… Late Election, after 1832’, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.20189, after 1832. Abstract Sociability was intrinsic to British politics in the eighteenth-century. For Members of Parliament and members of the … and negotiation took place in mixed-sex social arenas that included women, or were hosted by women. The importance of sociability and its place in political culture becomes very apparent when considering what could happen when issues or election campaigns became so divisive that sociability broke down. Practices > Politics & Society Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Keywords Dining Elections Public …