“Act as if the whole election depended on your single vote, and as if the whole Parliament (and therein the whole nation) on that single person whom you now choose to be a member of it.” John Wesley from A word to a Freeholder, 1748. From the series Great

Gerald McLaughlin, "Act as if the whole election depended on your single vote, and as if the whole Parliament (and therein the whole nation) on that single person whom you now choose to be a member of it." John Wesley from A word to a Freeholder, 1748. From the series Great, 1956, tempera and oil on fiberboard, 20 ¹⁄₄ x 19 ⁷⁄₈ in. (51.4 x 50.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.198

Artwork Details

Title: “Act as if the whole election depended on your single vote, and as if the whole Parliament (and therein the whole nation) on that single person whom you now choose to be a member of it.” John Wesley from A word to a Freeholder, 1748. From the series Great Ideas.
Artist: Gerald McLaughlin
Date: 1956
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 20 ¹⁄₄ x 19 ⁷⁄₈ in. (51.4 x 50.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums: oil
tempera
Mediums Description: tempera and oil on fiberboard
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Figure group
Figure — fragment — face
Allegory — civic — democracy
Object Number: 1984.124.198
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.198