George Washington on his deathbed, 1799. Coloured engraving by J. Rodgers after Chapin, 1799.

Peel about to force-feed a large tablet to John Bull in an apothecaries shop; representing England at the hands of the politicians. Lithograph by H. Heath.

John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.

A group of politicians debate at a coroner's inquest whether Lord Melbourne's temporary resignation was equivalent to murder or to suicide. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.

Sadi Carnot, the president of France, lies in bed having his pulse taken. Lithograph by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893.

Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

Jules Grévy takes the pulse of Marshal Macmahon, who lies sick in bed with a priest and another man; they are choking from the fumes of their burning bed; Léon Gambetta emerges from behind the scenes carrying a clyster. Coloured wood engraving, 1879.

Phrenological head of Lord Ellenborough as Governor General of India 1841-1844. Lithograph, ca. 1844.

Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Aquatint after J. Gillray, 1806.

Drs. Hermanus Schaepman and Abraham Kuyper, shown as witches, stoke the fire of a cauldron from which emanate devils; symbolising their struggle to institute suffrage, against prevailing resistance in the Dutch second chamber. Reproduction of a lithograph after Van Geldorp, 1901.

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556 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Rudolf Virchow : Mediziner, Anthropologe, Politiker / Constantin Goschler.

xviii, 440 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 23 cm

Defining moments : an autobiography / Marius Barnard with Simon Norval.

1 print : etching with line engraving ; border 10 x 15.1 cm

The birthplace of William Roscoe, Liverpool, Merseyside: Mount Pleasant. Etching by R. Wallis, 1829, after S. Austin.

<p>Images include medals, scenes of battles, kidnapping, the treatise of Gertrudenburg being signed, James Stanhope being captured at Brihuega, and Whigs and Tories. The central image shows scrolls of births and deaths</p>

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 17.8 x 21.2 cm

Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.

<p>On the controversial Catholic emancipation bill</p>

1 print : engraving with watercolour ; image 15.8 x 28.8 cm

A group of men from the Ministry sit drinking around a table in celebration of the Catholic emancipation bill as the ghost of Charles James Fox appears on the right and Sheridan falls off his chair to vomit over a copy of a petition. Engraving by Adolphe after C. Keefe, 1807.

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Rudolf Virchow : Mediziner, Anthropologe, Politiker / Constantin Goschler.

Defining moments : an autobiography / Marius Barnard with Simon Norval.

The birthplace of William Roscoe, Liverpool, Merseyside: Mount Pleasant. Etching by R. Wallis, 1829, after S. Austin.

Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.

A group of men from the Ministry sit drinking around a table in celebration of the Catholic emancipation bill as the ghost of Charles James Fox appears on the right and Sheridan falls off his chair to vomit over a copy of a petition. Engraving by Adolphe after C. Keefe, 1807.

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Politicians

Images

Works

Rudolf Virchow : Mediziner, Anthropologe, Politiker / Constantin Goschler.

Defining moments : an autobiography / Marius Barnard with Simon Norval.

The birthplace of William Roscoe, Liverpool, Merseyside: Mount Pleasant. Etching by R. Wallis, 1829, after S. Austin.

Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.

A group of men from the Ministry sit drinking around a table in celebration of the Catholic emancipation bill as the ghost of Charles James Fox appears on the right and Sheridan falls off his chair to vomit over a copy of a petition. Engraving by Adolphe after C. Keefe, 1807.

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