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Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868

Images

  • A wig-seller dressing a wig on a stand in his shop; the wig-stands bear the heads of Tory politicians. Wood engraving by W.C.W. after R. Seymour.
  • Three despairing women, one of whom looks disapprovingly at three quack medicine vendors concocting a mixture; representing Britain's economic depletion and distress at the hands of her politicians. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
  • A lawyer or judge (Lord Brougham?) being addressed by a man with a top hat in his hand. Lithograph.
  • Henry Brougham is praised by black ex-slaves for his part in their liberation, but criticized by children factory employees, on whom he turns his back. Lithograph by H.H. (Henry Heath).
  • John Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca. 1832.
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    A sketch of the aristocracy of England, in the year 1835, extracted from two pamphlets / by Isaac Tomkins, Gent. and Mr. Peter Jenkins [i.e. Henry Peter Brougham].

    Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 | Date: 1835
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    Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell.

    Paley, William, 1743-1805. | Date: 1836
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    Dialogues on instinct : with analytical view of the researches on fossil osteology / by Henry, Lord Brougham.

    Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868. | Date: 1844
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    Lives of men of letters and science, who flourished in the time of George III / [Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux].

    Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868. | Date: 1845-1846
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    The circle of the sciences : with an introductory discourse of the objects, pleasures, and advantages of science / by Henry, Lord Brougham ; edited by James Wylde.

    Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868. | Date: [1862-1867]
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