The Mock Election
The inspiration for this subject came from the artist’s stay in the King’s Bench Prison for Debt in 1827. Prisoners enacted a ‘masquerade election’ which Haydon watched from his cell. In the picture Haydon includes a number of references alluding to the evils of debt.
This is an oil sketch for a larger painting in the Royal Collection made between 1827 and 1828. This sketch possibly dates from around the time of Haydon’s diary entry for 2 September when he “arranged final colour and Effect of the Election ... I’ll make this picture a brilliant one”.
This is an oil sketch for a larger painting in the Royal Collection made between 1827 and 1828. This sketch possibly dates from around the time of Haydon’s diary entry for 2 September when he “arranged final colour and Effect of the Election ... I’ll make this picture a brilliant one”.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 6/1943/1
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- The Mock Election
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- Chenue
- Period Classification
- George IV (1820-1830)
- Production Town
- Plymouth
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1827
- Production Person Initials
- Benjamin Robert
- Production Person Surname
- Haydon
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
