Jugate busts of Czarevitch Paul and Maria Feodorovna of Russia MET DP158006

A jugate consists of two

portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better r ...

s side by side to suggest, to the viewer, the closeness of each to the other. The word comes from the

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, ''jugatus'', meaning joined or overlapping. On coins, it is commonly used for married couples, brothers, a father and son, or ruler and divinity. In political contexts, it refers to the pairing of candidates with an emphasis on their joint candidacy and collaboration on campaign ideas. Often this would be a presidential and

vice presidential candidate A vice is a practice, behaviour, Habit (psychology), habit or item generally considered morally wrong in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhe ...

s although sometimes a state or local candidate is included with a presidential candidate.Voters may be better able to connect with and see the candidates as a coherent team thanks to these pictures. Campaign posters, banners, and other promotional items featuring candidates collectively was a method of reinforcing the notion of a cohesive leadership. Jugates may be seen on

medal A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be in ...

s, pinbacks, buttons,

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or other campaign items. If a third figure appears on the item, it is called a trigate.

Gallery

File:Constantine multiple CdM Beistegui 233.jpg, A coin struck in 313, depicting Constantine as the companion of a solar deity File:Jugate of Antiochus XI and Philip I.jpg, Jugate of brothers

Antiochus XI Epiphanes Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus (; died 93 BC) was a Seleucid Empire, Seleucid monarch who reigned as List of Syrian monarchs, King of Syria between 94 and 93 BC, during the Hellenistic period. He was the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Antioch ...

and

Philip I Philadelphus Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus (; between 124 and 109 BC–83 or 75 BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who reigned as the king of Syria from 94 to either 83 or 75 BC. The son of Antiochus VIII and his wife Tryphaena, he spent his early lif ...

File:Two guineas coin of William and Mary MET DP269675.jpg, Jugate of a married couple: William of Orange and

Mary II of England Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England, List of Scottish monarchs, Scotland, and Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. Sh ...

File:Alessander VIII Scudo 1690 692077.jpg, Jugate coin of

Saint Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, e ...

and

Saint Paul Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally ...

File:Dena.jpg, Jugate of a son and mother: Charles II, Duke of Parma and

Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca Maria Luisa of Spain (, 6 July 178213 March 1824) was a Spanish infanta, daughter of King Charles IV and his wife, Maria Luisa of Parma. In 1795, she married her first cousin Louis of Bourbon-Parma, heir apparent to the Duchy of Parma.In fact ...

File:مدال طلای یادبود سال کوروش بزرگ.jpg, Jugate of

Cyrus the Great Cyrus II of Persia ( ; 530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Achaemenid dynasty (i. The clan and dynasty) Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Media ...

and

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last List of monarchs of Iran, Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the ...

File:Lincoln & Johnson Jugate Campaign Poster, 1864, 54 x 41 in..jpg, Lincoln &

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Campaign Poster, 1864 File:Roosevelt & Fairbanks campaign button, Roos-e-Field jugate, 1904.jpg, Roosevelt & Fairbanks Campaign Button, 1904

References

Hake, Ted: Guide to Presidential Campaign Collectibles, Krause Publications, 1991, p. 175 Wert, H. E.:''Hanging Around Us in Plain Sight: The Great American Political Campaign Poster, 1844–2012, 2016'' Posters Memorabilia Badges {{Europe-culture-stub