, Massachusetts, election of November 5, 1889. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

SAMUEL GOMPERS (1850-1924). American labor leader. Gompers voting in an election, c1920

KANSAS: EARLY HOUSE, 1854. House in Lawrence, Kansas, built by W.R

BINGHAM: ELECTION, 1852. George Caleb Bingham: The County Election. Oil on canvas, 1852

WOMAN: VOTING, 1920. An unidentified woman with her ballot at a voting booth in New York City, 1920

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1864. Outside a polling place in a fashionable quarter of New York on Election Day, 8 Novmber 1864. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

BOSTON: WOMEN VOTING, 1888. Women voting at the municipal election in Boston on December 11, 1888. Wood engraving from a contemporary newspaper

WOMEN VOTING, 1888. In the municipal election at Boston, Massachusetts, on 11 December 1888. Contemporary color engraving

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1844. The exterior of a polling booth in New York City during the presidential election of 1844. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

AMERICAN VOTING BOOTH. Type of American voting booth generally in use between 1930-70

NEW YORK: ELECTION, 1864. Outside a polling place in a fashionable ward of New York City on presidential election day, 8 November 1864: contemporary colored engraving

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1864. Outside a polling place in a slum district (Five Points) of New York on Election Day, 8 November. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

NEW YORK: ILLEGAL VOTER. Arresting a repeat voter in New York during the election of 1870. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

NORTH CAROLINA: ELECTION. Scene at a mountain election precinct in Swain County. Line engraving from an American newspaper of 1884

NEW YORK CITY: BALLOT, 1844. Men casting their ballots at New York City in the presidential election of 1844. Contemporary English wood engraving

ENGLAND: ELECTION, 1885. Scenes from the general election of 1885 in a rural part of England. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of December 1885

ENGLAND: ELECTION, 1880. The General Election: Reading the Result of the Poll. Wood engraving. English, 1880

ARGENTINA: ELECTION, 1892. Voting under Military Protection in Buenos Aires. Line engraving from an English newspaper of 1892

ENGLAND: VOTING, 1873. Voting by ballot at the election at Taunton, England, in 1873. Wood engravings from a contemporary English newspaper

HOGARTH: ELECTION. The polling. Engraving after the etching by William Hogarth (1697-1794)

FRANCE: SUFFRAGETTES, 1908. French suffragettes protesting at the polls. Illustration from a French newspaper of 1908

Collecting charitable donations and votes
A biddable dog collects money for charity surrounding by a group of little boys in Croydon during the elections of 1909. He is a supporter of Robert Hermon Hodge, MP for Parliament

Voting / General Election
A general election scene in Britain before the introduction of the secret ballot: voters coming to the poll at Westminster

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Capturing the Essence of Democracy: A Glimpse into the World of Polls" In Hogarth's iconic engraving, "Election. Canvassing for Votes, " we witness the fervor and energy surrounding political campaigns as candidates strive to win over voters. Meanwhile, at the VIC ELECTION22 LABOR RECEPTION, a sense of anticipation fills the air as supporters gather to celebrate their chosen party's achievements and await the outcome of the polls. Amidst this political discourse, nature unveils its own poll results with Van de Polls birdwing butterfly, Troides—a majestic creature that captures our imagination and reminds us of the beauty found in diversity. Noel Pocock's caricature illustration portrays a bewildered man holding twin political babies named Radical and Tory. The caption humorously reads "No Change, " highlighting how election outcomes often result in familiar patterns repeating themselves. Yet history tells tales of both defeat and victory. Balfour's defeat contrasts with Churchill's triumph, showcasing how they are shape destinies and alter political landscapes forever. Not limited to politics alone, even office girls play a role in counting results. Whether it be during Record Referendum or General Elections, they diligently tally votes—ensuring accuracy prevails over chaos. Delving further into history reveals intriguing stories like those of Carpet Baggers from late 1860s America—an era characterized by opportunistic politicians seeking personal gain through dubious means—a reminder that not all they can fair or just. Engravings depicting announcements at prestigious clubs such as National Liberal Club or Carlton Club emphasize how elections permeate society on multiple levels—from smoke-filled rooms where decisions are made to lithographs advocating for better electoral practices. Ultimately, these diverse glimpses into various aspects of polling paint a vivid picture—one that showcases democracy's complexity yet underscores its importance in shaping societies worldwide.